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"I don't want it to be the real thing," he said. It's what everyone in the community should be doing, said Professor Joseph Ryan, who teaches criminal justice at Pace University. "That's what we should be trying to accomplish today in the context of homeland security," he said. "Do you want to see this nation survive? if you do, then everyone needs to be involved." Relying solely on technology isn't enough, either, he said. Law enforcement needs more information than it provides. In the Times Square bomb attempt, the vehicle identification number had been removed from the Pathfinder's dashboard, but it was stamped on the engine, and investigators used it to find the owner of record, who told them a stranger bought it. Basinski and the vendors said they hoped the foiled Times Square attack would help improve relations between police and street sellers. Interactions are often contentious, they said, with officers telling them to move or giving them tickets. "Vendors are seen by the city primarily as a nuisance, they're a problem to be enforced. They are not seen as an asset," Basinski said. "All these places out here don't want us out here," Singleton said, referring to storefront businesses that aren't always happy to have street sellers outside their venues. "I bet they want us out here now."
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