January 13, 2004
CRIME IN THE CITY
href="http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/01/13/2_train_subway_slash
ing.php">Gothamist notes a story in today's New York Post
that belies the stats on falling crime in NYC. It's unusual in both
time and location. Normally,
href="http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/15607.htm">robbery and
slashings are relegated to the non-Manhattan boroughs, or at least
above 96th Street in Manhattan. Yesterday, however, a good samaritan
telling a punk to lay off a fellow commuter on the 2 train at one in
the afternoon and 72nd St. was slashed in the face with a box cutter
when he struggled with his assailant. Why is this unusual? 72nd St.
on the West Side at one in the afternoon engenders the personal comfort
level--even while in the subway--of the average person's living room.
Nothing bad could possibly happen to you at that place and time.
Still, this ties in nicely with the
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/science/06PROF.html?8hpib">rece
nt findings that localized crime levels correspond inversely with
neighbors' willingness to intervene in criminal transgressions.
Lesson: don't be afraid to step up and beat down thugs, just be
prepared.
Posted by Lexiphane at January 13, 2004 12:14 PM
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