Gothamist: Who’s Afraid of the Puerto Rican Day Parade? From: gothamist.com
Tagged: gangs, New York City, police, Puerto Rican, puerto rican day parade, Puerto RicoPosted on: June 3rd, 2008
Back in 2005, Mayor Bloomberg told swanky Fifth Avenue apartment buildings not to board up their doors and windows during the parade because it was insulting. And last year, there were over 200 arrests at the parade, though there were questions over whether the arrests were warranted (some accused the police of sweeping up people, the police said many were involved with gangs).”*
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