Manhattan street-brawl murder is a surreal sign of what’s to comeBy Nicole Gelinas
June 12, 2023
New Yorkers witnessed a surreal sight last week, an alien scene that made residents question the city’s future livability.
No, not wildfire smoke that turned the sky orange but a slow-motion murder unfolding in a Manhattan crosswalk as rush-hour passersby went about their day.
Is this the apocalyptic new normal?
Just after 8 a.m. at Seventh Avenue and 30th Street, in the commuting corridor from Penn Station to Chelsea tech offices, two 30-something men punch each other.
As traffic stops, they move into the crosswalk.
One pulls a small knife.
The two stand a foot or so apart, sparing with each other as if this were an MMA fight in the middle of the avenue.
A woman dressed in neat professional clothes — black skirt just above the knee, pale-blue summer jacket, gray curled coif, perfectly adjusted K95 mask — cuts through the scene as she crosses the street, close enough to one of the combatants to nearly brush him.
The fight is in full view, but she keeps her head down and, like Lot’s wife, offers only a furtive glance back at the two men as she quickens her pace.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/manhattan-street-brawl-murder-is-a-surreal-sign-of-whats-to-come/
