Because it´s a democrat controlled city, with a democrat mayor (no matter what he calls himself), in a democrat controlled state, with a democrat governor and the people causing the problem are a democrat protected class.

Nothing about it advances the democrat narrative or agenda sooo....

Nothing to see here MSMwise.

most curious quote from the article
"informal crews of armed teenagers"

translation: "gangbangers"

I guess the politically correct term for violent armed gangs is now:"informal crews of armed teenagers"

we´re doomed. the press is an active part of the problems now. they characterize the gangs in an angelic manner (next, we will be hearing that young Kimani was in the choir and was planning on going to Harvard on scholarship), and the police are characterized as racists.

Media coverage of such lawless mob behavior always contains the implied subtext -which frequently more than implied and a subtext- that vandalism and other antisocial behaviors are perfectly understandable and legitimate responses to police shootings. What other choice do teenagers(?) have but to riot and rampage and destroy property? Who could expect them to behave any differently? This soft bigotry of low expectations is racism pure and simple. Nobody expects white teenagers to act like this, regardless of alleged provocations. Only blacks are expected to run riot, loot businesses, attack strangers and cause general mayhem when they are feeling aggrieved or victimized. Well - not only blacks. Muslims, too. It seems that the same bigotry white liberals exhibit toward blacks is applied to Muslims - at least to foreign Muslims. Any time members of either group come up against something they do not like, regard as unfair, or think is insulting or blasphemous, white liberals think it is the most natural thing in the world for them to mob up and begin to wreck, burn and destroy everything and everyone in sight. It is only natural for "people like that" to behave that way.

I think it will receive tremendous attention once this hits the airwaves --

A pair of New York City police officers responsible for killing a Brooklyn teen last weekend have been named in five federal lawsuits on allegations ranging from illegal stop and frisks to physical abuse. According to court records settlements resulting from suits against Sgt. Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova have cost the city $215,000.

All the usual suspects should be landing soon. Maybe Eric too.

Those "informal crews" couldn´t possibly be armed, not with all the gun laws in NYC.

But all the Mayor Doomberg wants to address was trans fats , salt and large beverages... Too bad policing , as in the original intent of the office, is sooooo low in priority ..also the NYPD is now one of the most pc ,minority quota dumps around.. You can imagine some of the lady kops.. They barely can apply their mascara... Ditto some of the "men "

And the Rite-Aid was responsible, how?

These teebnagers are only responding to Obama´s crack-down on guns!

Dollars to doughnuts that yoot´s revolver was going to be used on someone. Then the killimg would´ve just been a statistic and not a reason to riot. I cannot get beyond my first thought, which is just let them police themselves; that should work out well.

Remember the pharmacist a couple years ago who got charged with shooting a robber too many times? This is a new benchmark for these people.you should only be allowed to shoot them to disable them.

People that sit around on their couches all the time don´t grasp that cops are human too and in a flight or fight situation,they do over react sometimes but it´s to make sure of self preservation. A lot of these cops have probably seen hopped up thugs on drugs or booze be invincible no matter how many times they´re shot,this is what happened in Rodney King. Seriously,tasers bounce off these people like feathers.

This whole country is a power keg situation where some trigger point could set everybody off.I think Obama winning the reelection was out of the fear of riots.

#9... not a bad idea. build a huge fence around them. they have to pass through a controlled exit point. when the informal teens can do whatever they desire with those who seem to support their behavior.

The city teachers union should be very proud of these uncivilized thugs.

The little darlng has had four arrests for violence in the past year.

Zimmermanning heads north...

Time to riot when it warms up

"informal crews of armed teenagers"

legal age for owning a gun is 21 years in NYC.

those informal crews (AKA gangbangers) are guilty of multiple criminal offenses, starting with illegal possession of a firearm, next you can bet those firearms are not themselves legally obtained or registered...

the article calls them "informal crews", "young protesters", "young men", "kids", "teenagers", never once are they described as gangs, thugs, or criminals.

what next? Freedom-fighter?

I am sure yoot had a permit to carry and a registered firearm/s

Brooklyn burning? Blind eye from Bathhouse Barry, whom Brooklynites put back in office. Scour the golf course and see if he cares.

I live far away in the west and I couldn´t care less.

NYPD [any city´s PD] has lost the chance to control such rioting when they fail to bring out the shotguns when it´s first clear they´re needed. This isn´t simple property crime and/or assault on the police.

#3 offers his usual good post.

#4: Thanks for that info. Is police brutality real? Sure. Are there lying accusers and corrupt lawyers suing the police? Count on it. Bet the rent money on it. The constraints on police are ever-tighter [less realistic? hmmm] and the license granted [lack of accountability; excuse-making by others] to such criminals, make me think that at least some of these "settlements" pay-offs to make the lawsuits go away, not evidence that all such suits have merit.

#19: You´ll get your chance to care.

The idiot Mayor is concerned about counting the intake calories but the cops who take infinitely more risks than gaining a few ounces on their shift are more concerned with the problem of ingesting lead from street punks that point guns at them...I suppose now the media idiots will reclassify the pistol the cops used to put this punk down as an ´assault´ pistol that probably and illegally had more than the prescribed number of bullets allowed by law... what a joke! If it took 20 bullets to put this lawbreaking stupid jerk down then 20 is the correct number. Do you think for a second that the cops are going to stop shooting because somebody counted up to 10??? Would you if this punk aimed a weapon at you???

No riots about gang-banger shootings? Now that would make sense. But then, nothing in NYC makes sense, especially the mayor.

All black neighborhoods are always powder kegs. A better headline; "Brooklyn Black Neighborhood Powder Keg Blows Up, Again"

And the parents of the feral youths are where ?

What did the shop owners do to deserve this destruction ? They didn´t shoot cute little
Kimani. Just like the parents of the feral youth aren´t reimbursing them.