Tag: african-american day parade

Five stabbed in my neighborhood is news

But six shot in Harlem isn’t. Interesting. New York Post Daily News And a paragraph in the New York Times. And I swear, I have an alibi! And I don’t have a car.

Harlem Shootings (IV)–You read it here first

Now it’s officially in the news. The Daily News, to be precise.

Harlem Shootings (III)

Seems like you’ve officially entered the blogosphere when you’re quoted in other blogs. More on the Harlem shootings at Gothamistand NYC The Blog and great pictures at Harlem Hybrid. Seems like my initial report of 14 guns and 7 shot was right on the mark (at the time I hedged the shooting number with “give…
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Harlem shootings (II)

I did find this buried in the Daily News. Maybe it’s all about location. Location, location, location. Or, as they said in The Wire, “wrong zip code.” The newspaper headline is “Fatal Gunfire on Westside.” One man was shot and killed. Then in the last paragraph it says this: The slaying came after a chaotic…
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7 shot in Harlem isn’t news

One of my students told me that police took 14 guns off the streets of Harlem last night. This after the annual African-American Day Parade. Seven people were shot (give or take one or two). This isn’t in any of today’s papers. Say what?! The parade ended in the afternoon. The tough kids come out…
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