There's a difference between people who came to build and capital that comes to extract. Cuban, Haitian, and Caribbean families built Wynwood, Little Havana, and Overtown. DeSantis opened the gates under the guise of freedom โ transplants, corporations, and capital flooded in and never left. Move in, price out, rebrand, repeat.
@IndiciaObscure@ScooterCasterNY Exactly. The burden can't be on pedestrians to scan the ground for hazards that should never exist. NYC law mandates barricades & lighting for a reason.
Always expect the unexpected โ situational awareness saves lives. Whoever left that hole open owns this. RIP ๐ฏ๏ธ
@unusual_whales 300 kids chanting in unison. Brass band. Red carpet. China built Trump a Trojan Horse and called it a welcome ceremony. He walked right in smiling. By the time he reaches Xi's negotiating table, the walls are already closing.
@DemzDeliver Some institutions are bigger than our divisions. Libraries are one of them. For communities without home internet or computers, it's not about books โ it's access to opportunity. Permanent funding isn't a political win. It's a cornerstone of democracy.
@Geiger_Capital Wait till a Category 5 slams Miami. Most of Brickell sits 0โ3 feet above sea level โ it's in the 100-year flood plain. Storm surge leaves downtown accessible by kayak. No power for a week, 90+ degrees, no AC.
@neipate96 The vast majority of Asians are law-abiding citizens who are highly educated in math and sciences. Definitely an upgrade from the low-IQ clowns coming here to participate in organized crime โ robbing people on mopeds, stealing car parts, and selling drugs.
@TeeJayForty4@Megatron_ron TeeJay, I hear you โ trafficking is real and horrific. But legally it requires force, fraud, or coercion. Minors automatic. Meanwhile ~1.4M American women 18โ45 willingly choose OnlyFans. Are they victims too? Worth sitting with. We probably agree more than we don't.
@TeeJayForty4@Megatron_ron TeeJay. Prostitutes migrate like birds searching for better $$ and warmer seasonal weather. If there is no force, no fraud, no coercion, and she's of age? That's not trafficking.
There's another angle here. DSG was a Bronx TikToker with 27k+ followers who had been accused of sex with an 11-year-old. For weeks a mob of teens organized on TikTok descended on his Soundview home daily โ banging on his door, harassing him and his mother. None of that context is in this story. A young man is still dead.
@Crime_In_NYC Yikes. Getting stabbed in the neck by a 6'6" maniac on a scooter, in probably one of the worst areas in the Bronx, is a terrible fate for any victim. ๐ RIP