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The NYPD is weathering criticism for their second hip-hop slip-up of the week, after a video surfaced showing two officers gleefully blasting a provocative diss track from a patrol car stationed outside Marcus Garvey Village in Brownsville.
The song — "Folk in the Trunk" — calls for murdering members of Folk Nation, an alliance of street gangs that reportedly has a major presence in the housing complex. It was recorded by artists Dee Savv and Young Costamado, both of whom have discussed their intention to kill members of the Gangster Disciples, which helped form Folk Nation.
A police spokesperson told Gothamist that "there was no malicious intent" in blaring the track outside the building, claiming: "Officers used it as a way to start conversation with young men on the street." The spokesperson would not elaborate on the goal of that conversation, or whether the officers were aware of the song's message.
NYPD Claims Officers Blasting Diss Track Outside Brownsville Building Had 'No Malicious Intent'
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The song — "Folk in the Trunk" — calls for murdering members of Folk Nation, an alliance of street gangs that reportedly has a major presence in the housing complex. It was recorded by artists Dee Savv and Young Costamado, both of whom have discussed their intention to kill members of the Gangster Disciples, which helped form Folk Nation.
A police spokesperson told Gothamist that "there was no malicious intent" in blaring the track outside the building, claiming: "Officers used it as a way to start conversation with young men on the street." The spokesperson would not elaborate on the goal of that conversation, or whether the officers were aware of the song's message.
NYPD Claims Officers Blasting Diss Track Outside Brownsville Building Had 'No Malicious Intent'
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