Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes dropped all criminal charges against the young homeless man whose brutal beating by police inside a Jewish community center in Brooklyn was videotaped by security cameras, the NY Times reports.
Ehud Halevy had been charged with a felony count of assault on police officers, resisting arrest and criminal trespass.
The shocking video of the arrest showed two officers from the 71st Precinct repeatedly punching and striking the young man with a baton. Halevy did not strike the officers at any time.
Elected officials and the Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights held a press conference Monday to protest the beating.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Brooklyn D.A. Drops Charges Against Homeless Man Police Beat the Crap Out Of
'Red Skull' Bank Robber Busted in Borough Park
Was he perhaps emulating Captain America's nemesis, the Red Skull? (If so, he should have read all the way to the end...)
Anyway, Red Skull guy was apprehended in Borough Park on Wednesday, not by Captain America, but by Jewish Shomrim volunteers, who surrounded and held him until the police arrived.
Under the red mask was Kevin Crawford, 20.
More at the Post.
Photo: The Red Skull wielding the Cosmic Cube: Tales of Suspense #80 (Aug. 1966). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck.
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'Spur of the Moment' Singer Wins Barbara Streisand Impersonator Contest in Brooklyn
Watkis -- being black -- doesn't really look much like Streisand. But oh, what a voice!
More at the Eagle.
Photo by Solters and Sabinson PR
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Obama / Romney Final Debate Showdown and Fundraiser
Tonight (Monday, October 22, 2012) is the last of the three Presidential debates, and Franklin Park is throwing a debate night fundraiser and party.
$4 beers and well drinks (with a minimum $10 on-site donation towards Obama’s re-election. Online donations, checks and cash will be accepted.)
From: 9 - 11 pm at Franklin Park, 618 Saint Johns Place (@ Franklin Avenue.)
Hosts: Raquel Wexler & Franklin Park
100% of funds raised will be given to the Obama Victory Fund 2012. See more at I Love Franklin Ave.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Voting Machines in Swing States Owned by Romney's Family and Biggest Campaign Donors -- Forum Monday
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| Mitt Romney |
The name of the acquiring company is listed as H.I.G. Capital. H.I.G. Capital is one of one of the largest partners in a politically connected equity fund run by Tagg called Solamere. (Other investors in the fund include Mitt Romney, his wife and brother.)
The Hart Intercivic company supplies electronic voting machines and paper ballot tabulators that will be used to tally votes in the Presidential Election this year in many swing states: all or parts of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
No one is seriously claiming the GOP has anything illegal planned. (Even though GOP voter fraud is suspected in at least seven states.) It does smell funny, however, since investors in Solamere are among Romney's largest campaign donors, according to the New York Times.
An emergency forum, called to discuss this amazing coincidence, takes place tomorrow, Monday, October 22, in New York City from noon to 2pm at The Open Center, 22 East 30th Street, (betw. Madison and Fifth Avenues). More here.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Some Brooklyn Neighborhoods Getting Really Pissed Off with All the Film Shoots
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| Filming a Lottery commercial in DUMBO. MK Metz |
The streets of Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO are frequently clogged with film trucks on a regular basis and local businesses and residents are fuming.
“Filming is out of control,” said Andrea Demetropoulos, who owns the Rocco and Jezebel pet shop at 89 Pineapple Walk in Brooklyn Heights. Demetropoulos has started a petition at the shop.
“Please tell people to call the Mayor’s Office and tell them, ‘If you only knew how difficult it is to do our job with all this filming.”
Judy Stanton of the Brooklyn Heights Association told the Eagle, “More consideration needs to be given to little neighborhoods like this one. Multiple shots at one time is unfair."
More here.
(The Eagle asked McBrooklyn for permission to run one of our photos with their article.)
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NYC Will Speed Up Replacing PCB-Contaminated Light Fixtures in 100 Schools
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| Light fixtures at P.S. 8 are contaminated with PCBs. MK Metz |
More than 700 schools across the city have PCB-containing lighting fixtures and caulk, and many are dripping the stuff. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) have been linked to cancer, respiratory, endocrine, reproductive and immune disorders.
No word on which 100 schools will be decontaminated on the accelerated schedule.
According to the Eagle, about half of the city's contaminated schools are in Brooklyn, including P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights; P.S. 9 in Prospect Heights; P.S. 15 in Red Hook; Arts & Letters in Fort Greene; P.S. 29 in Cobble Hill; I.S. 98 Bay Academy in Bay Ridge; M.S. 51 in Park Slope; Brooklyn Secondary School for Collaborative Studies; Khalil Gibran International Academy and hundreds more.
In June, the city said it would remove leaking fixtures from P.S. 146 Brooklyn New School and M.S. 448 Brooklyn Secondary School for Collaborative Studies (at 610 Henry Street). Parents had complained that the city was giving them the runaround.
And in August, a judge rejected New York City’s argument to dismiss a parent lawsuit demanding that the city quickly remove leaking lighting fixtures from classrooms.
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Big Companies Don't Have To Pay Their Parking Tickets in NYC. But You Do.
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| Photo: Alan Cleaver |
On top of that, the DOF even gives these big companies discounts on their tickets -- something the city no longer does with individuals and small business owners.
Scofflaw corporations owe the city $9.3 million in tickets, according to Liu.
“It’s bad enough that people feel like they’re constantly blitzed with parking tickets,” he said in a statement. “It’s absolutely galling to now find that the City lets big companies off the hook on millions in parking tickets. At the minimum, the City should be as efficient collecting money from big companies as it is from residents and small business owners, who apparently never get a break.”
Fed-Ex, Verizon, Frito-Lay, and Anheuser-Bush were among the companies sited. Liu's audits are available here.
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Rolling Stones Concert Page Still Shows View from Brooklyn
Now, unfortunately, we have to listen to the hype -- the movie! the book! the exhibitions! -- the whole pre-concert build up.
Yesterday, Reuters reported that Mick Jagger said the Stones had rehearsed "around 70 songs" for the concerts, and guitarist Keith Richards assured fans the veteran British rockers would "deliver."
Meanwhile, the skyline graphic on the Rolling Stones' concert page still shows the Statue of Liberty -- as seen from Brooklyn.
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Moonalice Poster Exhibit and Concert at Brooklyn Bowl
The full series of Moonalice posters will be on display and available for purchase at the Brooklyn Bowl on October 28. Many Moonalice poster artists will be attending in-person.
The poster show opens at noon, Moonalice’s concert will follow the poster show in the evening.
More information here.
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