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• Underpaid, Under-trained NYPD Officers Make Deadly Decisions

  Chanel Lee | Tue, Apr 29th, 2008 | City: Brooklyn | Tags: new york city, crime, brooklyn, police, color, queens, nypd, bloomberg, chanel lee, ruling, sean bell | 1

  Last Friday, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered his highly anticipated verdict in the trial of three NYPD detectives accused of killing Sean Bell. Can Bell’s death and others like it be attributed to the fact that NYPD officers and patrolmen are underpaid and insufficiently trained? Next American City welcomes new guest columnist, Chanel Lee.

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  CRUNK!!! And pot, java, the popo, Obama, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Feb 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: new york city, meredith aska mcbride, barack obama, nypd, coffee, original white trash, aclu, grassroots drive, koreatown, lucille ball, titanic, marijuana, soul food | 0

  Celebrity and Showmanship on a Soul Food Menu

  “Of a bag of ‘Original White Trash,’ a snack mix coated in white chocolate, he said, ‘If you put that in the article, you have to say it was made by a Caucasian.’

  “Among the collectibles there was a tin of Lucille Ball ‘Predic-a-mints.’ What, a questioner wanted to know, did that famous redhead have to do with soul food?

  “ ‘Soul is the very essence of who we are. And she had it,’ Mr. Willhoite explained. ‘We all love Lucy. I wouldn’t…

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