{"id":446534,"date":"2022-05-13T02:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T23:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/arrest-the-mango-merchants-after-you-get-real-bad-guys\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T02:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T23:17:23","slug":"arrest-the-mango-merchants-after-you-get-real-bad-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arrest-the-mango-merchants-after-you-get-real-bad-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"#Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b0937df7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b0937df7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arrest-the-mango-merchants-after-you-get-real-bad-guys\/#%E2%80%9CArrest_the_mango_merchants_after_you_get_real_bad_guys%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CArrest_the_mango_merchants_after_you_get_real_bad_guys%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBroken windows\u201d policing is a strong deterrent to more serious crimes. But the NYPD\u2019s mango-sale crackdown at a Brooklyn subway station was just goofy when cops seem unable or disinclined to go after the real bad guys right under their noses.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who uses the Broadway Junction subway station in Brooklyn \u2014 which frightened me as a child and feels even creepier today \u2014 knows what might be in store. The dilapidated, century-old, mostly elevated iron structure where East New York and Ocean Hill touch is Brooklyn\u2019s third-busiest subway hub. With 100,000 daily users, it\u2019s intimidating despite omnipresent crowds that might lend a sense of safety elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams defended the cops who cuffed the hapless mango merchant last month, an incident that went viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>: \u201cNext day, it\u2019s propane tanks being on the subway system. The next day, it\u2019s barbecuing on the subway system. You just can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now propane tanks wouldn\u2019t be a good idea at all \u2014 but they\u2019re not what straphangers and Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees worry about. By arresting a lone fruit seller, the NYPD is sending a disingenuous message (\u201cSee, we don\u2019t tolerate even petty lawbreaking at Broadway Junction\u201d), prompting the question: Well, if the cops are so tough on criminals there, why is the station \u2014 where five subway lines converge \u2014 so <em>dangerous?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Asked to provide statistics on Broadway Junction crime, the NYPD replied, \u201cData is not tracked to that level of specificity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But we can read the papers. Two weeks ago, a knife-wielding man slashed a 52-year-old man and tossed him onto the A-line track. In February, a 27-year-old man was shot in the chest on the L-train platform. Last August, a 47-year-old man was knifed in the stomach while riding an escalator.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/EricAdams-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYC mayor Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-22251001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/EricAdams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/EricAdams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/EricAdams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New Yorkers are starting to become unsatisfied with Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 performance on reducing crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Broadway-Junction2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"On Wednesday August 4th 2021 at approx. 3:15AM a male was stabbed in the abdomen inside the Broadway Junction train station. \" class=\"wp-image-22251062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Broadway-Junction2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Broadway-Junction2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Broadway-Junction2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The MTA cannot let 100,000 daily riders be endangered at the busy Broadway Junction station.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Seth Gottfried<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FareBeater.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A farebeater jumps the turnstile on the downtown 6 train platform at the MTA.\" class=\"wp-image-22251123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FareBeater.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FareBeater.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/FareBeater.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams must double down on \u201cbroken windows\u201d policing such as capturing turnstile jumpers, who are robbing the MTA of revenue.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Taidgh Barron<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At all times, Broadway Junction conveys a sense of imminent chaos. In 2018, when crime was much lower, it was the site of the city\u2019s only subway murder. It led all the city\u2019s 450 subway stations for gun-possession arrests back in 2014 \u2014 a ranking unlikely to have changed much if at all.<\/p>\n<p>With so much actual and potential mayhem lurking in the cyclopean junction\u2019s labyrinth of elevated and underground platforms, mile-long escalators, myriad stairways and open-air track crossovers, what\u2019s the NYPD doing?<\/p>\n<p>Busting a low-income woman for selling mangos and other fruits without a license. (At least her goods were fresh, unlike the packaged junk food sold at a snack window where condoms and other daily necessities are available for purchase.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrific treatment of Maria, a mother, immigrant entrepreneur &amp; her *daughter* who filmed<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Maria was arrested for selling mangoes &amp; kiwis to customers she&#8217;s served for 10+ yrs<\/p>\n<p>Shame on our city for choosing cruelty, instead of supporting hardworking mothers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sjonO5FMjM\">pic.twitter.com\/sjonO5FMjM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Street Vendor Project (@VendorPower) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VendorPower\/status\/1522966474977120257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>That is, when the uniformed officers are doing anything at all. The citywide command policy that floods stations with cops but lets them idle on mezzanines rather than aggressively patrol platforms is on ample display all the time at Broadway Junction \u2014 despite claims to the contrary by Adams, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell and MTA head Janno Lieber.<\/p>\n<p>I often pass through the station en route to real-estate sites. It\u2019s one-stop-shopping for all manner of unsavory and antisocial acts, including a guy on the underground A-train platform Tuesday afternoon peddling drugs in a low voice. (My journalistic curiosity as to exactly what wares he offered was overwhelmed by a survival instinct that propelled me past him as fast as I could go.)<\/p>\n<p>While the man plied his trade \u2014 and as rowdy youths shouted obscenities and freaked out people at the top and bottom of the escalators \u2014 three cops stood stationary behind an iron bicycle-rack-type barricade on the ground level near the token booth. Were they trying to protect themselves rather than the public?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?w=656\" alt=\"Maria arrested for selling Mangoes\" class=\"wp-image-22251628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1312 1312w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=984 984w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=656 656w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=328 328w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mango-seller-arrest-001.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\"\/><figcaption>Maria, a fruit-seller, was arrested at the Broadway-Junction subway stop.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Street Vendor Project\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Busting fruit sellers while ignoring serious threats isn\u2019t broken-windows policing \u2014 it\u2019s responsibility-avoidance. <\/p>\n<p><em>More<\/em> fruit sellers, not fewer, might actually be good for Broadway Junction. A recent crackdown on unlicensed vendors in the area outside the station cleared its outdoor plaza of the hot dog and French fries carts that lent a semblance of community.<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood around Broadway Junction is one of Brooklyn\u2019s saddest sights \u2014 a desolate jumble of hard-to-navigate streets and empty lots. Elevated J and Z tracks above Broadway dip ominously low and discourage new investment. The area is all but devoid of stores and places to eat and is notoriously dark and scary at night. The way to the LIRR East New York station a few blocks away might be the scariest inter-transit route in town.<\/p>\n<p>The way to make it safer is to aggressively challenge drug dealers and troublemakers at Broadway Junction \u2014 and wait \u2019til they\u2019re gone before persecuting a woman trying to make an honest living.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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