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Report Names Neighborhoods With Most NYPD Stop And Frisks Incidents
PIX11.com / @pix11mikeThe N.Y.P.D. stop and frisk program policy has been controversial in minority communities from the start leading to protests and arrests, but now the New York Civil Liberties Union is coming out with a report saying the policy was leveled on gentrifying...Tags: Police Arrests, East Harlem, Raymond W. Kelly, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Crime, Law and Justice
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Brooklyn Woman Fatally Shot In Face
@JAYDOWNYCPolice tape still surrounds Kazan Raoul's Brownsville, Brooklyn basement apartment. It's an active crime scene following her murder - shortly before 6-30 this morning. That's when police, responding to an anonymous 911 call, found the 24-year old...Tags: Murder, Shootings, Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior
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Woman's Body Found In Laundry Bag
pix11.com | @wpixA woman's body in a laundry bag was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. The disturbing discovery was reportedly made by a passerby who saw the woman's hair sticking out of the bag. Described as a middle-aged black...Tags: Health, Brooklyn (New York City), Human Body
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Calls For Safer Communities In Honor Of Fallen Officer
Staff reporterWhile a wake was being held on Long Island for murdered NYPD officer Peter Figoski, a memorial for the 22-year veteran was being held in the community he served. Children at the Brownsville Recreational Center on the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association'...Tags: Cypress Hills, Firearms, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Human Interest
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Gang Members Busted After Bragging About Shootings On Twitter
Authorities announced Thursday the arrests of 43 gang members involved in several fatal shootings in Brooklyn after a number of suspects boasted about their crimes on Twitter.
Officials say the suspects were part of two feuding gangs who terrorized...Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, Lawyers, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Twitter, Inc.
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Single Father Upset After Protesters 'Occupy' His House
pix11.com | @wpixA single father of two daughters, who was forced out of his house in Brooklyn by Bank of America, is upset the Occupy Wall Street movement has now moved into it. Wise Ahadzi, an immigrant from Ghana, said police notified him last month that a homeless...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Bank of America Corp., Mortgages, Foreclosures, Family
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Family Of Kyanna Thomas Plea For Help To Find Her Killer
PIX11.comKyanna Thomas, 16, was murdered in coldblood early Sunday. It happened at the corner of MacDougal Street and Saratoga Avenue, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, sometime around 3:15 a.m., according to police. Kyanna's killer stabbed her in the... -
Pregnant Mother Killed By Stray Bullet While Sheltering Children
@WPIXOne woman is dead and three others are injured after a shooting in the East New York section of Brooklyn Friday afternoon, officials confirmed. Two women had just picked up their children from nearby P.S. 298 at 2:30 p.m., when multiple shots were...Tags: Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Juvenile Delinquency, East New York, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Community Leaders Demand Answers After Brooklyn Mother Gunned Down In Broad Daylight
PIX11.comDays after a Brooklyn mother of 12 was gunned down in broad daylight, community leaders rallied near the crime scene to call an end to the ongoing violence. The Rev. Al Sharpton along with friends and relatives of 34-year-old Zurana Horton gathered...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Murder, Al Sharpton
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11-Year-Old Victim Recalls Brownsville Shooting That Killed Pregnant Mom
@lifeofareporterResidents in Brownsville continue to mourn the loss of 30 year old Zurana Morton, who died after getting caught in gang on gang crossfire. Two others, a 31-year-old woman and an 11-year-old, Cheyenne McKnight, were also walking by Lucky Supermarket...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Juvenile Delinquency
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Denise Peace On Losing Her Daughter To Gun Violence
PIX11.comDenise Peace stopped by to talk about her daughter Zurana Horton, who was killed in a hail of gunfire in Brownsville on Friday . She was here along with Kirsten Foy, director of Community Relations for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. -
Mother Killed Shielding Children From Gunfire: More Than A Hunt For Gunman
pix11.comPolice are searching for 3 suspects in the shooting death of a Brooklyn mother who tried to shield a group of children when gunfire erupted outside a Brownsville school just as students were dismissed. Putting her life on the line for children she didn't...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Bushwick, Al Sharpton, East New York
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