When I heard about the shooting at the ice skating rink in Bryant Park over the weekend, I wondered, "Who would shoot up an ice skating rink?" Now ice skating rinks are places to be avoided??? Thugs are trolling ice skaters now? It turns out the thug in custody was attempting to steal a coat from another guy. Are we back to the bad old days of coat and shoe stealing? I remember the string of coats people were robbed and shot for in Detroit back in the 80s: the Max Julian, the leather 8-Ball jackets, the Triple Fat. I don't know what would possess someone, a 16-year-old at that, to behave so violently. It's truly sad that one kid may be paralyzed as a result of this wannabe gang banger's actions. No one's life is worth the price of a coat or any other material object.
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