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Originally Posted by sns2
I used to teach one block away in an office building on 114st and 107 ave. One of my former students is responsible for used guns being locked up. He took it upon himself to bolt out of the store and run back to his apartment. SWAT team came and went in with dogs, machine guns, and a battering ram to knock down the door. I watched it all out my window. Kid shoulda came to school that day. His brain was a sponge from crystal meth. Last I heard he ended up robbing a Staples and taking a few staff hostage while he drank a case of beer waiting for the cops to show up. Not the sharpest student I have ever taught. Came from a good home with hard working parents. He put those people through hell.
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I've worked in this area for 25 years now...seen it go from primarily a Vietnamese community to Somali. But it's always been bad. During daylight it is fine, but come dark you just don't want to be here...why many of the store don't ever stay open past 6pm.
I can't count the number of times I've come to work in the morning and some area of 107ave has yellow police tape from an overnight crime.