Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made threats directly to gang members and then delivered on it," says Police Commissioner Paul Evans. A case in point is the Intervale Posse, for years one of the most vicious gangs in the city. Despite repeated warnings from state and federal authorities, Intervale continued to terrorize its Dorchester neighborhood. Cease-Fire struck at dawn last August, arresting 24 gang members; 15 were brought down with federal warrants. "They are the teeth of the whole thing," notes David Singletary, an officer with the Youth Violence Task Force, as he cruises Dorchester one night with his partner, Kenny Israel, talking...
...murky. From the start, Nicole and Kaiser have insisted that, while they weren't particularly distressed about being alone in the city, they had but one real goal: getting to a phone to call their parents. But this conflicts starkly with the spirit that had them freewheeling across the neighborhood. "There are just too many pay phones between where they got off the train and where they were attacked," says Flint police sergeant Thomas Korabik. "They are trying to make themselves look better...
Indeed, after kicking around the tracks for awhile, Nicole and Kaiser say the three headed into the neighborhood, where they happened upon a couple of young white guys chilling out on a front porch. They were greeted curiously by the two locals. "We don't see too many white kids on Beecher Street," Nicole says one of them commented. The two boys guided them to a store where Nicole bought a pack of Newports and a Coke. The three wandered over to a school, climbed up piping to the roof and sat talking and smoking until the sun set. Resuming...
Since the arrests, the editorial page of the daily Flint Journal has sizzled with emotionally charged editorials, some bemoaning violence, others railing against coverage that liberally gives ink to white victims while overlooking black ones. Neighborhood groups have hit the streets to raise money for the victims, while politicians are using the incident to push their pet social agendas, from tougher police enforcement to more funding for youth programs. Even ministers have found themselves in the dustup, grappling for gospel truths to soothe confused, outraged flocks. On the Sunday morning following the arrests, the Rev. Denzil Green, the 69-year...
...million of the projected $330 million cost of the 1.8-mile roadway. Wynn spokesman Alan Feldman, who shamelessly wonders if the holdout residents are trying to bluff more money out of Mirage, says the project will provide road improvements that were planned years ago and will make the neighborhood a better place. Mayor Whelan insists that other roadway routes would have displaced even more homeowners. He's sorry about Bryant Drive, but if Atlantic City doesn't take this next step--"Not just another casino, but an 'Oh, wow!' destination resort"--it will die. He says Circus Circus and Boyd...