January 10, 2004
"A Real Tough Guy" at
"A Real Tough Guy" at Nuggets...
"Around 3:30 pm yesterday a guy wearing a brown hooded jacket and tan pants walked into one of the six laundries in my neighborhood and pulled out a paper bag. He told the owner to fill it with cash and showed off a silver pistol to make sure his victim knew this wasn't a joke."
There's something about hearing stories like this from real New Yorkers rather than the newspapers that makes them more authentic. This story probably didn't even make the pages of the Post or Newsday or whatever. In fact, Howard says, "Had the friendly shopkeeper not volunteered this story to me today as I was picking up my laundry, I would have never known he'd had a hell-raising experience the day before."
Hearing stories about crime in the city in a way other than the standard news formula (short quotes from witnesses, family members, cops, etc.) brings it home.
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posted by at January 10, 2004 4:32 PM
