Manhattan: As a former assistant commissioner with the NYPD, I always take an interest in local police matters. This is particularly true of the 32nd Precinct, where the two officers shot recently were assigned. Last weekend, I observed candlelight vigils, speeches and news crews interviewing distraught residents. It was heartening to see the outpouring of community support.
What kind of painting was that? And wasn’t it
upside down?
It appeared on the wall at some point between 3 and 6 a.m. the night Levine’s son got married. An old picture of Kever Rochel had once occupied that spot on the rusty nail before the frame gave out, and it had been unceremoniously disposed of two Erev Pesachs ago.
No one lingered long enough on the ground floor to actually notice the new piece of art hanging on the old nail. People generally hurried in or out, especially in this blessedly wet winter weather. Also, both fluorescent light bulbs at the building entrance had burned out, and because Levine was in charge of the building’s maintenance, they weren’t replaced for the next ten days.
Brooklyn: John Michael Cummings wants to know why Nat Turner is not well known and why contemporary society has failed to recognize “the significance of his achievement” (“The salute Nat Turner deserves,” op-ed, Feb. 6).