The attack on Tuesday on innocent drivers in Manhattan by a gang of young people with motorcycles was absolutely horrible – but too typical for the kind of chaos and lawlessness that engulfed the city.
The mad assault took place not in the middle of the night, but at 4:30 in the afternoon – and hit it in the middle of Manhattan, on Fifth Avenue and 21st Street.
While Max Torgovnick and his mother, who is over 70, were driving innocently, a pack of more than a dozen young motorcyclists suddenly got into their BMWs, surrounded the car and hit it.
One broke a bicycle on top of her. Another vault on the hood, then threw itself on the windshield until it partially gave way.
And that attack came shortly after the punks targeted another vehicle – a yellow cab – that piled him up and later injured the driver by throwing a bicycle at him.
Law enforcement sources said about 25 motorcyclists on Wednesday, six of whom damaged Torgovnick’s car. A 15-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the BMW attack.
“It was an animalistic attack in broad daylight,” smoked a Manhattan police officer. “It shows how far the city has deteriorated, and politicians better get their heads out of the sand and start dealing with these issues before there is anything left.”
He is right. Homicides have risen by 40% this year, and shootings have doubled. Homelessness, vandalism and mental illness have become commonplace on the streets. Now you can’t even walk down the street in the middle of the day without wondering if you’ll be next.
There is a growing fear that the city will lose control – and more and more, the fear is justified.