Bob Arihood got some striking photos of a big brawl that went down around Avenue A and East 7th Street Sunday morning. According to Arihood, "A crowd of perhaps 50 people was noisily battling its way up avenue A... This event that we witnessed was very violent . People were not just beaten, some were stomped and kicked too. Only one car with 2 officers managed to get to Avenue A... We later found these officers attending to a male with a bloodied face in front of Sing Sing at 5th street and Avenue A...When we advised that there were still simmering minor conflicts around the corner on 6th street their response was that they were the only unit available."
A spokesman at the NYPD press office could not shed any light on the melee, which unfolded around 3:45 a.m. But one reliable commenter on Arihood's site was unfazed: "This is the hood. 15 years ago this was normal for the area. Y'all bitch about gentrification, but this is the flip side of the coin. Enjoy your sushi and double frapaccino." We certainly will, but does anybody know how this started?
