Recently C.O.N.C.E.P.T. & LEFTist's father (Jimmy Crouch) have taken the Hit & Run Investigation into their own hands, as the Police have been uncorroperative & lazy in their own "investigation". The Crouch family came to NYC looking for answers on Sept. 27th, and were told that Dective Bowden (who is handling the case) would not even speak with them until Sept. 30th (the day they were planning on leaving) due to sick leave. The police report given to the family was extremely vague (noting "unknown" for seemingly obvious categories like hair & clothing), looking like it was thrown together in 10 min. Detective Bowden still has made no attempt to contact the family after his return from sick leave, and when called by C.O.N.C.E.P.T. (as Jimmy was too upset to call himself) was extremely defensive towards C.O.N.C.E.P.T. and with no concern or sympathy for the family. After calmly speaking about the incident & his actions, C.O.N.C.E.P.T. asked the Dective to call the family to appoligize who at this point has not complied with that request. Further example of his lack of investigation is that Dective Bowden did not even know the last place (Employees Only) LEFTist was sept18/17 Sunday night/early Monday morning before the hit & run. Basically, we believe they took LEFTist for a homeless runaway & planned on logging it away as "just another hit & run" with no investigation. We have been trying to set up the $10 000 reward through CRIME STOPPERS
but the police have been slow on setting it up. $10 000 Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction contact conceptmindspray@yahoo.com We are now trying to show the police department how wrong they were to make this assumption, and I ask that everyone try to
contact the Highway 1 Patrol asking for Dective Bowden's resignation due to the handling of this incident. It is a tragedy that the Crouch family had to bury their oldest son, but even more so that they were unable to recieve answers to their questions in order to gain closure.
The intersection of W. 12th St. & the west Side Highway is extremely dangerous, and even more so at night. The traffic travels fast, and between two visits to the site during late-night hours many of us have witnessed numerous cars racing through red lights as well as 2 sanitation trucks (one of which we caught on tape) who ran obviously red lights 50-60mph at the exact place where the hit & run occured.
All of the flowers, flyers, etc. that have been left at the memorial are greatly appreciated, but I encourage everyone to keep it alive. We want to keep the memory of LEFTist alive, and the reminder that we are not going to stop asking questions about what happened. Please continue to bring flowers, CDs, flyers, pictures, etc. to the memorial as a sign to the city that LEFTist is not just another number.
but the police have been slow on setting it up. $10 000 Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction contact conceptmindspray@yahoo.com We are now trying to show the police department how wrong they were to make this assumption, and I ask that everyone try to
contact the Highway 1 Patrol asking for Dective Bowden's resignation due to the handling of this incident. It is a tragedy that the Crouch family had to bury their oldest son, but even more so that they were unable to recieve answers to their questions in order to gain closure.
The intersection of W. 12th St. & the west Side Highway is extremely dangerous, and even more so at night. The traffic travels fast, and between two visits to the site during late-night hours many of us have witnessed numerous cars racing through red lights as well as 2 sanitation trucks (one of which we caught on tape) who ran obviously red lights 50-60mph at the exact place where the hit & run occured.
All of the flowers, flyers, etc. that have been left at the memorial are greatly appreciated, but I encourage everyone to keep it alive. We want to keep the memory of LEFTist alive, and the reminder that we are not going to stop asking questions about what happened. Please continue to bring flowers, CDs, flyers, pictures, etc. to the memorial as a sign to the city that LEFTist is not just another number.
Sincerely,
C.O.N.C.E.P.T.
Here's a list of our upcoming events:
FRIDAY OCT 6th. 2006
FALLDOWN: A Night of Hip Hop Music and Visual Arts
Live sets by : Bisc1 || Brokendomer || Undakova
Turntable Tracks by : Milkmoney || Complex || D.Spliff
Visual Gallery : Meres || Zimad || ChrisCortez || SonOne || Jayra ||
Vase
and a whole lot more..
Doors at 9.30 - till we fallout
7$ / Ladies free before Midnight
258 Johnson Ave./ "L" train to montrose Avenue
Walk 1 block down bushwick to Johnson, make a left on Johnson
258 Johnson, Look for illuminted (*)
STYLE FACTORY
Saturday, Oct 14th
Celebrate Life!
The Life and Legacy of LEFTist
Adam B's Birthday
MindSpray's EP "What's inside" release
Lone Catalysts
rack-Lo w/ T-Money
Metermaids
Leroy Brown
Nervous System
Whose Rhyme is it Anyway?
Freestyle Competition
$100 Prize
Doors Open 9pm
Admission: $10 (includes MindSpray EP for the first 100 people)
Hosted by: Euphamism & Dyalekt
DJ Halo & DJ Milk Money
Knitting Factory
Old office
74 Leonard St.
212-219-3132
*1 or 9 train to Franklin St.
Walk one block south & turn left onto Leonard
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