If his example leads to a neighborhood watch of people with masks that help make Newark a better place, then he's done a boon to us all and his efforts are laudable.

If his example leads to a neighborhood watch of people with no masks that help make Newark a better place, then he's done a boon to us all and his efforts are laudable.

I'm assuming Midnight is a grown adult human, which means he can make his own choices. I think someone whose activities thus far are walking the streets and keeping an eye out or distributing hand warmers to unhoused people at Penn Station is far, far removed from a comic book superhero swooping in to save the innocent directly. He seems like a sensible enough human being to know when not to charge up to an assailant - I hope this much, at least - and I'd rather have someone who attempts to do good than not.

He's out to set a positive example, period. IMO it's unfair to compare him to the Guardian Angels, mostly because they're a funded organization with what I understand to be some degree of training on what they can, cannot, should, and should not do as a volunteer, with some form of relationship with the NYPD. This is one person who wants to make a difference. If he wants to lead by example rather than by organization, who are we to tell him no?

I think another set of eyes is great and why I encouraged him to set up a neighborhood watch with other people with a direct line to the police. I think walking around by yourself in a full face mask taking “action shots” and thinking you’re going to stop crime yourself is a quick way to end up in the hospital. I’m not against him wanting to walk around and keep an eye out. It’s the implication that he’s going to try to stop something himself while wearing a homemade mask because he thinks he’s a superhero that concerns me. Feel like I’m going to read in RLS about some 19 year old North Ward kid getting shot because he ran up to a carjacking to try to stop it.

idk why he deleted/got deleted biggest threat is preventing freedom of speech, regardless of how the person feels

Bush league. Ras is Bush league as is most the council.

If you ever interacted with city hall you know exactly how this happened

So you think it's a good idea for a potential set of eyes to a carjacking to not be there, and thus not call 911 and report it in progress, as opposed to maybe the victim of the carjacking getting shot and not getting anything until they're dead?

The most dangerous weapon in the world is a radio or cell phone. I'm 99% sure that Midnight knows how to use his. Whatever kind of crap it was that people drummed up as "concerned citizens" - oh wait, they were "college students" - was likely just some gomer who doesn't like the fact that someone finds joy by donning the identity of a hero, putting a lot of us to shame by virtue of the fact that we don't help people as our own damn selves.

sigh I called Councilman's Quintana's office to complain about this when it first happened. According to his aide, this was Mayor Baraka's idea and the council just went along with it. Amazing that not one of them thought of googling this organization.

I want to know who is responsible for such agreements in the city of Newark. Who's job is it to look into this stuff? I want all of the previous work reviewed and are there any consequences to such lack of due diligence??? Tax payer money was spent on this!

Lol I’m Hindu. Wtf is this shit 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for the heads up. Need to test my sump pump to make sure is working

If you know only one who has a basement , warn them to do the same. When Ida came through, my pump failed and my basement flooded. Pain in the ass to clean bot to mention it messed up my washer dryer

I heard about this a few weeks ago it's still makes me laugh. Some advisors probably saw the name and thought it would sound great in a press release

Strongly considering gloving up and personally clearing out the street drains on my block.... ):

Do you really think this guy is going to be able to run up to and stop a carjacking? Or do you think he’ll likely get shot in the gut if he tries?

That doesn’t make any sense. What is the scenario where someone sees your face and then tracks you and your family down? You think you’re going to intervene in a crime and hand over criminals to the police? And the criminals are going to get out and walk around the neighborhood until they find you?

What are you actually planning on doing while wearing a mask? Are you going to run up and intervene if you witness an assault? A drug deal? A carjacking? A shooting? The odds are much greater you’ll be retaliated against violently in the moment if you come upon some crime.

The Guardian Angels in NYC patrolled in brightly colored uniforms with their faces exposed. It’s their actual presence that was supposed to reduce crime. Not actually intervening in criminal incidents. Neighborhood watches are real things that people do. Criminals don’t commit crime where there are witnesses. They do it where they can get away with it. If they know an area has regular people walking around a lot at night, they will move elsewhere.

He’s not the only superhero out there.

This guy superheroes for real

Still don't understand how this happened. Five minutes of Googling would show that it's not a real city.

Opposite of this

>If you want to do a neighborhood watch, you should reach out to the police

So they can order me to unmask myself and let my identity get revealed, subsequently putting not only me but my loved ones in danger? No thanks.

Not to mention, I literally presented this exact idea of a N.Watch to this subreddit, and geuss what? The idea got shit on 💀

I understand where you and the 25 other people who upvoted your comment (who I geuss dont like interaction/joke) are coming from, but simply going to the police who already don't do jack in a city devoid of hope and faith and joining a neighborhood watch, aint it.

-Friendly Neighborhood Midnight.

At least they gave you some fair warning...

I didnt make the list- 💀

Easier to list the streets that don't flood....?

On the intersection of 4th? Most likely, judging by photos of floods in the past and the fact its below street level.

What about the area around the Park Avenue light rail station?

I'd love to get some interesting buildings that aren't in the CBD/rich parts of Newark. If you have cool buildings or night scenes in your area, LMK!