[Daveinyork]

There was a time when nobody would even think of disturbing the peace in Little Italy for fear of sleeping with the fish in the harbor.

[jboot]

That time is unfortunately long in the past. The street gangs rule the whole city, now.

[Mouton]

That would be correct. Today I’d like to see them do someting like this to someone in the Russian Mafia. Frankly, the Italians were amatures compared to them.

[dmz]

There was a time when nobody would even think of disturbing the peace in Little Italy for fear of sleeping with the fish in the harbor.

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Since the MLK riots of 1968 for evidence of what you say.

Guys on rooftops with rifles ensured the rioting went north towards University Parkway and not south into Little Italy and Fells Point.