dtjcview wrote:
The logic is simple, and not a disservice to the IRA. I've never seen such a heavy-handed JCPD shut-down of any event at Exchange Place. The JCPD need to explain that. They f**ked up big time in my book by not even recognizing in advance that there might be a problem. And they f**ked up big time in not coordinating response with the event's organizers. I think what happened here is there were short fuses on both sides - police and attendees. And our city fuckwits failed to recognise that might happen.

If (and it's a big if) the IRA had shot someone from the JCPD, there would have been a dialogue on whether this kind of event should take place. Instead - nothing happened. You had a lot of JCPD officers on one side that just recently buried one of their own. And a bunch of guys on the other side asking questions.

For #OOPS#'s sake. Any 5-year-old moron could have predicted there'd be a problem.



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I'm not sure I follow your approach here. First of all which POS are we talking about? I assume you mean either Lawrence Campbell or Lavon King? Were they West Indian? Or are you assuming that all black people are in some way related to people of West Indian decent and therefore must take revenge on the JCPD? I think that you are doing your beloved IRA a disservice by comparing these two common criminals to them. What do you think the IRA would think of your comparison?

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Oh I hope this will shut it down next year, how great would that be for the community? Fantastic! I love that it was the organizer that attempted to assault a police officer. Someone should remind him he's not in the West Indies. Moron.

If the IRA had shot a JCPD police officer on the street a week or 2 before the Irish festival at Exchange Place, how do you think the event would have been managed?

Moron.
(Disclosure - I'm Irish)

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Oh I hope this will shut it down next year, how great would that be for the community? Fantastic! I love that it was the organizer that attempted to assault a police officer. Someone should remind him he's not in the West Indies. Moron.

If the IRA had shot a JCPD police officer on the street a week or 2 before the Irish festival at Exchange Place, how do you think the event would have been managed?

Moron.
(Disclosure - I'm Irish)

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TheBigGuy wrote:
There were a lot of police rushing down to Exchange Place about 7:15 last night. I heard a rumor there was a shooting? Is that true? I have not seen anything in the Journal this morning.

I had seen on RLS Media that the JCPD shut down the party early because of multiple fistfights among revelers.

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user1111 wrote:
Lets see Fulop take this down

NOT gonna happen.

The saddest thing is that the page already has 312 likes, as of a few minutes ago. Keep it classy, JC!

It will be close to 5k in a day or so...

Are you one of those "likes?"

I highly doubt that User is but it seems that Facebook itself is by refusing to remove it, claiming it doesn't violate their community standards. As far as this situation goes, I feel that if FB isn't against that page, it's supporting it.

Thanks! FB has removed the page.

JCishome wrote:
Guys:
I get you. I've BEEN you, carrying a backpack through crowded transit systems in Rome, Paris, Madrid. Put aside the fact that I was traveling for 8 weeks while you're going to work for the day, and I understand it's easy to lose your spatial awareness of that big thing on your back. You don't see it. I get that.

Nonetheless, here are a few simple steps to make us all happier:
- Remove your backpack before entering the train.
- Move smartly to the spot you're going to stand in.
- Place your backpack between your feet.
- On arriving at your destination, reverse these steps.

With this simple process, you'll reduce your footprint on the train by half. I won't spend the ride with your bag jammed into my solar plexus. And the world will continue its revolutions.

Got it? Thanks.

RUinHamiltonPark wrote:
And how exactly should the populace "obey" the law when the yellow signal is not as long as the law mandates?

Just because it's the law, doesn't mean it's right.

Red light cameras protect no one but city coffers and their makers.

The whole system is a rigged rip off.

We need less surveillance and more cops doing their jobs- which means in Greenville and BL stopping gangs, not hand wringing because the stroller mom had to wait three seconds to cross the street.

Jcpaddy wrote:
"If there was graffiti on my building and some idiot came by and decided to paint over it himself, I would have them arrested." - S. Wilson

WFT?
Are you serious?
That is the most idiotic statement I've read on here in a long time.
If someone is willing to take the initiative and be proactive in the removal or painting over of the graffiti, why would you be against it?

Waiting for the Incinerator Authority to paint over anything could take weeks.
I live it the Heights and paint over ever bit of tagging I can.
I do everything in my power to make my neighborhood nicer to live in and that means painting over this constant tagging.
It's people like you who complain and do nothing that are the scourge of our city.
Have them arrested? What an idiot.
Try to stop me from not painting over it and you'll get punched in the face.
Get a life...jeez.

c1o2m3n4i5m6o wrote:
So it looks like the children are not being sent to PS 22, but to the Early Childhood Center on 70 Claremont Ave. Anyone know anything about the school?

Tash wrote:
I really tried to like the Heights, but between teenagers constantly hanging out in hoards smoking weed at Perishing field, shady individuals wandering up and down central, rude ladies on the street, I am so happy I am moving. Cheap rent wasn't worth 1 mile trek from the station to a neighborhood where I feel uncomfortable walking to a store at night ( I have to cross the Perishing Field park and never felt safe with groups of teens roaming the park).

Central avenue business district is pathetic. All it got going is old school italian food and central avenue liquors across the perishing field. Not a single decent store to shop at unless you want to buy some hoochie cheap clothing or old food, no coffee shops, no cafes (even a bagel shop!), nothing, just 99c stores. People are rude too. I hope it gets better someday, but judging on how JSQ remained the same as long as I have been here, I doubt it will happen anytime soon.

trambone wrote:
3000 hits and died in a plane crash doing a humanitarian mission. They'll start naming little league fields after you when you do both those things.

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mwa7368 wrote:
My Bad, I didn't realize that they named both ball fields after Roberto Clemente. Apparently, Jersey city has a hard-on for the guy.

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DoveTales wrote:
Thank you fat ass bike ! Exactly, you said it for me. I am noticing star ratings by people's usernames... Haha. It seems like an accurate rating so far! Now pardon me I am going to go skeet shooting in the middle of the street, hope no one gets hurt. But if they so it won't be my fault surely.

And whoever said I was referring to the baseball field of 6th just didn't read my posts. Also I clearly stated there are no signs at the park on 8th and Brunswick...

DoveTales wrote:
Thank you fat ass bike ! Exactly, you said it for me. I am noticing star ratings by people's usernames... Haha. It seems like an accurate rating so far! Now pardon me I am going to go skeet shooting in the middle of the street, hope no one gets hurt. But if they so it won't be my fault surely.

And whoever said I was referring to the baseball field of 6th just didn't read my posts. Also I clearly stated there are no signs at the park on 8th and Brunswick...

Azul_the_Cat wrote:
I wonder if that field is anything like the baseball field on 6th and Manila? During baseball season they have signs up that you park next to the field at your own risk, and they are not responsible for damage from stray baseballs.

fraulein wrote:
I'm not really sure how relevant test scores are to the discussion. Pre-k kids are essentially learning structure, how to socialize and the basics of elementary education, not the theory of relativity.

PatersonPlankton wrote:
Greatschools is useless garbage, has no scientific sample and is widely considered a joke.

As for your disparaging and potentially racist comments about the other neighborhoods in Jersey City, truly go to hell. You clearly know nothing about these places - the Heights, for example, has some of the best elementary schools in Jersey City (including P.S. 28 which has a recent Milken Award winner teaching there and P.S. 8 which has an outstanding school community).

But thanks for exposing/confirming the downtown attitude for all to see.