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Cops bust seven men playing chess in upper Manhattan park
NY Post ^
| November 18, 2010
| PERRY CHIARAMONTE, JAMIE SCHRAM and DAN MANGAN
Posted on 11/18/2010 5:48:50 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
That’s an odd number (literally), did one get away?
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
It’s about time the NYPD put these criminals in check.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:54:26 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
One thing for sure, you can’t play chess when there ARE kids around.
Cops like soft targets. The DA probably needed some white guys to get busted to keep the stats balanced.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:54:47 AM PST
by
Liberty Ship
("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Nurse Bloomburg strikes again.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:55:26 AM PST
by
sauropod
(The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:55:30 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Forcing one person to pay for the irresponsibility of another is NOT social justice.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Sounds like an overly ambitious Rookie mistake.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:55:43 AM PST
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
A squad of cops in bulletproof vests swooped into an upper Manhattan park I love the NY Post and read it everyday, but they never miss an opportunity to inflame the situations.
"Cops in bulletproof vests"?! That's what they wear all the time. They didn't don them to take on the chessers.
This is unusual for the NYPD to get involved in such idiocy. Bloomberg must have given a direct order, or somebody spotted them conceal-carrying cigarettes.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:59:00 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Incidents like this are what undermine public confidence in LEO and make the citizenry more inclined to view them as Fascist thugs hiding behind a badge.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They were not ticketed for playing chess-they were ticketed for being in an area reserved for kids. The area is clearly marked that only adults accompanying kids can be in that area. I'm not saying I agree with the ticketing (as opposed to a warning) but to say it was because of them playing chess is silly NYPost hype.
"Another man ticketed that day, Inwood resident and artist Junior "Chiqui" Mendoza, 46, said that the police "should have given us a warning, and not a ticket."
Hmmm, 46 year old male "artist" hanging around in a kids park. I hope he doesn't have some obsession with bananas being placed at the rear or between the legs of kids carton characters.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:02:04 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: icwhatudo
"Hmmm, 46 year old male "artist" hanging around in a kids park. I hope he doesn't have some obsession with bananas being placed at the rear or between the legs of kids carton characters."
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:03:41 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: icwhatudo
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:05:16 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: icwhatudo
The area is clearly marked that only adults accompanying kids can be in that area. How long has it been so "clearly marked"? I don't know that park. But I do know others with these stone chess tables. At the ones I know kids are a distinct minority.
ML/NJ
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:06:44 AM PST
by
ml/nj
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Is this the Park & Chess tables featured in various TV shows and commercials?
To: ml/nj
According to the article one of those ticketed saw the signs “months ago” but claims a cop told him it was ok to be there anyway.
Again, not defending the ticketing, just commenting on the hyped headline and “interesting” banana placement on kids cartoon artwork of one of the men ticketed in the kids area.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:11:41 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: icwhatudo
“According to the article one of those ticketed saw the signs months ago but claims a cop told him it was ok to be there anyway.”
Once enough laws are made; everyone will be a criminal.
To: All
Another reason to NOT live in or near New York. How many kids play chess yet they have chess tables set up. The gate and signs were put up and the park authorities failed to move the tables. So the make something illegal that used to be legal by putting up a sign.
The men should have claimed illegal immigrant status and a parade would have been thrown in their honor to celebrate diversity.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
All men are nothing more than potential rapists and child molesters and must be kept away from women and children at any cost.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:18:59 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The people who hate Sarah Palin hate her because they know that her Presidency is inevitable.)
To: texan75010
The chess tables are concrete.
This is ridiculous but then smoking cars illegally parked in Times Square go unnoticed so the police can get to really important ‘crimes’.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:21:12 AM PST
by
Carley
(WE SAW NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
To: Deaf Smith
Probably not. I think most of those TV and movie scenes with chess tables are filmed in small neighborhood parks and playgrounds in Brooklyn or Manhattan.
Inwood Hill Park is actually pretty large for a New York City Park. It's about 200 acres, and covers the northern tip of Manhattan where the Harlem River meets the Hudson River.
I'm not sure what the story is behind this incident, but I've long felt uncomfortable about having working-age adult men hanging out in these places -- regardless of what the reason is.
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:41:31 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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