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NYPD: Crime up 30 percent in housing projects (New York City)
MyFoxNY ^ | 4-6-14 | LISA EVERS

Posted on 04/07/2014 3:59:29 PM PDT by dynachrome

Some of the mayoral candidates, including the current mayor spent a night in the Lincoln housing projects, vowing to make conditions better for the residents

It's a fine line between life and death at Harlem’s Lincoln Houses even on a sunny Sunday, the teens hang out and talk with their friends. But instead of dreaming about the future, 17 year old K'shonna Johnson says they worry about staying alive.

“Just to see people I know passed away....I hear a lot of gun shots, violence due to drugs" the teen told us.

The NYPD says that that crime in public housing developments over the last 5 years is up by 30%. That's a rate 10 times higher than the rest of the city. But that stunning number may not tell the whole story.

Reports of domestic violence assaults have risen due to awareness campaigns.

Plus the nearly half a million public housing residents are in more densely populated areas according to the NYPD.

Residents say it is all about the living conditions and economics that drive people to crime and violence.

“I guess society isn’t giving enough jobs here for the youth they have, they need programs, people have to survive, and their back is against the wall” one resident said.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxny.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: crime; mayordeblowsio; newyork; welfarehousing
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"society isn’t giving enough jobs"

You ain't giving them enuff jobs!

1 posted on 04/07/2014 3:59:29 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Project is named:

“Abraham Lincoln House”

Enslaving them instead of freeing them.


2 posted on 04/07/2014 4:00:46 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: dynachrome

Cornered ‘Rats.


3 posted on 04/07/2014 4:01:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Crowding ferals together just makes more ferals.


4 posted on 04/07/2014 4:02:03 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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they need programs

The FSA is pretty much trained to demand government "programs" on cue.

5 posted on 04/07/2014 4:05:09 PM PDT by SIDENET
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To: dynachrome

Stop and frisk repercussion, enjoy residents enjoy


6 posted on 04/07/2014 4:05:47 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: dynachrome

Why not be brave. Ooops, I mean not politically correct. Call it a War Zone. Maybe even a name might be appropriate. Something like Operation Enduring Victimhood in the hood. Yeh....that has a good ring to it. Operation OEV for short.


7 posted on 04/07/2014 4:06:59 PM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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8 posted on 04/07/2014 4:07:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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so how's that STOPPING stop and frisk working out for them???
9 posted on 04/07/2014 4:07:34 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: SIDENET

Maybe they need “pogroms”


10 posted on 04/07/2014 4:07:56 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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“Residents say it is all about the living conditions and economics that drive people to crime and violence. “

Oh, OK.


11 posted on 04/07/2014 4:08:08 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: dynachrome
gibsmedat
12 posted on 04/07/2014 4:12:29 PM PDT by tomkat (no guilt, no apologies)
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You can't trademark "gibsmedat." It's already in the Public Domain.

Link to Urban Dictionary.

:^)

13 posted on 04/07/2014 4:23:19 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: SkyDancer

That is so bad. I can’t wait until people ventilate their cheeks like that so we can see their teeth and gums.
I guess tattoo removal isn’t really going to help him.


14 posted on 04/07/2014 4:23:52 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: dynachrome

Certainly none of these fine “visitors” that spent the night had any guns, did they?


15 posted on 04/07/2014 4:26:03 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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LOL. I hadn’t seen that prime candidate for a job before.


16 posted on 04/07/2014 4:32:29 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: dynachrome

Stop-and-frisk worked, so let’s replace it with The Knockout Game.


17 posted on 04/07/2014 4:47:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; a man who respects it has earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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Just think. Some girl is going to make her parents very proud when she brings this guy home.


18 posted on 04/07/2014 4:47:20 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Cyber Liberty
silly me .. lol !
19 posted on 04/07/2014 5:32:02 PM PDT by tomkat (no guilt, no apologies)
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You’re an old FRiend and I hated to be the one to break the news....

If there were a way, I’d get U some mo betta gibsmedat!


20 posted on 04/07/2014 5:38:26 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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