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amerett0 t1_j03ap64 wrote

Seems like somebody's evidence was incriminating enough for them to fire bomb the place.

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thisisntshakespeare t1_j036rla wrote

Damn. One would hope evidence (especially DNA materials) were better protected and stored.

Accidental or deliberate?

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Speedyx t1_j0374x3 wrote

Im sure everyones first thought will be deliberate but I feel the end result will be incompetence.

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windupshoe2020 t1_j06mayv wrote

I’d be willing to wager on “deliberate in order to cover up prior incompetence.”

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j03eswz wrote

My guess is it’s related to the electric scooters/bikes or atvs they’ve been taking.

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thebruns t1_j0731z5 wrote

That would be....something.

NYPD Press release: We confiscated all these dangerous scooters!

two days layer

Surprised pikachu

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mowotlarx OP t1_j036c75 wrote

>Large plumes of white smoke were visible across the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn on Tuesday morning as a three-alarm fire at the Police Department’s Erie Basin Auto Pound burned for several hours. The fire was called into the Fire Department around 10:30 a.m., according to officials. Emergency vehicles, including three helicopters and 33 fire units, were working to contain the flames early Tuesday afternoon. About 140 firefighters were at the scene, according to the department.

>The auto pound is one of two operated by the Police Department — another is in Springfield Gardens, Queens — and houses vehicles that have been seized as part of investigations, as well as thousands of barrels of DNA material.

>Officials with the Police and Fire Departments would not confirm which warehouse at the auto pound the fire had affected and did not have any information about damages. But a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak publicly said the fire could potentially be disastrous.

>In 2012, when Hurricane Sandy tore through the city, two warehouses on the compound were inundated, damaging hundreds of barrels of evidence and affecting a number of ongoing cases.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_j03ifyl wrote

> barrels of DNA material.

Literally barrels or is this specialized jargon?

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mowotlarx OP t1_j03jcuv wrote

I have to believe they were actually in barrels, because that's such an odd way to describe a storage method.

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TonyzTone t1_j03q8g6 wrote

Better than shoeboxes of DNA material...

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rakehellion t1_j06ywtr wrote

They store them in test tubes, that go in deep frozen metal containers. Barrels.

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panda12291 t1_j03ye3u wrote

Are rape and sexual assault jokes really still funny to anyone?

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thinkltoez t1_j04zrh7 wrote

Bet it was one of those ebikes

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BoB3y-D t1_j07ng68 wrote

Thought this myself, but I don’t believe they were charging any of them inside the warehouse.

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Iamabrewer t1_j03inwj wrote

Officer: Sgt, there was 100kg of cocaine in there!?!

Sgt: How Much?

Officer: 10kg???

Sgt: That's what I thought you said.

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Kozzzman t1_j03f6z6 wrote

Yeah, magnets, bitch!

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eekamuse t1_j071e9r wrote

r/overplayedbutappreciatedbreakingbad

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socialcommentary2000 t1_j06cst2 wrote

On one hand, the conspiracy theory angle does work...on the other, the NYPD's material handling protocols are probably laughable when it comes to storing E bikes and other things with battery cells. I guarantee you they were stacking these things wherever they could and all it takes is one shorted cell and..well ( insert Dr. Ian Malcolm gif).

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Frustr8edInvestor t1_j03e0ls wrote

There goes the list of Everyone who has ever been to Jeffrey Epsteins Island

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tmntnyc t1_j05mb3x wrote

A fire? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in the NYPD evidence center? Can I see it?

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Nickyluvs2cum t1_j04i3ti wrote

You don’t find that suspicious ??

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Rocky_Mountain_Way t1_j06h94p wrote

There’s no evidence of anything suspicious.

No evidence of anything, in fact.

No evidence.

Hmmmmmm. That seems suspicious

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asian_identifier t1_j04ps17 wrote

went to statue of liberty crown today, got to see this all day

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aja09 t1_j04pzxj wrote

Inside job for sure…

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PoppaTitty t1_j05o7p2 wrote

10:30 am doesn't seem like prime arson hours. If it was to destroy evidence wouldn't you burn it down at night?

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idanrecyla t1_j03so28 wrote

Think of all the time and effort that won't have to be expended on trying to solve all those backlogged cases. I don't trust the criminals, but born and bred New Yorker here means I don't trust the police either

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Ted_Dance_Son t1_j03ygbp wrote

The worse thing is stuff like any organized crime or political investigation evidence is likely destroyed if stored here.

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TK1129 t1_j06lox8 wrote

It’s mostly E-bikes and stuff from adjudicated cases there. Creates problems for people that appeal their conviction if the original evidence is there.

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Icy-Performance-3739 t1_j05w3uy wrote

This happens every 5 years or so on the Brookkyn waterfront. Remember the one where Greenpount and Williamsburg meet about 5 or 6 years ago.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_j06t4ah wrote

>“We expect the N.Y.P.D. and district attorneys to provide us a full accounting of the evidence that was damaged and to immediately inform defense counsel about individual cases that may have been impacted,” said Redmond Haskins, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society, one of the city’s largest providers of legal services for indigent clients.

In plain words: this is a Christmas bonanza for the Legal Aid.

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jerseycityfrankie t1_j04t2vu wrote

Bales of hundred dollar bill bundles, stacked on pallets. Highly flammable. Shame if there was a fire....

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Chacochillin t1_j07oyit wrote

When i worked for the city years ago i had to take opposing counsel to Erie basin to inspect a faulty Fire Truck, and another time to inspect the Boom of one of the crane’s that collapsed in the city.

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