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Brooklyn Watch Groups Under Scrutiny After Martin Killing
Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. (AP Photo/Martin Family Photos, File) Neighborhood watch groups across the United States, including in...
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Neighborhood Crime Watch Groups Go Online: 5 Digital Tools
Years ago retailers used a “calling tree.” If a suspicious person came into a store, an employee would call to alert other stores in the neighborhood. Today, the Internet is taking this idea to...
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Eric Adams on the ‘Abuse’ of Stop-and-Frisk
Senator Eric Adams in his Brooklyn Office. (Khadijah Carter / The Brooklyn Ink) Is the New York Police Department misusing its stop-and-frisk-policy? New York State Senator Eric L. Adams, a...
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A Controversial Shooting Stirs Protest in East Flatbush
Bishop Orlando Findlayter marches with protesters following the funeral of Shantel Davis, who was shot and killed by an N.Y.P.D. detective. (Carey Zamarriego / The Brooklyn Ink) As the sun beat down on...
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Clinton Hill Play Memorializes Black Victims of Violence
“Outcry” actors Michael Awusie in the foreground and Nigil Whyte in the background rehearse before Saturday’s performance. Photo: Jamie Larson Nigil Whyte probably wasn’t thinking about irony when, he...
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