since the ruckus back in june, when the NYPD nearly started a riot on west 116th street by brutalizing one of the favorite people on our block, victor the security guard on the corner of manhattan avenue, i have seen more police on this street than in all the five years i’ve lived here.
more police in ONE DAY than i used to see in a month. but what are they actually doing here? well, unless somebody’s looking at them or asking them a question, they’re either socializing with one another or spending long periods of time in personal conversations on their cell phones. one cop — i timed him — was on what seemed to be a single call for 45 minutes, and i know it was personal because i passed him close by twice, and paused to listen in. i hope his problems with his girlfriend get better, but i wish he’d solve them on his own time, the way the rest of us have to do.
i got this shot from inside the yellow-taped off bus shelter written about in my previous post, and they had no idea i was there. but when people are around, the story changes. check the link on this blog title to see what a big difference less than two minutes made, when i went up to ask them why the no-longer-used bus shelter was roped off. (they had no idea, and apparently it didn’t occur to them to take the tape down since there is obviously no emergency there right now. but maybe they’re not allowed to be proactive in their jobs.)
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Heads up!
You’re not mentioning the links to the titles anymore. This caused me to randomly guess that there were links there. Is this the desired effect? ‘Cause that would be pretty cool too. But the odd reminder probably wouldn’t hurt.
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