3 stabbings last night in the vicinity of Broadway and Putna

Apparently gang-initiation related.
Three separate incidents but likely the same group of kids are the culprits. The victims are all ok.

Crap. Sucks to hear the gang activity is still going on near me.

While we are talking about crime in Brooklyn, have you heard about the brutal "hate crime" that occurred on Bushwick and Kossuth Place two nights ago. Two hispanic brothers were severly beaten (one extreamly critically) by a group yelling attack anti-hispanic and anti-gay rhetoric.

I'll try to find an article to post

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/bushwick-beating-is-investigated-as-hate-crime/

See this article in the New York Blade,
http://www.nyblade.com/2008/12-11/news/localnews/1250HateCrimes.cfm,
which has this info at the end:


A march, vigil and press conference is slated for 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14. Supporters are asked to gather at Make the Road New York’s Children’s Grove Park at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Grove Street in Brooklyn and march to the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Kossuth Place, where the assault occurred. At 4 p.m. a vigil will take place at that spot.

Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS with info, or log onto NYPDCrimeStoppers.com. The AVP bilingual hotline is 212-714-1141.

See this article in the New York Blade,
http://www.nyblade.com/2008/12-11/news/localnews/1250HateCrimes.cfm,
which has this info at the end:


A march, vigil and press conference is slated for 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14. Supporters are asked to gather at Make the Road New York’s Children’s Grove Park at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Grove Street in Brooklyn and march to the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Kossuth Place, where the assault occurred. At 4 p.m. a vigil will take place at that spot.

Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS with info, or log onto NYPDCrimeStoppers.com. The AVP bilingual hotline is 212-714-1141.