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Home » News » Policy & Government » Crime » Page 12

Category: Crime

gun violence, anti-gun violence, march, protest
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Photos: Elected Leaders and Community Groups March Against Gun Violence in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader September 14, 2020January 25, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Gun Buyback To Take Place in East New York This Weekend

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader September 10, 2020January 28, 2021
NYC public advocate Jumaane Williams. Photo: Jessy Edwards for the BK Reader.
Posted inCrown Heights

Labor Day Weekend Crime Prevention Called a Success by Brooklyn Leaders Despite Shootings

by Tramane Harris September 10, 2020January 28, 2021
Linden Boulevard Fountain Avenue intersection
Posted inUncategorized

Homeless Woman Fatally Struck by Tractor-Trailer in East New York

by Tramane Harris August 25, 2020January 28, 2021
gun violence, crime, crime scene
Posted inFeatured News Archive

As Gun Violence Escalates, Brooklyn DA Creates Bureau to Address the Shootings

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader August 21, 2020January 28, 2021
Man, 48, Dies After Bed-Stuy Shooting: NYPD
Posted inUncategorized

Man Shot and Killed While Visiting Friend’s Memorial Outside Prospect Park

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle August 17, 2020January 28, 2021
eggs
Posted inFeatured News Archive

AG Sues Hillandale Farms for Price Gouging Eggs During the Pandemic

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader August 12, 2020January 28, 2021
Brooklyn's 73rd Precinct. Photo: Google Maps.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

For Brownsville’s New Commanding Officer, The Neighborhood’s Streets Are Well Trodden

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader August 6, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Brownsville Organizations Encouraged After Asking Elected Officials for $4.5M

by Jessy Edwards July 29, 2020January 28, 2021
covid-19, BK Reader, NYPD, low-level arrests, broken windows policing, coronavirus epidemic
Posted inCrime, Popular

New Yorkers Protest Violence As Shooting Surge Continues

by Kimberlean Donis July 22, 2020January 28, 2021
Taj Gibson. Photo: SusanLesch for Wikimedia.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

NY Knicks Player to Pay for Funeral of 1-Yr-Old Shooting Victim

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader July 22, 2020January 28, 2021
Man, 48, Dies After Bed-Stuy Shooting: NYPD
Posted inFeatured News Archive

‘Stop the Violence Town Hall’ and Family Day Happening at Bed-Stuy Park

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader July 21, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

An Alternative to Cops With Guns in NYPD “Occupied” East New York

by Jessy Edwards July 20, 2020February 18, 2022
Marches rallied against the spike in gun violence in Crown Heights on Tuesday. Photo: Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez for BK Reader.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Dozens March in Crown Heights to Denounce Violence, Saying Enough is Enough

by Anna Bradley-Smith July 15, 2020January 28, 2021
101 pairs of shoes were laid on the steps of Borough Hall. Photo: Instagram @bkborohall
Posted inFeatured News Archive

A Casket and 101 Pairs of Shoes Displayed on Borough Hall Steps For Shooting Victims

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader July 9, 2020January 28, 2021
Crown Heights Leads Social Distancing Tickets, Arrests From 311
Posted inFeatured News Archive

NYPD Disbanding ‘Anti-Crime’ Units Involved in a Number of Fatal Shootings

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 17, 2020January 28, 2021
Affordable housing scam, housing scheme, Akim Sokolovski, Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, D.A. Eric Gonzalez
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Brooklyn Man Arrested for Defrauding 3 Women out of $74,000 in Affordable Housing Scheme

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader February 19, 2020January 28, 2021
Jenna Alexa Hospedales, missing, Brooklyn Tech
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Update: Missing Crown Heights teen found

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader January 15, 2020January 28, 2021
transgender woman, Yahira Nesby, homicide, Brownsville
Posted inBrownsville

Transgender Woman Found Dead in Brownsville

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader December 24, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

AG James Announces Arrest of 29-Yr-Old Brooklyn Man Using 90-Yr-Old’s Identity

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader December 4, 2019January 28, 2021

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C. Zawadi Morris, Publisher of BK Reader

Dear Brooklyn Readers,

Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a federal holiday.

However, MLK would not consider this day a cause for celebration. Here’s why:

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