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Brooklyn Today
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 31st day of the year.
On this day in 1900, a series in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle prompted a police investigation and closure of pool rooms around the city, including Brooklyn. NYC Police Board President Bernard J. York commanded that inspectors hold their jurisdictions responsible for adhering to the investigation, as would captains hold the officers of their precincts accountable. An investigation was also being launched of police who were accepting “protection money.”
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