Violence once again mars New York's West Indian Day Parade

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JONATHAN LEMIRE

NEW YORK (AP) — The West Indian Day Parade, a rollicking, colorful celebration of Caribbean culture, music, style and food, rolled through New York City's streets Monday but, once again, was marred by predawn violence that left one man dead and an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in critical condition.

Cuomo identified his wounded staffer as Carey Gabay, a first deputy general counsel at the Empire State Development Corporation. Gabay was walking with his brother near the Brooklyn parade route at 3:40 a.m. when he was caught in the crossfire between two gangs, according to police officials.

A bullet struck Gabay, 43, in the head. Cuomo said Gabay, a Harvard-educated lawyer who had worked as an assistant counsel to the governor, and his wife are expecting their first child.

"I'm the governor of the state of New York, and there's not a thing I can do," Cuomo told reporters after he visited his staffer's family at Kings County Hospital. "There's not a thing I can say, and there's nothing I can do. And sometimes it just hurts."

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New York City Police officers stand on the scene of a fatal stabbing, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York as participants in the West Indian Day Parade pass behind them. Earlier in the day a man was stabbed to death at the location. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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1. doesn't seem like the parade and violence are related. deceptive framing nt

[Chakab]

2. How does a predawn shooting "near" the parade route mar

the parade?

The level of journalism continues to sink lower and lower.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. My thoughts exactly. nt

[smirkymonkey]

4. Very sad.

So sorry for his wife and his expectant child as well.

[Reter]

5. I know a cop who was working there

He said it's the single, most violent, rambunctious day of the year. Officers are told to look the other way on many crimes, because arresting someone might incite a riot. He absolutely hates working that day.

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6. Having grown up in NYC and lived several years in Brooklyn, let me assure you all

nothing good happens when you're walking down a Brooklyn street at 3:40 am.

[flamingdem]

7. That's heartbreaking

A WSJ article written by an ex Bronx cop made a good point. The numbers of young black men dying, killed mostly by these kind of gang wars is seven times that of cops killing young blacks. Somehow that issue needs to be forefronted without undermining the other.