Police

Five stabbed in my neighborhood is news

But six shot in Harlem isn’t. Interesting. New York Post Daily News And a paragraph in the New York Times. And I swear, I have an alibi! And I don’t have a car.

Police

7 shot in Harlem isn’t news

One of my students told me that police took 14 guns off the streets of Harlem last night. This after the annual African-American Day Parade. Seven people were shot (give or take one or two). This isn’t in any of today’s papers. Say what?! The parade ended in the afternoon. The tough kids come out at night. Between 11pm and…

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