Let's talk about the violence in Eastern Crown Heights

Rescheduled to Wednesday, January 29th. 6:30 pm.Same location.

Undercover officers bought cocaine, heroin and alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax, from the dealers 120 times between January 2013 and 2014, according to a statement by the Kings County District Attorney's Office. The local drug crew, which called itself "Sterling World," allegedly sold drugs in the lobbies and walkways along Sterling Place between Utica and Rochester avenues, near M.S. 394, a middle school.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140130/crown-heights/12-arrested-crown-heights-crack-ring-bust-da-says

March 12th is Wednesday.



https://www.facebook.com/soscrownheights

On March 10, there there was a shooting at Albany and St. Marks.

A 17-year-old was shot and is expected to recover.

S.O.S. will hold a RALLY TOMORROW (March 12) against gun violence. Albany and St. Marks, 6 pm. After that, come to the Community Conversation....

Maybe these kids need something positive to do, and for their neighbors to view them as something other than a threat:

Many thanks to these local business, which have provided financial and in kind support for this weekend's talent show:

Flyer, sans person on their head:

Thanks for the info!

No problem. As you are likely aware, the neighborhood has the most violence in the summer.

This makes it an excellent time to start a basketball team:

MSNBC has just profiled the work of SOS Crown Heights in a photo essay.    Some good photos in there....

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/interrupting-violence-brooklyn

The area has violence that is rarely covered by mass media. For example, this shooting on April 5th:

http://crownheights.info/crime/432455/gun-violence-rocks-crown-heights-shabbos-morning/

@pragmaticguy -

Above in this thread, you mentioned that you feel a big part of the problem stems from the involvement level of parents.    You are not alone.

 

After over 40 days without a shooting, the area had one on Friday night.    It was just outside the catchment zone, so the clock is not reset ....

How did we get here?

Local Clergy (known as the "Clergy Action Network") are taking the lead on a future event.    

However, some youth avoid anything that has anything to do with religion.   What if we bring in Medger Evers College and DYCD as sponsors?

Will this cause more youth to attend?

Or, do you think they will prefer a less cluttered flyer:

http://www.courtinnovation.org/employment/

Just some of the violence that occurred on the weekend of May 23rd:

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44130/summer-is-here-first-shooting-of-the-season#Item_14

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44172/shooting-late-afternoon-eastern-crown-heights-friday-may-23#Item_1 

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44171/shooting-early-morning-eastern-crown-heights-memorial-day-#Item_1

May 29

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44190/fatal-shooting-st-johns-and-albany-thursday-may-29-2014#Item_2

May 31

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44195/a-multiple-shooting-tonight-in-eastern-crown-heights-may-31-2014#Item_1

June 2nd:

6/2/2014 10:14 p.m.|-73.9471364,40.6759616| Shooting |POLICE| 1120 Bergen St & New York Ave <br> Brooklyn, NY|BROOKLYN * SHOOTING* (77 PCT) 1120 BERGEN ST & NEW YORK AVE. PD O/S WITH A MALE SHOT, NOT LIKELY. REQ EMS. MNS493   (c) [MNS225]|1401761641|MNS

...I think I'll use this thread to document the summer's shootings in the 77th Pct, no matter where they occur within the pct.    

Fatalities and/or incidents in which multiple people are shot will likely get their own threads.

I wonder how many of these shootings are the result of the pushing out of criminal activities from western CH to eastern CH, and the consequent territorial battles.

My recollection from a few years ago was that a lot of the guys selling drugs on Franklin and Nostrand had already been pushed out of the neighborhood and were coming from ENY and Brownsville to sell drugs as the trade was already firmly established in the areas they moved to. I think this is just the usual summertime old heads/young bloods battles.

In the May 29th incident, the deceased is rumored to have beat up a guy who then returned a day later to kill him. Unless we are allowed to choose "revenge" as a reason, I guess we'd have to assign a cause to the beating up part.

DeBlasio seems to believe adding more police to housing projects will help: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/06/8546455/de-blasio-vows-lot-more-police-officers-public-housing

The 77th pct June's newsletter seems to indicate they are doing what they can:

Why can't revenge be the reason? I think that's probably the number one reason for shootings in NY, just ahead of "I hate him/her" and "S/he got what s/he deserved".

How about "poor conflict resolution skills" as a reason?

...but when you think about it, if there is a murder, the conflict between the deceased and killer will never occur again.

Using that lens, the conflict was resolved "well".

June 9th:
Did you hear a lot of sirens around 3:30 today? It may have been related to today's shooting:

quote:
"The 77th Precinct would like to make a community notification of a shooting that occured within the confines of the 77th Precinct. The details are as follows:

Monday June 9,2014 approximately 3:30pm Prospect Place(Albany Avenue to Kingston Avenue).

Victim: Male, black, 21 years old was shot once in the left arm and treated at Kings County Hospital for his injuries. The victim is listed in stable condition and in police custody for an active Criminal Court Warrant.

Perpetrator- fled the scene in an unknown direction.

THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE 77TH PRECINCT DETECTIVE SQUAD. ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN LEAD TO THE ARREST OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING. PLEASE CONTACT THE 77TH PRECINCT DETECTIVE SQUAD 718-735-0662, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 718-735-0634, OR THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM 1800-577-TIPS(OFFERS A REWARD UO TO $2000 FOR ANONYMOUS INFORMATION THAT CAN LEAD TO THE ARREST AND INDICTMENT OF A VIOLENT FELON).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT & COOPERATION!

PO Tania Salters
Community Affairs
77th Precinct
127 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718-735-0634/646-373-7183
[email hidden]"

BTW, in addition to having a shooting in the neighborhood today, the model which the SOS Crown Heights program is based on received some press:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2014/06/09/can-we-cure-violence/

Response to June 9th shooting:

This flyer tries to use every way possible to get the reader's attention:



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