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7 MAY 1990
BOMB JOB DAILY NEWS BUILDING
700 PACIFIC STREET, BROOKLYN
--EXT OF DAILY NEWS BUILDING, BROOKLYN PLANT
LOOKS LIKE WORKERS STRIKING ?, DEMONSTRATION, CHANTING UNION
-BOX WRAPPED IN FLORAL GIFT WRAP PAPER LEFT IN PARKING LOT, ROWDY GROUP OF WORKERS, LOTS OF LAUGHTER
-BOMB SQUAD WORKER IN SPECIAL SUIT WITH DOG WALKS TO BOX, NYPD POLICE AND WORKERS BEHIND POLICE TAPE
-MANY DAILY NEWS DELIVERY TRUCKS LINED UP, NYPD 77 PRECINCT CARS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SQUAD
-HAND PAINTED SIGN "NEW YORK IS A UNION TOWN"-BOMB SQUAD EXPERT OPEN BOX IN DISTANCE, DARK PICTURE,DANGEROUS JOBS, NYC 1990S

(VV-YTV)
17 MAY 1990
MALE (15) HIT BY CAR
WEST 4 STREET & 2 AVENUE, MANHATTAN, EAST VILLAGE
-MOS, NYC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND BYSTANDERS HELP YOUNG BLACK TEEN ONTO STRETCHER, LOAD STRETCHER INTO AMBULANCE, WHITE WOMAN STAYS WITH HIM, MAYBE TEACHER
-BUICK WITH NYS PLATES HLC-895 WITH SMASHED WINDSHIELD, IMPACT FROM BODY
-EXT OF SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT HIT BY CAR, BLOODY NEWSPAPERS UNDER CAR
-STREET SIGN: 2 AVE AND EAST 4 STREET

18 MAY 1990
SUBWAY HOMICIDE
J TRAIN, CANAL ST & CENTER ST, MANHATTAN
-NYC TRANSIT POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE MURDER ON SUBWAY, BULLET HOLE THROUGH CRACKED GLASS WINDOW, TRANSIT COPS, MTA POLICE CORDON OFF CRIME SCENE
-CANAL STREET STATION PLATFORM, EMTS AND PARAMEDICS AT SCENE,LOOKS LIKE JUST PAINTED GRAFFITI FREE STATION AND NEW STAINLESS TRAIN CARS, INVESTIGATION
-HAND OF VICTIM VIEWED THROUGH SUBWAY DOOR, VIOLENT NYC 1990S
-DAYTIME STREET SCENE, AMBULANCE AND NYPD POLICE TRUCK, SUBWAY ENTRANCE CANAL ST, CHINA TOWN

(VV-YTV)
19 MAY 1990
PIN JOB, 3 CAR ACCIDENT
112 ST & MADISON AVE, MANHATTAN, EAST HARLEM
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS STABILIZE CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM, HYDRAULIC SAW AT WORK, PARAMEDICS AND EMTS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) AT SCENE, JAWS OF LIFE, EMERGENCY WORKERS REMOVE ROOF OF CAR TO RELEASE VICTIM
-MEDICAL WORKERS PUT IN IV AND TRANSFER BLACK MALE PATIENT TO STRETCHER, WHEEL TO AMBULANCE
-AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INSPECTION, INVESTIGATION, FDNY FIRE TRUCK ON SCENE, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: 112 ST & MADISON AVE, MANHATTAN

19 MAY 1990
BENSONHURST RACIAL UNITY MARCH
20 AVE, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST
-DAYTIME MARCH, PEOPLE WATCH FROM ROOF TOPS, MANY WHITE RESIDENTS STAND ON SIDEWALKS, HOLDING SIGNS, "PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF BROOKLYN"
-HUGE AMOUNT OF NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR STAND READY
-NYC OFFICIALS AND BLACK MARCHERS WITH AFRICAN FLAGS CHANTING YUSEF, FISTS IN THE AIR
-CAMERAS AND REPORTERS
-DOESN'T LOOK LIKE UNITY MARCH, LOTS OF SCREAMING
-WHITE RESIDENTS FOLLOW MARCHERS AND YELL AT THEM, NASTY COMMENT ABOUT AIDS FROM OFF CAMERA BYSTANDER, WHITE MAN YELLING N WORD
-UGLY CONFRONTATION, WAVING AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT OF SALUMERIA (ITALIAN DELI), ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY ITALIANS AMERICANS
- NYC 1980 AND 1990S RACE PROBLEMS

