I live in a private building on Pitt Street between Rivington and Stanton. I have lived here for 22 years. In the wee hours of this morning approximately 2 AM two groups of people were on Pitt and Rivington arguing and a fight looked to be developing. A police car from the 7th Precinct approached and on loud speaker told the crowds to disperse and leave the area. I had never seen the police do that on this block before. I was glad to see it.
Several cars arrived and parked to assist. Although the groups separated they walked only a short distance away from each other then stopped and each continued to talk junk about the other and the situation as though they were waiting for the police to leave and they can continue their dispute. Well, the police surprised them. Two police officers got out of their cars and approached the group to the right as a woman was yelling and cursing her head off. That group was gone after the police spoke to them. A woman in the group to the left began cursing loading and arguing with someone and the police car pulled up to her and her group and told them to "leave, go home and did they not understand." In minutes everyone from both groups were gone!
As the police cars pulled away to leave, they passed my building and I yelled from my bedroom window "THANK YOU!" The police officer waved his hand as to say "You're Welcome." I have never been so proud and happy at that moment to see the police patrolling the block I live on and clearing it of the riffraff and trouble makers that roam the night, every night on Pitt Street particularly Pitt St. between Rivington and Stanton!
Thank you to New York's finest of the 7th Precinct in the Lower East Side of Manhattan!!
I love you guys and gals. There are definitely more good police than bad and some of the good one's work out of the 7th Precinct!
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