Update: Hang onto that iPod!
Another gem from NYT, but a topical one at least: "Ears Plugged? Keep Eyes Open, Subway's IPod Users Are Told."
Synopsis:
Subway crime on the rise! Actually, iPod-related subway crime on the rise. Actually, this is the first month that anyone has reported having an iPod stolen in the subway, but it's already happened 50 times! Cell phones get stolen too ... because of techno-envy -- young people need certain things (namely techno music) to feel young, apparently.
Last word, from LAPD Chief (and former NYCT Police Chief, NYPD Commish) William Bratton, who visited New York last week and was apalled by the "shabby" condition of the subway cars: "When you have subway cars that are filthy -- and the ones I was riding in were a mess -- and it looks like there's no one in charge, the temptation to commit crime is more significant."
Synopsis:
Subway crime on the rise! Actually, iPod-related subway crime on the rise. Actually, this is the first month that anyone has reported having an iPod stolen in the subway, but it's already happened 50 times! Cell phones get stolen too ... because of techno-envy -- young people need certain things (namely techno music) to feel young, apparently.
Last word, from LAPD Chief (and former NYCT Police Chief, NYPD Commish) William Bratton, who visited New York last week and was apalled by the "shabby" condition of the subway cars: "When you have subway cars that are filthy -- and the ones I was riding in were a mess -- and it looks like there's no one in charge, the temptation to commit crime is more significant."
posted by mister sketchee! at 12:05 PM
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