overheard strikes again

bedford-stuyvesant, chinese mafia, gentrification?

Man #1: Man, all these stabbings and killings, man.
Man #2: Yeah.
Man #1: But you know, that's every summer.

--Myrtle & Marcy, Bed-Stuy

i.e. a few blocks down.

This reminded me of the two hits that went down in the ground floor of my building in February. Two Chinese women owned/operated a wholesale grocer for large restaurants and hotels. (I've been told the extra rotting food smelled awful, so I'm glad I missed this era, from beginning to bitter end.) They apparently owed money to the Chinese mafia, and were stabbed to death in the late afternoon one day.

So I guess it's every winter and summer. Go figure.