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  • yesbrooklyn
    yesbrooklyn
    In our place:
    Person 1: What's the deal with the helicopters?
    Person 2: IDK ask why_not (sarcastically)
    Person 1: Haha it REALLY is on Brooklynian!

    Two thumbs up why_not!  Meanwhile we just checked the doors are locked.  Eek
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Early reports indicate he is 16.     (I think we can also add foolish)

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited June 2016

    "NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD is looking for an escaped prisoner in Crown Heights.

    imageA 16-year-old boy escaped custody while being processed through District 32 in the 77th Precinct at 960 Carroll St.

    Police were searching the area around Franklin Ave and Carroll Street.

    The suspect has been identified as Rhamar Perkins. He is described as a black teen with brown eyes and curly black hair, who was last seen wearing green Army fatigue shorts, a white tank top, and white and blue sneakers without laces.

    There was no word Monday, on why the teen was in custody, or the nature of his escape."

    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/20/prisoner-escapes-in-brooklyn/

  • psyker390
    psyker390
    http://gothamist.com/2016/06/21/teen_fare_jumper_escapes_police_cus.php

    So (providing Gothamist is reporting the whole story) it seems like the kid was originally arrested for fare evasion. Was dispatching a helicopter really necessary? I was thinking he was arrested for something so much worse, given the mobilization. 
  • mcpoet
    mcpoet
    Seriously?  Great use of tax dollars NYPD.  SMH...
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Subway fare = $2.75

    How much is a helicopter search?

  • Issacson
    Issacson
    whynot_31 said:

    Subway fare = $2.75

    How much is a helicopter search?

    No matter how he portrays himself, Bratton is the KING of the broken windows theory. In his mind, the action is certainly justified.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    This video comes to mind:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cF8oA0zn7A

  • Issacson
    Issacson
    Brilliant video, cant stop laughing. 

    On the flip side, had they called in the resources the could have and shut it down, we wouldn't hear the end of it. The police walk a fine a line....and usually do a fine job of it. 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited June 2016

    When someone in custody escapes, I wonder if the local pct even has the discretion whether to launch a "Level 1 Search".

    ...it would not surprise me if they didn't.

  • mcpoet
    mcpoet
    https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160621/crown-heights/teen-turns-himself-police-after-escaping-custody-nypd-says

    It looks like he turned himself in.  They should have just offered a hundred bucks for him to turn himself in.  He gets enough money for some metrocards, and it's still cheaper than dispatching helicopters.
  • Mechanical_Whispers
    Mechanical_Whispers
    Maybe a slow night and the 'copter pilots were bored?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited June 2016
    Officer now suspended.
  • Mechanical_Whispers
    Mechanical_Whispers
    edited June 2016
    So do the "upgraded charges" of escape warrant the cost of a helicopter, then?

    Edit: My brother is a police officer in FL, so I asked him about the helicopter. He said it's standard practice for police to have helicopters in the air all day long on stand-by. NYC probably has many, 24/7. So it's not like they dispatched the helicopter just for this kid. Makes more sense when you look at it that way.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The teenager's escape seems to have been nonviolent.

    escape

  • mcpoet
    mcpoet
    Check it out, whynot's tweet got picked up in an article!

    http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/new-york-police-deploy-helicopters-and-k-9-units-to-find-teen-who-skipped-2-75-subway-fare/
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    https://twitter.com/whynot_31/status/745268957213515776

    I believe it is my most retweeted tweet to date.

  • mcpoet
    mcpoet
    You internet famous son! ;-)
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    My largest fame came when the NYT "discovered" Brooklyn's local blogs in 2009:

    WhyNot_31 replied, “Well, if we have to pay more for our food, etc., it’s safe to say the delivery guy has to pay more for his food etc.”

  • Dawndew
    Dawndew
    when i was sixteen i would have done the same, not realizing the consequences of course.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I want to believe he will get a defense attorney that successfully argues the same.

    And, that it isn't his fault the city used lots of resources to try to re-capture him before he ultimately turned himself in a few hours later.

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