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What kind of a person stabs a Pastor in the back?
That's what we keep wondering as we read more about the murder of Reverend Phillip Mann, 68, who was found dead in his apartment in the Arthur A. Schomburg Plaza yesterday. Mann, who founded the Blessed Trinity Baptist Church on W. 129th Street was a well known figure in Harlem "remembered as a crusader for civil rights who worked with drug addicts, the unemployed and people with HIV and AIDS."
His body was discovered by a parishioner and a building superintendent after Mann had missed an appointment. Former Harlem City Councilman Bill Perkins, who lives in the same building, says that the police told him "the pastor was found lying on his back with the knife still there." Oddly, the NYPD says that no weapon was found. While an autopsy is being preformed the police are assuming homicide. If you know anything, please contact the NYPD.
According to Perkins, Mann "was a wonderful pastor, a wonderful neighbor. It's a shock. Just a shock."
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That's a really tasteless picture to include with this story.
I'm with you, Emily.
Also, the proofreading situation at Gothamist is really, really bad.
May he rest in peace. It was apparently someone he knew and trusted. So sad.
The headline is also inappropriate. It's not a "stab in the back." It's a murder. Let's be just a tad more sensitive to the situation here.
No love for Gothamist today...
Tasteless headline
Huh? The man was a pastor in Harlem who was stabbed in the back, how is it tasteless to say so?
actually, he was stabbed in the chest. it says so clearly in all the articles.
Wise to remove that picture photoshopped with the bloody knife. If not wiser, more respectful. Please don't do it again.
Since you took time to fix the picture why didn't you correct the headline as well...it is incorrect. As someone already pointed out he was stabbed in the chest, no question about it.