Gangs May Be Hunting for More Than Just Eggs Tomorrow

Tomorrow many New Yorkers will be coming together to celebrate notions of rebirth and unity—not just in churches around town for Easter Sunday, but in Times Square as well for the lesser known and more violent "Gang Initiation Day." The Post says that the high holy day has become an annual ritual for local gangs—in 2006, they say that more than 200 gang members came through the area with three stabbings being reported. One cop told them, "It's the same nonsense every year. It's been going on a long time." The McDonald's in Times Square is one of many businesses that closed down in the wake of the '06 incidents and this year will have double its normal security on hand. a manager told the paper, "They come in, they throw chairs, they throw cups of ice at each other. It's a disaster."

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By Billy Parker in News on April 11, 2009 7:12 PM

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JacqueMehoff

who goes to a times square mcdonald's?

w0wzers

And today's my birthday! Maybe i'll get slashed!

Billiamsburg

it's high time we elected a mayor you promised to bring back public lynchings for anyone suspected of being in a gang.

thefacts

Fun Fact: the last lynching in NY was in July, 1863 near Clarkson and Carmine Streets in Greenwich Village.

Actually, it was a gang that did the lynching.

Giuliani might re-introduce if were he to be elected Gov.

pete

Can we slit their throats, skin them, and butcher them, and serve burgers to poor public school kids with the meat?

hotstepper

you need many, many years of therapy.

Rocknrope

What the hell? That's wierd.

Brainwash

That sounds like Times Square on any normal day.

inoyourider

and now that the spamming is done, back to your scheduled programming

ribaldry

McDonalds has a special gang member discount. KIll a cracker and get a free happy meal. Merely threaten whitey and get a free soda of your choice.

robingee

I wish all gangs would throw cups of ice at each other in warfare.

Dan Dickinson

Isn't this the same thing that gets mentioned every Halloween?

Do gangs hate candy-related holidays?

palestine

huh, who knew?

jaycjay

"they throw cups of ice at each other."

Wow. Gang initiations are getting tougher all the time. I mean how many people can actually successfully get in, if that's what initiation requires?