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Five Shot in Incident at the West Indian Day Festival Parade Route
Brooklyn’s joyous West Indian Day Parade erupted into bloodshed Monday, as five people were shot by a lone male who opened fire into a crowd along the route, authorities said.
The gunman, in what was called an “intentional act,” fired at the crowd on the 300 block of Eastern Parkway as the colorful celebration of Caribbean life was underway at about 2:35 p.m., police said.
“I’m crying over this, it’s so terrible. How can someone have the heart to fire a gun around so many people – babies, children, the elderly,” said parade goer Jalissa Bailey, who was near the scene.
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A Part of the Parade
Shootings have been a part of this parade for many years. Is anyone surprised?
AH
It’s part of their “culture,” don’t you know? Along with public semi-nudity and other “vibrant cultural expressions.”
Lincoln Place
They should make the parade organizers provide more portable bathrooms. Now our block stinks to High Heaven from these parade goers yearly ritual of using our block as their bathroom. The next rain can’t come soon enough for us.
How Many Other Parades Have Regular Shootings ?
Is people getting shot and killed an acceptable cost of the parade ?
How many other parades have a similar record of shootings?
That’s why I am voting for Brad Landers for Mayor, who wants to close Riker’s island so that shootings like this won’t happen any more .
Getting rid of prisons will make NYC safer.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-mayor-adams-clashes-comptroller-232200109.html
AH
Explain, if you will. If they “get rid of prisons,” then that means that criminals will remain on the streets. How exactly is that supposed to make anyone safer?