[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I grew up in Queens, I remember the blackout of 1977. The Lebanese store owners showed up with lawn chairs and long guns and no one messed with their store.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I grew up in Queens, I remember the blackout of 1977.***

Remember the blackout of 1965? There was almost NO CRIME reported. So what happened between 1965 and 1977 to allow anarchy to happen?

[bert]

Asian shopkeepers in NOLA armed with big clipped long guns effectively drove off the Black looters.