A New York shopkeeper's revolt against repeated thefts

Echoing the rise in insecurity, a New York shopkeeper located at the intersection of Grand Concourse and Fordham Road in the Bronx revolted at the recurrence of robberies. Exasperated, he chose to act on his own initiative, using a belt or cable to correct a thief in the midst of an attempted robbery. The city's shopkeepers understood that they had to defend themselves against an increasingly lax approach to crime.