- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] New York Police Department called at least 15 ambulances to the neighborhood for people who were intoxicated or had fallen unconscious on Labor Day
- Tens of thousands of revelers gathered on the streets of Brooklyn for the J'Ouvert Festival early Monday
- Annual festival, which means daybreak in French is a celebration of Caribbean culture rooted in emancipation
- Revelers donned devil horns, body paint and even oil at the event which kicked off at 6am this morning
- Some people dressed in rags and donned helmets with giant horns while others covered themselves in black paint, grease or motor oil in traditional 'ole mas' costumes
- The event, which has been marred by violence and even death in recent years, had a rough start today when revelers report seeing fights, gunshots and one man was shot in the back
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