Oh really, Scotto? You'd be surprised.
Posted on 06/25/2002 10:30:47 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
Jewish Patrols Fail to Materialize
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By TED SHAFFREY : Associated Press Writer Jun 24, 2002 : 8:46 am ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- There were no signs of armed patrols a rabbi promised in two heavily Jewish neighborhoods because of an FBI terrorism warning. Rabbi Yakove Lloyd had said his armed patrols would meet at two Brooklyn street corners, but the only people who arrived Sunday night were reporters, police, community leaders and curious residents. Early Monday, however, Lloyd told the Associated Press that the patrols had gone ahead as scheduled. He said 25 members of his right-wing Jewish Defense Group patrolled the streets holding shotguns in bags, handguns and bats. Police had no comment, Det. Robert Price said. Officer Dominick Scotto said the streets were closely monitored at the time the patrols were to take place. "They can't be standing out here with a shotgun, that's for sure," said Scotto, while on patrol at midnight. "If they have a baseball bat, they'd better be on their way to a game." Joining Scotto was the captain of the 70th precinct, John Argezziano, and state senator Carl Kruger, who represents the Brooklyn neighborhood. "If Rabbi Lloyd would crawl out of his hole and show himself with his phantom troops that don't exist I'd tell him that he's the real terrorist," said Kruger. Lloyd said in a news conference Sunday that about 50 members of his group would patrol the Flatbush and Borough Park neighborhoods from midnight to 6 a.m. on three random days of the week. He said only those licensed and trained would carry firearms, and the rest would carry bats. Lloyd announced the patrols after authorities said fugitive Abdul Rahman Yasin had asserted that those responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing had originally targeted heavily Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Yasin is sought by the FBI in the bombing, which killed six people and injured 1,000 others. On June 16, Lloyd suspended the plan after meeting with overwhelmingly negative response from Brooklyn residents and lawmakers. But Lloyd said he renewed his plan after the FBI warning Friday that terrorists could be plotting fuel tanker attacks. When Lloyd first announced his intentions two weeks ago, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said anyone carrying a gun in the patrol would be arrested.
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What a contemptable statement. You had better??? Or what? What law is there against walking with ANY such thing as a bat??? Officers have wide lattitude in policing, but if a judge supported this idiots version it only means we ARE in a police state.
Oh really, Scotto? You'd be surprised.
I remember *innocently* jogging home one night and being menaced by an old lady with a leashed pooch on one hand and a Louisville Slugger in the other.
Like the 911 bombers did? That kind of sensitivity?
Or how about this: Islam is a religion that worships suicide.
Suicide is for cowards.
Is that sensitive enough?
Sounds like a plan. Who knows, even Commissioner Kelly may have been in Brooklyn - possible photo-op, you know.
Probably more police units in Brooklyn now than ever seen before. Yep, I believe the good Rabbi has it figured out! Pretty funny!
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