I just watched people set off industrial strength fireworks right in front of some cops, and a block and a half away from the precinct. The precinct must hear the explosions and notice they’re louder than usual. The cops watched the display, and pulled off when it was over.

People in so many Black and Brown neighborhoods are complaining about the nightly 8-hour fire shows over the past two weeks (basically once the curfew ended). But the cops are making ZERO attempts to stop it (and these fireworks are illegal in NYC).

What’s more telling is the conspicuous absence of the pyrotechnicians from social media. I have not seen one viral video of some knuckleheads showing off or bragging about fireworks.

Presumably, they spent hundreds of dollars on professional grade fireworks for 8 hours a night over the last two weeks and NO ONE MADE VIDEO OF IT?

The hood brags about EVERYTHING on social media, but not this?

The radio silence is almost as deafening as the actual fireworks.

As I’ve mentioned before, I live on a block that has a bodega which is frequented by cops from the nearby precinct.

There was STILL a seige of fireworks outside my window a couple nights this week.

The physical absence of the cops, the absence of interest from the cops, the social media absence of the pyros, and the literal omnipresence of the explosions in Black and Brown neighborhoods across the city and country is very suspicious to me.