A NYC Subway Story: Just Another Day in the ‘Hood!

Posted on October 13, 2023 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

At the Utica Avenue train station (in Crown Heights, Brooklyn), a peripatetic philosophical “passenger” is lecturing two of New York’s Finest.  He tells them that they don’t patrol the streets “to serve and protect” the people,” but to perpetuate the illusion of public safety.  He then tells the police officers, “You are part of the biggest gang in New York City!”  The officers simply stand there, just another day in the neighborhood, another subway story.  The officers also demonstrate remarkable restraint, in that the philosopher is all up in their personal space.  He could easily have ended up in a chokehold!

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About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Award-winning poet, playwright, and essayist. Author of three books of poetry, "Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present"; "Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats"; "The Black Feminine Mystique," and a novel, "Streets of Rage," written under his pen name Easy Waters. All four books are available on Amazon.com. Waters has over 25 years of experience in the criminal legal system. He is a change agent for a just society and a catalyst for change.
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2 Responses to A NYC Subway Story: Just Another Day in the ‘Hood!

  1. Spyros Germenis's avatar Spyros Germenis says:
    October 13, 2023 at 2:01 pm

    Much maligned profession but when they are needed and arrive are they thanked with the same zeal as they are attacked? Sometimes they receive gratitude for their service , most times I would think not. They are us and we are not perfect therefore in instances they will not be perfect but we hold them to a higher ideal walking the beat never understanding the rotating shifts the fear and the pressure they encounter or the substance abuse and bad behaviors some arrive at as a consequence to being “on the job”.

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