Police posted tonight at Lincoln Place and Underhill

I didnt see them @ 11:30 when I went to the same bodega, and all the kids were on the corner of Underhill and St. Johns, where there used to be scaffolding.

I was happy yesterday morning to see the scaffolding coming down, but by 5 p.m. I had already witnesses a fight, and at least 1 drug deal on the newly uncovered corner. Nobody wasted any time re-claiming it. When we came home around 11:30 the kids were all hanging out there, bouncing the cars up and down, standing on the bumpers, and being their usual aggressive selves (has anyone else noticed their aggression towards each other is excessively sexual in nature? ). This morning the relay mailbox had been tipped over.

I cant wait for school to start. Perhaps that will slow them down a bit.

Hate is a strong word. You were a kid once possibly_maybe.

GOD wrote: Hate is a strong word.

Oh man. You just gotsa love the Plain White T's.

Or something.

Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You) wrote: Hate is a strong word
But I really really really don't like you
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you
Brought you around
And you just brought me down
Hate is a strong word
But I really really really don't like you

daver wrote:
[quote=Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You)]Hate is a strong word
But I really really really don't like you
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you
Brought you around
And you just brought me down
Hate is a strong word
But I really really really don't like you

The Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo wrote:
don't fall in love with me yet
we only recently met
true I'm in love with you but
you might decide I'm a nut

give me a week or two to
go absolutley cuckoo
then when you see your error
then you can flee in terror

like everybody else does
I only tell you this cause
I'm easy to get rid of
but not if you fall in love

know that I'm on the make
and if you make a mistake
my heart will certainly break
I'll have to jump in a lake

and all my friends will blame you
there's no telling what they'll do
it's only fair to tell you
I'm absolutely cuckoo

possibly_maybe wrote: Ok, so maybe I very strongly dislike them. A lot.

And my feelings were the same when I was in high school. Sure, there were a handful of people I got along with, but for the most part I very strongly disliked all the bullshit my peers got wrapped up in. So much to prove...

I agree.

Is it also possible, that sometimes these herds of angry Black kids, randomly Assault and Rob people? Thats in addition to the White people being scared of their "Whiteness" theory.

Barnable wrote: Why are all of you scared of the kids? I guess it is because they are black and aggressive to each other in a sexual nature (who cares) and whatever other crazy-ass stereotypes they drum up in your white heads. Apart from just being kids, what do you actually expect them to do to you? They probably just make you feel more white and aint that shit scary. Real damn scary. Go back home (your real home, cause I know it aint Brooklyn) if you cannot handle a bunch of teenagers just being teenagers.

King without a crown wrote: Is it also possible, that sometimes these herds of angry Black kids, randomly Assault and Rob people? Thats in addition to the White people being scared of their "Whiteness" theory.

Yeah .... lets not forget the part where these harmless kids attack people with 4 foot wooden inch diameter rods

erratum8mm wrote:
I got mugged by a bunch of kids at Lincoln & Underhill. That was 18 years ago but I still get scared. Since they made no overt threats and had no weapons, it wasn't even considered a robbery (there were 7 of them encircling me, it certainly seemed threatening enough to me). Up until they ran across the street towards me, there was no way to tell they weren't just a bunch of teenagers hanging out.

Yo being a racalist!


:P

Barnable wrote: Why are all of you scared of the kids? I guess it is because they are black and aggressive to each other in a sexual nature (who cares) and whatever other crazy-ass stereotypes they drum up in your white heads. Apart from just being kids, what do you actually expect them to do to you? They probably just make you feel more white and aint that shit scary. Real damn scary. Go back home (your real home, cause I know it aint Brooklyn) if you cannot handle a bunch of teenagers just being teenagers.

[sorry mod & barnable, slight personal attack removed]

I know you're not necessarily talking to me (or are you?), but still, I feel a need to clarify my own extreme distaste for kids. I have a feeling I speak for more than just myself, though.

I was born, raised, and grew up in Queens. I'm white (as fuck), but that doesn't really matter, as you'll see. I just figured you should know incase you wanted to develop any little stereotypes of me if it helps you think you understand the situation.

