#Rapper-turned-Brooklyn Dem candidate spews hate against cops

#Rapper-turned-Brooklyn Dem candidate spews hate against cops

“Rapper-turned-Brooklyn Dem candidate spews hate against cops” A rapper whose social-media accounts are filled with venomous anti-police rants is running to become a Democratic Party district leader in Brooklyn. Noah Weston — who is running on the “For the People” slate with congressional candidate Brittany Ramos De Barros and Assemblyman Mathylde Frontus in southern Brooklyn — has…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2022” Uber’s price surgeYou report that critics of Uber call that company’s rising fares “downright unethical” (“We are being taken for a ride,” April 15). Prices reflect underlying realities of demand and supply. In New York City, rising crime (thanks, Bill de Blasio!) simultaneously raises the demand for…

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#Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton laments soaring crime

#Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton laments soaring crime

“Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton laments soaring crime” Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Sunday that the wave of violence across the country is giving him flashbacks to high-crime decades of the past — as he lamented the Big Apple’s own surge. “As the famous Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, once said, ‘Déjà vu all over again,’”…

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#Cops say at least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shootout

#Cops say at least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shootout

“Cops say at least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shootout” The Sacramento mass shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others was a gang-related clash that involved at least five people exchanging gunfire, cops said on Wednesday. “As detectives learn more about the shootings, it is increasingly clear that gang violence is at…

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#Man shot in Brooklyn next to police station

#Man shot in Brooklyn next to police station

“Man shot in Brooklyn next to police station” A 23-year-old man was shot next door to a Brooklyn police precinct on Monday afternoon – and officers at the station house raced outside to bust the suspect, cops and sources said. The gunfire erupted outside of a 7-Eleven next to the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge…

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