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06 AUGUST, 1988
HARLEM BLACKOUT
-CON EDISON TRUCKS AT NIGHT, DARK NYC 1980S, 30 PRECINCT CAR, EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 135 STREET
-INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT, CARS HONKING, HIGHWAY OVERPASS, HIGH RISE BUILDING WITH NO LIGHTS
-NYPD COPS AND DETECTIVES SET UP LIGHTS ON COP CARS, ASSEMBLY LINE, NYPD POLICE HELP LIGHTING VAN
-CITIBANK EXTERIOR, EARLY ATM, COPS DIRECTING TRAFFIC, 1980S CARS AND TAXIS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT
-INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF ROBERT JOHNSTON, MAKES STATEMENTS ABOUT BLACKOUT, AND PUTTING LIGHTS ON CARS, NO LOOTING
-STREET SIGN: WEST 111 STREET AND BROADWAY, NEAR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

06 AUGUST, 1988
POLICE RMP (?) ACCIDENT
65 ST & 6 AV, BROOKLYN
-NYC SANDING TRUCK DROPS SAND ON ROAD, NYPD (68 PRECINCT) POLICE CAR WITH FRONT END DAMAGE
-WORKERS KICK SAND AROUND TO SPREAD IT, BROKEN WINDSHIELD IN COP CAR, 1980S CARS, PLYMOUTHS
-TOW TRUCK OPERATOR HOOKS UP CAR AND TOWS IT AWAY, UNDER THE GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY AT NIGHT, BAY RIDGE, SUNSET PARK , BROOKLYN

06 AUGUST, 1988
PERSON UNDER TRAIN
200 ST & DYCKMAN AVE, MANHATTAN
-A TRAIN, (COLOR TEST) EMTS AND TRANSIT POLICE CARRY BODY ON STRETCHER, VICTIM ALIVE, RUSHING UP THE SUBWAY STAIRS, VICTIM LOADED INTO AMBULANCE, AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE WITH SIRENS AND FLASHING LIGHTS, TRIES TO MAKE A U TURN IN TRAFFIC, BUSY NYC STREETS AT NIGHT, 1980S CARS AND TAXIS
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(VV-YTV)
07 AUGUST, 1988
3 UNDER ARREST
MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT, MANHATTAN
(ATTACKED GUARDIAN ANGELS)
-HANDCUFFED BLACK MALE PERPS LED OUT OF PRECINCT AND INTO YELLOW TAXI, NYC 1980S
-EXTERIOR OF MIDTOWN SOUTH PRECINCT HOUSE

07 AUGUST, 1988
RIOT
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, MANHATTAN
-COPS RUNNING ON DARK STREET, MOUNTED NYC POLICE OFFICERS
-MULTIPLE COPS IN INTERSECTION, HELICOPTER OVERHEAD, POLICE OFFICERS WALKING IN PARK WITH RIOT GEAR, YELLOW CAB TURNS CORNER, CAMERA FOLLOWS COPS, GARBAGE ON STREET, COPS START TO RUN, HIGH TENSION EXCITEMENT, MOUNTED POLICE, COPS ENTER BUILDING, MANY BYSTANDERS WATCH
-STREET SIGN: EAST 9 STREET AND AVE A, LOWER EAST SIDE, LOISAIDA
-DEMONSTRATION, MIXED GROUP, BLACK AND WHITE, HIPPIE WITH GUITAR, FACE OFF WITH RIOT POLICE, CHANTING ABOUT TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK "WE WANT THE PARK", INTERRACIAL COUPLE MAKING OUT

(VV-YTV)
08 AUGUST, 1988
DEMONSTRATION
WASHINGTON SQ PARK
-PROTESTERS MARCH AND CHANT, ANTI-POLICE, NYPD COPS FOLLOWING THEM, POLICE STANCHIONS, COPS CLEARED PARK
-CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS AND RECREATION SIGN ABOUT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK FENCE REPLACEMENT
-POLICE OFFICERS WITH HELMETS IN FRONT OF ARCH AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK AT NIGHT, NYC 1980S, PARK CLOSED, COPS AT UNION SQUARE SUBWAY STATION,
-DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNER "RESIST THE WAR ON DRUGS POLICE STATE" ANTI MAYOR KOCH, COP YELLS AT CAMERA MAN
-DEMONSTRATORS MARCH AND CHANT IN STREET, NYPD COP CAR FOLLOWS THEM, 5 PRECINCT, 1980S FASHIONS, LOTS OF BICYCLES, PAN OF YOUNG PEOPLE PARTYING IN PARK, BOOMBOX, DANCING, PUNKS, HIPPIES, SQUATTERS, GAYS, BLACK AND WHITE, NEW YORK MOMENT, PEOPLE IN THE STREET, 1980S CARS
-STREET SIGN: ST MARKS PLACE AND AVENUE A

09 AUGUST, 1988
MEDICAL WASTE ILLEGALLY DUMPED
BENSON ST & EAST TREMONT AVE, BRONX
-PILES OF MEDICAL RECORDS IN BLACK PLASTIC BAGS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ON SIDEWALK, DIRTY GHETTO STREET, NYC 1980S, BLACK CADILLAC, COMPANY SIGN A & S RUBBISH REMOVAL, MEDICAL RECORDS AND CARDBOARD BOXES IN BACK OF STATION WAGON, DUMPSTER AND PRIVATE GARBAGE TRUCK, EXTERIOR OF BUILDING, RESIDENTS OUTSIDE
-STREET SIGN: BENSON STREET AND MACLAY AVE, EAST BRONX

10 AUGUST, 1988
MEDICAL WASTE ILLEGALLY DUMPED
NEAR 1545 UNIONPORT ROAD, BRONX
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE MEDICAL WASTE ON STREET, PLASTIC GLOVES AND BLOODY GAUZE, 43 PRECINCT COP CAR
-WHITE MALE WITH GLOVES PICKS THROUGH WASTE AND BAGS IT UP
-EXTERIOR OF PARK SOUTH MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSOCIATES OFFICE BUILDING
-PARKCHESTER, BRONX

11 AUGUST, 1988
HOMICIDE (SHOOTING)
F/O 549 FDR DRIVE HOUSING PROJECTS
-EXTERIOR OF BUILDING, BLACK NYPD POLICE OFFICER WRITES REPORT, COPS SEARCHES AREA, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, NYC 1980S MURDER SCENE, NO BODY
-MULTIPLE COPS AT SCENE AT NIGHT, PUBLIC HOUSING, EVIDENCE ON PAVEMENT AT NIGHT, PARK
-PSA TRUCK AND CAR, PUBLIC SERVICE AREA HOUSING COPS

(VV-YTV)
11 AUGUST, 1988
2 SHOT, 1 DOA (DRUG RELATED)
E 11 STREET & AVE A, MANHATTAN 145AM
-NYPD COPS KNEEL OVER TWO BODIES, MALE HISPANICS AT NIGHT ON SIDEWALK, COPS AND AMBULANCE ARRIVE, WOMAN WITH DOG LOOKS
-EMTS AND PARAMEDICS TREAT SHOOTING VICTIM, BULLET HOLE THROUGH BACK, COPS LOOKS THROUGH VICTIM'S WALLET, SHOOTING VICTIMS PUT ON STRETCHERS AND INTO AMBULANCES, HECTIC SCENE, COPS RUSHING, MANY COP CARS ON STREET, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, BLOOD ON SIDEWALK, VIOLENT NYC 1980S, AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE
-LOWER EAST SIDE, NEAR TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK

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