20 MAY 1990
HOMICIDE
181 ST & ST NICHOLAS AVE, MANHATTAN
-CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION OUTSIDE TROPICAL GROCERY STORE, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE AT NIGHT WITH FLASHLIGHTS
-WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, MERCADO LIBRE STORE
-34 PRECINCT COP CAR ON SIDEWALK
-SIGN FOR 181 STREET

20 MAY 1990
TRANSIT COP SHOOTS PERP ON TRAIN
EAST TREMONT AVE & 180 ST, BRONX
-NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT POLICE SIGN FOR CANINE UNIT
-SIGN FOR EAST 180 STREET STATION FOR THE 2 AND 5 TRAINS, OLD NYC IRT SIGN AND OLD TRANSIT BUILDING EXTERIOR
-TRANSIT POLICE TRUCK, HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, VERY DARK PICTURE, TRANSIT COPS EXIT HOSPITAL AT NIGHT, FLASHING LIGHTS, NYPD 48 PRECINCT CAR

20 MAY 1990
AI JOB, MOTORCYCLE
ZEREGA AV & HOMER AVE, BRONX, CASTLE HILL
-RED KAWASAKI WITH DAMAGES, VERY DARK PICTURE
-NYS LICENSE PLATES 8JZ-538
-NYPD 43 PRECINCT COP CAR AT NIGHT BLOCKING ROAD

20 MAY 1990
6 SHOT, 3 DOA (NO BODIES)
347 LENOX AVE, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-CROWD OF PEOPLE, WOMAN SCREAMING CRYING FAMILY OF MURDER VICTIM
-CROWD MOVES AWAY FROM DOOR OF BAR, PAN OF CROWD, 1980S FASHIONS, HUGE GOLD CHAIN, BASEBALL CAPS ON CROOKED, CAMO PANTS
-OUT OF FOCUS AND VERY DARK
-INTERNATIONAL PLAYHOUSE BAR AND LOUNGE, BAR STOOLS ON SIDEWALK, MANY BYSTANDERS LOOK IN BAR WINDOW
-STREET SIGN: WEST 128 ST AND LENOX AVE OR MALCOLM X BLVD

***CONTINUATION OF ABOVE EVENT***
-EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS REMOVING BODIES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYHOUSE BAR AND LOUNGE IN MORNING, SEE ABOVE EVENT, HARLEM
-CU OF BAR WINDOW WITH REWARD FOR HOMICIDE INFORMATION, CRIME STOPPERS, REWARD $1,000

21 MAY 1990
SEVERED FINGER
3 AV & 58 ST, MANHATTAN
-NYPD IN FAST FOOD STORE, RUSHING WITH FINGER ? IN A CHINESE FOOD CONTAINER, NYPD 17 PRECINCT CARS RUSH AWAY, MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT, MIDTOWN, URBAN MULTI-STORIED FAST FOOD, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-COPS AND MANAGER IN STORE, MOS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 58 AND 3RD AVE

21 MAY 1990
ALL HANDS FIRE, MOS
HARLEM RIVER DRIVE & 158 ST, MANHATTAN
-VERY DARK PICTURE OF FDNY FIREFIGHTER ON LADDER, REFLECTIVE STRIPES
-RESCUE, FIREFIGHTER CARRIES ELDERLY WOMAN DOWN FIRE LADDER, VERY SLOWLY LOWER HER OFF FIRE TRUCK, EMTS PLACE HER ON STRETCHER, HEROES, DANGEROUS JOBS NYC 1990

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