Reason 10690 why I should not have a gun

We had to stop by the store yesterday even though we were off. We went in the morning to pick up the furniture we were taking to the factory to be spray pained. When we left everything was fine. We got back about six o'clock and this had happened:

Somebody had gratified the side wall between the two stores. He had bombed up and down Court St and tagged my store, the UPS box and the condo across the street.

The last time this happened was about six years ago. Then I was able to have a film of the perp that I handed over to city wide graffiti but nothing ever came of it. I wasn't able to tape it this time because my camera is out and I am repositioning it for the new store so I didn't get it fixed yet. So this asshole had free reign.

I took all of the appropriate steps. I called 311 to report it. I called the precient. But nothing is going to happen. This is just another quality of life crime that is going to go unpunished.

The mayor won't give a shit. The bad times are back and it is only going to get worse. Of course the perp probably looked like his son. It actually probably was his son.

I need to get out of Brooklyn. I am tired of cleaning this shit up.

Thanks to NYPD for their efforts.

This is a shot of the new graffiti I was dealing with last week. I finally got through to the guy in the 76 who deals with "quality of life" stuff. He was on vacation but as soon as he came back he came to the store. City wide vandalism squad also came by and loved the tape I had which had a full on shot of the punks face. So if they catch him because of this tag we can prosecute based on the tape. I just have to be patient. New York City now has a program where they paint over the graffiti for you if you request it and they did a very good job this time. The trick is to get it done right away so you don't encourage other assholes to tag the same spot. The last time the paint job kinda sucked but they did a much better job this time. I will still have to repaint it to make it match exactly but at least it is presentable especially since there is a street fair tomorrow and I want the store to look good.

So thank you to the NYPD for their good work.

Things are picking up speed.

If you bust balls enough you start to get action. City Wide Vandal Squad just came by the store and I gave them another copy of the video. The detective said he would investigate but he raved about the quality of the video and said we should be able to put the bracelets on this kid. He is going to check out the surrounding schools because he said the kid looked young. He had checked all the tags that have been used recently and this seems to be a different one so he doesn't have him in the file. But it looks like we are going to get some action.

I told him heavily discounted lady's clothing for anyone who gets these douches.

The wrong guy always gets locked up.

So I get a call from Jimmy Keys who told me was pinched and was in the pokey. Jimmy is one of a bunch of people who I help out now and then. He used to work for REMCO which is a big maintenance company in the city. He wanted to wash my windows but I already had someone who does that. But I let him do a few odd jobs here and there because the guy was on the balls of his ass. For example I had him scrub down the graffiti and repaint it the last time. I had him do the odd paint job and had him grease the sliding gates and polish the storefront. My wife can't stand him because she feels he is a lowlife. Which is true but even a lowlife has to eat. So as long as he does the job which he does, I will throw him a couple of bucks here and there. Like the old lady who always hits me up for twenty bucks every week until her check comes. I mean she pays me back and I am always willing to help someone out.

Anyway Jimmy calls me from Rikers and gives me his whole big story about his ex wife and the mental hospital and this and that. The bottom line was that he had to make bail. I told him I couldn't help him out. I don't even know what the beef is but I don't think it would be wise to make his bail since he would be in the wind for sure. You can help people out who are scuffling but you can't be a total dick.

My lowlife minion was arrested and the liberal scumbag kid who did the graffitie is drinking a latte in his Che T-Shirt and skateboarding in Tompkins Square Park. What bullshit.

Now I need a new minion for the dirty jobs that I don't have time to do. I will be scrubbing and repainting my wall myself. Unless I can buy myself a Mexican.

NYPD Blows.

So after I called 311 again and raised a little hell, the cops showed up to take the report. Two kids who had to be about 25 or so. I give them a cd with the whole crime and a full sequence with the main scum bags face on it. Let's see if we get any action. Somehow I am not too hopeful. I think they are just going to shit can my compliant. But I am going to make a issue of it and press it big time. Enough is enough.

You can never get it right.

So Easter Monday some scum bags tagged the side of the store again. Now the last time I changed the angle of my outside camera and sure enough I have the whole thing on tape. In fact the douche bag who did it walked right in front of the camera and stood and almost posed. There were three of them. One walked down the President street and another down Court St. Then the main asshole tagged the wall. He stops to admire it and then walks back towards the camera and stands there talking to the other douche.

Anyway the last time this happened the cops were right on it. The lieutenant who was in charge came to the store and told me to make a complaint through 311 and let them know about it. They came and took a police report. Now I didn't have the camera properly positioned and I couldn't figure out how the machine I had then worked. So I got a new dvr and have everything on tape. I call 311 four days ago and no one has shown up yet. I called the same lieutenant four times in the last four days and have not heard a word. I called the community affairs officer who I met at the Court St Merchants and not a word. I guess they are having a fucking sale at Duckin' Donuts. Last time I had the cops but no evidence. Now I have lots of evidence and no cops.

I am going to try to figure out to post the video to the Internet to see if anybody can id this douche bag. He was a white hipster doufus. You know the kind of shit head the neighborhood guys call a "liberal." He thinks that tagging a building with graffiti is cool. Rebellious. Artistic.

I am going to put out a contract on him.