Caretaker’s son claims he tore down barricades at Bed-Stuy’s famed Slave Theater
The standoff at the Slave Theater has begun.
“This is our theater,” said Omar Hardy, whose father Clarence claims to be the rightful heir to the vaunted but troubled Bed-Stuy institution. “This is my birthright. I was born to take care of this place.”
So when developers erected new barricades around the property in early September, the younger Hardy came by and simply tore them down.
“A bunch of police officers came,” Hardy said. “I showed them our paperwork. I made my case. They backed away.”