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- When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local community leaders fought with the film's producers and threatened to sue because of the way the film depicted blacks and Puerto Ricans.
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Aug 24, 2011 · When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
The "Fort Apache" precinct house at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx. Fort Apache is, metaphorically, a building, complex, or defensive site providing shelter from hostile action in the form of crime (in police and crime drama) or native insurrection or enemy attack (in John Ford movies). [1]
The police of the 41st Precinct, or “Fort Apache” as it was named by the police who worked there, had a long reputation of racist abuse in the South Bronx. In 1978, it was identified by officials in the police department itself as a “problem precinct.”.
Nov 16, 2017 · Ralph Friedman served as a police officer during the 1970s and ’80s, during which time he walked the beat in the crime-addled 41st precinct of the South Bronx, nicknamed “Fort Apache.” Throughout his career he’s made more than 2,000 arrests, and when he retired in 1984 he was the most decorated detective in NYPD history.
Jul 16, 2019 · In the movie, shot on location in the Bronx, the officers of the 41st Precinct nickname their place of work “Fort Apache” because it feels like serving in an army outpost on the frontier....
Dec 25, 2016 · For a boy in the South Bronx in the 1960s, forgiveness came only from a higher power: an angel atop the Christmas tree. Credit... David Gonzalez/The New York Times
Jun 30, 2002 · Crime: The notorious 41st Precinct in the Bronx symbolized urban decay. It spawned a movie, books and plenty of real-life drama.
