Picking Up the Pieces the Morning After the Parade and Its Strife

''Look where we are,'' said Anthony Sparks, 30, who was standing in front of the Golden Comb, a barber shop. ''We're in the heart of Crown Heights. Things happen. If it wasn't at the parade, you wouldn't hear about it. It shouldn't have happened, but...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author MICHAEL BRICK and JONATHAN P. HICKS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 03.09.2003
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Bartholomew, Anthony
Criminal investigations
Holidays & special occasions
Murders & murder attempts
Parades
Crown Heights-New York City NY
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Summary:''Look where we are,'' said Anthony Sparks, 30, who was standing in front of the Golden Comb, a barber shop. ''We're in the heart of Crown Heights. Things happen. If it wasn't at the parade, you wouldn't hear about it. It shouldn't have happened, but it had nothing to do with the parade.'' The Rev. Ken Bogan, pastor at Greater Restoration Baptist Church on Kingston Avenue, said the parade had been safer in recent years because the police had improved their tactics; for instance, he said, they were keeping people from running across the parade route. [Deon Martin], left, said he wanted to be sure elected officials' statements about the violence do not stigmatize the West Indian American Day Parade. The Rev. Ken Bogan, right, said he was afraid some people would seek ''to do damage and harm to the parade'' by citing the violence. (Photographs by Shannon Stapleton for The New York Times)
ISSN:0362-4331