tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post1375179951671836201..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Everybody's CorruptUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-70027794751857497352013-04-06T16:05:52.340-04:002013-04-06T16:05:52.340-04:00I still like Teddy Roosevelt. I couldn't tell ...I still like Teddy Roosevelt. I couldn't tell you why. Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-6877737113168849912013-04-06T00:31:20.396-04:002013-04-06T00:31:20.396-04:00Not to beat a dead rat, but "rats' (snitc...Not to beat a dead rat, but "rats' (snitches) continue today as the globs of grease that make the wheels of justice rotate. CSI everywhere notwithstanding, it's the informer whispering in the policeman's ear that overwhelmingly produces effective police work (arrests). TR didn't have a clue and it was a good day for the City his last day as PC. His successors, however, appreciate that he left behind his magnificent desk, still in use on the 14th Floor of 1 Police Plaza. The 1950s,'60s, '70s and '80s in NYC rivaled the crime rates and cop-on-the-take customs of Old New York (Witness the Harry Gross bookmaking scandal, the Knapp and Mollen Commission Investigations of Corruption in the NYPD). Pity the poor constable, I say: it's only a cup of coffee and a donut.<br />robert knightlyhttp://robertknightly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-67554599324926661002013-04-05T19:12:55.183-04:002013-04-05T19:12:55.183-04:00Hi, all, you may know already that the Swann Galle...Hi, all, you may know already that the Swann Galleries - 104 E. 25th St, NY -has a big exhibit on TR - Ap. 9-16. See swanngalleries.com TJS in Manhattan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-56986022909788804602013-04-05T12:57:40.915-04:002013-04-05T12:57:40.915-04:00Though an admirer of Teddy in some ways, I wish he...Though an admirer of Teddy in some ways, I wish he had cracked down instead on his fellow Repulican sweatshop owners who were getting rich off the the backs of the poor immigrant laborers, many of whom were girls in their teens and died in the process. Thanks for making it clear, Kate: holier than thou is hardly ever helpful!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-91022807797593957292013-04-05T09:17:59.954-04:002013-04-05T09:17:59.954-04:00I enjoyed this blog very much. Maybe Mike will tak...I enjoyed this blog very much. Maybe Mike will take note and raid the brothels on Park Avenue? Or Ray Kelly will take heed and assign those scoundrel politic guys to chop wood - in public - maybe in front of Gracie Mansion! Thelma Straw in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-23608003921796305762013-04-05T08:00:46.183-04:002013-04-05T08:00:46.183-04:00Actually, I think I know more about TR as police c...Actually, I think I know more about TR as police commissioner from reading fiction. The late William DeAndrea wrote a mystery that I remember liking at the time called "The Lunatic Fringe" and I think TR figures in "The Alienist" as well<br />StephanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com