The city that I love and hate equally. There are 8 million stories in the naked city, and...
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Jimmy Breslin:
Of all the things, a parking ticket did Son of Sam in. On July 31st, 1977, he shot his last two victims. An eyewitness noticed a parking ticket under his windshield as he sped away. Of the four tickets issued in that area, one bore the name of David Berkowitz, a resident of Yonkers, New York. At first, Berkowitz claimed insanity, saying a 2,000-year-old dog named Harvey told him to do it. Eventually, he pled guilty. That sick fuck is serving a sentence of six consecutive terms of 25 years to life. Of course, the New York Yankees won the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers, led by Reggie Jackson's dramatic three consecutive home runs in the sixth and deciding game. Elvis Presley died. 3,700 were arrested during the blackout, with damage going into the hundreds of millions. To no one's surprise, most of the destruction took place in Brooklyn, Harlem, and the South Bronx. '77 was also one of the hottest summers in memory in New York City. New York: the city that I love and hate equally. There are 8 million stories in the naked city, and this was one of them
Of all the things, a parking ticket did Son of Sam in. On July 31st, 1977, he shot his last two victims. An eyewitness noticed a parking ticket under his windshield as he sped away. Of the four tickets issued in that area, one bore the name of David Berkowitz, a resident of Yonkers, New York. At first, Berkowitz claimed insanity, saying a 2,000-year-old dog named Harvey told him to do it. Eventually, he pled guilty. That sick fuck is serving a sentence of six consecutive terms of 25 years to life. Of course, the New York Yankees won the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers, led by Reggie Jackson's dramatic three consecutive home runs in the sixth and deciding game. Elvis Presley died. 3,700 were arrested during the blackout, with damage going into the hundreds of millions. To no one's surprise, most of the destruction took place in Brooklyn, Harlem, and the South Bronx. '77 was also one of the hottest summers in memory in New York City. New York: the city that I love and hate equally. There are 8 million stories in the naked city, and this was one of them
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in the sixth and deciding game
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Elvis Presley died
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7 were arrested during the blackout
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with damage going into the hundreds of millions
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To no one's surprise most of the destruction
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took place in Brooklyn Harlem and the South Bronx
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'77 was also one of the hottest summers in memory in New York City
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New York the city that I love and hate equally
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There are eight million stories in the Naked City
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and this was one of them
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Movie Summary
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
