Thursday 24 May 2012
Murder, Rape up in Central Brooklyn Felony crime on course to rise more than 10 percent in 2010 The two most violent crimes – murder and rape – are up sharply in the Central Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. So far this year there have been 56 reported...
I turned from my bar stool and saw my old friend and drinking buddy, Miss Lipstick. “I’m writing a column now for Our Time Press, the oldest black-owned weekly in Brooklyn.” “No kidding. What are you going to write about?” “Well, I had planned on being real hard-hitting and provocative but a few friends...
Last week, the New York Post published two articles and two editorials about a child who had complaints about the school she attended, Paul Robeson High School. The Post quoted 15-year-old Alisha Strawder as saying if she “could burn down this school and get away with it,” she would. Alisha readily admitted she hardly...
