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\f0\fs26 \cf0 (Image source: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rage_with_hook_machine_nypd_crime_CF276NUbDkzRFRgdw3sXkI"}}{\fldrslt
\cf2 Kirby Desmarais}}) \fs24 \cf3 \
\uc0\u8232 \b\fs26 \cf0 BY NATHAN BYRNE
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\b\fs26 \cf0 ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN \b0\fs24 \cf3 \
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\fs26 \cf0 Crime has spiked in areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy but now the NYPD is recognizing
an unlikely helper in the battle against bad guys.
\f1\fs24 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://youtu.be/5QVIbNJLkRQ"}}{\fldrslt
\f0\fs26 \cf2 Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement quickly mobilized to help Sandy\'92s
victims}} \f0\fs26 however they could \'97 using an
already-organized network as a force of volunteers. \f1\fs24 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\fs26 That presence is now being credited with \'97 of all things \'97 helping stop
crime in Brooklyn\'92s Red Hook neighborhood. \f1\fs24 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rage_with_hook_machine_nypd_crime_CF276NUbDkzRFRgdw3sXkI"}}{\fldrslt \f0\fs26 \cf2 A New York Post report notes}}
\f0\fs26 a \b \'93\cf3 surprising alliance of cops and
activists\'94 \b0 that
\b \'93pulverized crime and saved lives\'94 \b0 following Superstorm Sandy. A police source
told the Post, \b \'93We all rose to the occasion.\'94
\f1\b0\fs24 \cf0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\fs26 Though police sources are talking
off-the-record, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/12/06/occupy_wall_street_sandy_nypd_quietly_credits_movement_for_helping_fight.html"}}{\fldrslt
\cf2 a writer for Slate calls this story of cooperation, \'93noteworthy.\'94}}
\f1\fs24 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\b\fs26 \'93 \'85 given it was only a little
more than a year ago that the two sides were clashing\'97often quite violently\'97in and
around New York City.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\fs26 Does this mean the two groups will live happily ever after? {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/nypd-credits-occupy-drop-crime-after-sandy/59692/"}}{\fldrslt \cf2 The Atlantic Wire\'92s Adam Clark Estes
says we\'92ll see}}. Occupy plans to take over Times Square on Thursday to support the
right to organize. \fs24 \cf3 \
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