In my JHS, I was one of perhaps 15% of the white population in the entire school -- a population that was routinely harassed by some for...well, being white. Somehow, I escaped being a target (except for one time where a group of kids tried robbing us in the boys room, but we laughed them away), but I saw many other kids who, unfortunately, weren't as lucky. Some got a LOT of shit.

For high school, I bussed & trained my white-as-fuck ass into Manhattan every day. It was a long, shitty ride, made even worse by the fact that 3/4 of the bus was filled with more kids whose only purpose seemed to be making the morning of other kids they didn't know (and the adults riding the bus) FUCKING HELL. They fought, they spit spitballs at people, they sat in groups and yelled up at strangers on the bus, calling them names. They were rough, they cursed loudly & endlessly, they bounced around on top of each other and everyone else, they acted territorial, they rang the damn bell incessantly, and they never seemed to stop trying to impress their peers by asserting their power over each other and everyone else. You know the deal; typical teenages. They were a bundle of overbearing hormonal absurdity at 7:30am, and a damn nightmare to deal with every day.

And guess what.

They were all white.

So next time you want to lump a bunch of people together as racists -- thus exposing your OWN racism -- think again and maybe do the wiser thing and keep quiet.

I don't give a fuck what color somebody is; I've had enough experience with all colors & races growing up here to know that there's good and bad apples everywhere you go, and you're a fool if you think otherwise. I just can't stand kids, of any color. Specifically, the teenagers who think and act like the world is theirs, and have so damn much to prove to each other, even if it's at the expense of others who couldn't care less about whatever it is they're trying to prove. The kids who don't do this stuff? Eh, they're alright, but I'm still not a fan of kids, and never was even when I was their age.

Plucky Purcell wrote: [quote=erratum8mm] I got mugged by a bunch of kids at Lincoln & Underhill. That was 18 years ago but I still get scared. Since they made no overt threats and had no weapons, it wasn't even considered a robbery (there were 7 of them encircling me, it certainly seemed threatening enough to me). Up until they ran across the street towards me, there was no way to tell they weren't just a bunch of teenagers hanging out.

did they take, or attempt to take (or demand) anything from you? because that sounds like it could be 2d Deg. Robbery (or attempted 2d degree) to me....

Before they surrounded me they yelled out, "Got a dollar?". Then when I was surrounded one of them said "Give me everything". Not really having a good alternative, I gave him the currency in my wallet (they were not interested in the wallet itself). They also had no interest in the suits I was bringing home from the cleaners, though they were worth more than the amount of cash I had. It was filed as a larceny. Presumably the crime would have been more serious if I had resisted - then I would have been either threatened or injured.

happyneighbor1980 wrote:
And I also love how we talk about the kids on the street as if they don't have internet access and in turn access to this site.

HA! I really don't think kids read the Brooklynian.

They're looking at porn or You tube.

:P

erratum8mm wrote: [quote=GOD]
HA! I really don't think kids read the Brooklynian.

I know that at least some of them do, but of course I can't tell you here how I know that...


...Because you Really don't know. Do you.

You can't tell here? Where can you tell?

Vague answer.

GOD wrote: [quote=erratum8mm][quote=GOD]
HA! I really don't think kids read the Brooklynian.

I know that at least some of them do, but of course I can't tell you here how I know that...


...Because you Really don't know. Do you.

You can't tell here? Where can you tell?

Vague answer.

Intentionally vague. Some teenagers who were involved in an incident discussed on one of these boards last month were aware of the discussion. I do have proof of this, but I'm not going to say any more in a public forum.

Subject: Re: so sick of it

maggiebk wrote: god, why does every single thread on this board turn into a discussion on racism?

Sad to say, but true. It always turns to a discussion on racism on the forum.
Don't have an answer for you, I have limited abilities.

erratum8mm wrote: Intentionally vague. Some teenagers who were involved in an incident discussed on one of these boards last month were aware of the discussion. I do have proof of this, but I'm not going to say any more in a public forum.

I don't know the incident that erratum8mm is talking about, but there was a thread a while ago where a person's coming and goings were noted and that person was a secret board reader and vented to a poster about it, which got it removed. It is the public internet and there's no password protection here, so you're probably better off assuming that whoever you talk about in the neighborhood is reading. Everyone might not post, but local awareness of it is pretty high.