NYC Parks Department worker busted in deadly shooting of migrant who set up tent in park: sources
A Parks Department officer is suspected of shooting and killing a Venezuelan migrant who was camping near two problem shelters in a Brooklyn parkland last month, police and law enforcement sources said Friday. Elijah Mitchell, 23, a seasonal park worker, was apparently infuriated by the tent camp the migrants had set up at Steuben Playground […]
Nearly 100 rogue migrants booted from tent city outside Randall’s Island shelter site
On Friday, police and city workers cracked down on the sleazy encampment, forcing about 100 undocumented immigrants to remove a small tent city they had illegally set up on the outskirts of the Randalls Island refuge. NYPD and city park enforcement patrols swarmed the makeshift camp in mid-afternoon and forced migrant campers out of the […]
Fabric from George Washington’s tent sold at Goodwill auction for $1,300
Originally owned by President George Washington, the artifact recently found its way to a Virginia history enthusiast, who later donated it to the museum, thanks to Goodwill. The piece is currently on display at the National Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Collector Richard “Dana” Moore discovered the artifact, a 6-inch-long piece of linen […]