~ Newark Dangerous!? ~

[spoon]

Talk about having the market cornered, Newark dominates.

Law enforcement officials have called the stretch between Port Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport the most dangerous two miles in America. (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/mob_infiltration_persists_at_n.html)

[zildjian361]

Don't you go there punk ass white boy:wink:

[IamFogHat]

One time the NJ Transit fucked up and didn't stop at our stop and we had to get off at the Newark airport. Our choice was to wait over an hour for the next train to come back or walk outside the airport to get a cab. We chose to wait.

[Snacks]

Yeah because Law Enforcement is trying to use scare tactics to get lost jobs back. The union chose to lose jobs rather then all take a small % cut back in pay.

Oh and the port is so bad because of the mob? Even with connections getting a job down the port is so hard because of the commission is so strict. Now the want to use old problems and say they are still the main reason. The port police should stop wasting time investigating a stolen ice tea can and more time making things safe if this is true!

[furie]

i hate going to port elizabeth

[Snacks]

i hate going to port elizabeth

I havent been there in a while but last time I drove by there it seemed like they were fixing up that part of Elizabeth and adding some businesses, a nice bar/restaurant etc?

[jonyrotn]

Settle down Jersey...
The cop from the Village People definitly doesn't qualify as a "law enforcement official"..

[Snoogans]

what a misleading article. I opened it up and see mob at ports. Shouldnt this story have been broken like, in the 40's?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Always thought Camden cornered the market of dangerous places in NJ

[IamFogHat]

Always thought Camden cornered the market of dangerous places in NJ

They're neck and neck. I got lost in Camden once, it was terrifying.

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

The North and South Wards and the Vailsburg section of Newark are absolutely violent shit holes. As is all of Irvington.


The Ironbound section is quite lovely though.

[Snoogans]

They're neck and neck. I got lost in Camden once, it was terrifying.


camden is WAYYYY worse


The North and South Wards and the Vailsburg section of Newark are absolutely violent shit holes. As is all of Irvington.


The Ironbound section is quite lovely though.

I have a good friend in Vailsburg. Im there all the time. It's really not that bad. You hear shit pop off every so often but always in the same spots. Where my friend lives is relatively quiet

[Snacks]

The North and South Wards and the Vailsburg section of Newark are absolutely violent shit holes. As is all of Irvington.


The Ironbound section is quite lovely though.

Ironbound is just as shitty as the rest of Newark the only difference is the Portuguese people get mad when you lump them in with the rest. Truth is the entire city has streets that are ok surrounded by shit!

I would rather live in North Newark on Lake st then anywhere Down Neck!

That being said Camden is the worse place in NJ by far!

[Suspect Chin]

I have a good friend in Vailsburg. Im there all the time. It's really not that bad.

The 2.8 gram 8 balls he sells you don't make him a good friend.

[Snoogans]

The 2.8 gram 8 balls he sells you don't make him a good friend.

the rapper who was in my video

[Contra]

One time the NJ Transit fucked up and didn't stop at our stop and we had to get off at the Newark airport. Our choice was to wait over an hour for the next train to come back or walk outside the airport to get a cab. We chose to wait.

Sounds about right

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

I'm down in the Ironbound most nights of the week and my pastey white ass never has a problem. I can park my car on the street with out fear of it being fucked with.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Spending 22K per student and getting shit on your return on investment is scary

[Snoogans]

Always thought Camden cornered the market of dangerous places in NJ

we have a winner (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110307/us_yblog_thelookout/violent-crime-spikes-after-camden-halves-police-force)

Two months after Camden, NJ, laid off 160 police officers, city prosecutors have released a sobering report showing a dramatic rise in violent crime in the drug-and-crime-ridden city of 80,000 residents.

Aggravated assaults with firearms jumped 259 percent in January and February compared to last year, and violent crime over all is up 19 percent, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Murders and robberies, however, were down for the period.

[PapaBear]

Two months after Camden, NJ, laid off 160 police officers, city prosecutors have released a sobering report showing a dramatic rise in violent crime in the drug-and-crime-ridden city of 80,000 residents.

Aggravated assaults with firearms jumped 259 percent in January and February compared to last year, and violent crime over all is up 19 percent, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Murders and robberies, however, were down for the period.

That's really weird. Violent crime (including gun crime) is drastically higher, but fewer people are being killed or robbed. Does this mean, the lack of cops, has just resulted in people doing a lot more ass kicking?

[Snacks]

That's really weird. Violent crime (including gun crime) is drastically higher, but fewer people are being killed or robbed. Does this mean, the lack of cops, has just resulted in people doing a lot more ass kicking?

No, it someone manipulating statistics to promote an agenda.

[DJEvelEd]

This is misleading. This story is a few years old and has to do with terrorism ie. flying a small single engine airplane into one of the chemical plants killing possibly millions.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
'The most dangerous two miles in America'
Drive up and down the New Jersey Turnpike, and it's easy to see why this state is a potential playground for terrorists. There is a two mile stretch from Newark Airport to Port Elizabeth that terrorism experts have dubbed, "The most dangerous two miles in America."

"It's the consequence that frankly scares the pants off of us, when you think about what might happen in such a congested area," says New Jersey Homeland Security Director Richard Canas.

New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country. And on this particular swath of land there are hundreds of potential terrorist targets -- chemical plants, rail yard, rail lines, refineries, an international airport, and the third largest port in the country, Port Elizabeth.

If a terrorist were to strike one of the many chlorine gas plants here, how much damage could he do?

Canas says a worst-case attack would bring lethal harm to more than 12 million people in a 14 mile radius. Even so, he's most concerned about the port itself. More than four million containers arrive there every year. But they are only inspected on the way out, not on the way in.

Clark Kent Ervin, a CNN security analyst and former inspector general of DHS, says New Jersey needs more money, better technology, and tighter perimeter security to really protect itself.

Canas tells me he has asked the federal government for $800 million to secure the state, but only got 10 percent of that. So he's forced to rely on tips from the public to keep safe. This year, his homeland security department received only one tip about a suspicious vessel.

What makes the chemical plants vulnerable?

Canas says only a fraction of the security requirements are mandated by the state of New Jersey. Most policing is left up to the plants themselves.

I spent some time yesterday in Kearny, New Jersey, where many of the potential targets fall. I talked to Deputy Police Chief Jack Corbett, who told me, "We have adequate patrols there. Could we staff that area 24 hours a day with 100 people to try and keep terrorists away? I don't think that's possible."

The railways in the area are another concern. Given the passenger train bombings in India and London, Canas has added rail marshals and is increasing training for transit police.

After hearing about all these vulnerabilities, I wonder how much will be enough when it comes to deterring terrorism.


most-dangerous-2-miles-in-America (http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/08/most-dangerous-two-miles-in-america.html)