VMAs Red Carpet in Brooklyn Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without NYPD

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If they hadn’t cleaned up that Brooklyn block, there would have been no VMAs red carpet.

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Published Aug. 27 2013 4:45AM EDT

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Where the blood of shooting victims once stained the pavement, there was now the red carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards.

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And as everybody from Justin Timberlake to Taylor Swift to naughty Miley Cyrus strode across into the new Barclays Center on Sunday evening, the camera flashes were from paparazzi...

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VMAs Red Carpet in Brooklyn Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without NYPD

If they hadn’t cleaned up that Brooklyn block, there would have been no VMAs red carpet.

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