[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Interesting.
It would seem perception is relevant.
It also seems that people from Houston agree with each other on the social situation but people from Newark see the world completely differently than the guy down the block.
JK[/quote]
Did you read his and my follow up posts? He lived in a decent part of Newark. I bring my family to the area for dinner on Sunday nights.
I still have my NJIT alumni email account. These are some of the advisories we’d get regularly. And this was NOT in the worst part of Newark. Shitty , crime ridden area, but not the worst.
At about 5:00PM on Friday, February 1, 2008, a NJIT student was robbed at gunpoint on the stairway entering the Lock Street subway station. The suspect armed with a handgun is described as a Hispanic male, 5’6" - 5’7", thin build, wearing a black leather jacket, grey hoodie, black baseball cap, and jeans. There were four other black males with the suspect. The Department of Public safety, Newark Police Department and New Jersey Transit Police Department are participating in the follow-up investigation. Additionally, the Department of Public safety is in the process of developing plans with the New Jersey Transit Police department to obtain a live feed from the security cameras posted in the station. Updates will be provided if further information is obtained.
A student was robbed at knife point by two male suspects at 156 Central Avenue, which is near the intersection of Central Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard. The student was not injured. One suspect was wearing blue jeans, dark blue hooded jacket with a head rag, 17-21 years of age, 160 lbs, 5�¢??, 7�¢?? in height. The second male was wearing a camouflage hooded jacket with solid tan below the neck line, 17-21 years of age, 160 lbs, 5�¢??, 7�¢?? in height. The matter is being investigated by the Newark Police Department and the NJIT Department of Public Safety.
An NJIT student reported to Public Safety that he was the victim of a robbery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at approximately 4:15 PM. The student stated that he was approached by three unknown black males as he was boarding a subway car in the Warren Street subway station. The suspects demanded his iPod. The student complied with the demand and the suspects fled the area. The student was not injured in the incident.
Two incidents involving NJIT students:
- At approximately 10:00 PM three NJIT students were returning to their residence at 289 Martin Luther King Blvd., after shopping at the Pathmark Supermarket located on Bergen Street in Newark, NJ. As the students approached the area of Warren and Newark streets, several unknown juvenile males appeared from the bushes and struck one of the students in the chest and head as the other two students fled the area seeking Police assistance. The injured student was transported to UMDNJ where he was treated and released.
- At approximately 1:45 PM a NJIT student was the victim of a strong arm robbery occurring on the Warren Street subway platform. The student was approached by three juveniles who demanded his money. As the juveniles were fleeing the area, the student alerted the Public Safety Officer assigned to Lock Street and all three juveniles were apprehended and charged. The student was not injured in the incident.[/quote]
I thought you were arguing that whites were more at risk than blacks?
You are just posting crime stats…the first one involving a hispanic male.
What point are you making again?[/quote]
You asked what neighborhoods whites should stay out of, the above is evidence of one of them.
The victims are almost always Indian and white. They don’t post it in these advisories but it’s a small college and you end up hearing about the victims from your classmates. Also, I was replying to ZeCarlo that not all neighborhoods in Newark are as safe as his. But I think he already knows this.
in many ways I do