Four days after Hurricane Sandy and New York City remains calm. Widespread looting has yet to occur and federal aid has been promised to the stricken neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. National Guard troops have yet to arrive to spell of the overworked police, but the NYPD is always happy for the extra hours.
Two days ago I was bicycling in front of the Criminal Court on Centre Street. Two cops hauled a blonde woman and an older white man from their patrol cuff. The couple were in cuffs. I tried to think what crime they might have committed to deserve arrest.
Prostitution couldn't have been an issue.
Theft.
They didn't look like thieves and the police were not carrying any evidence of robbery.
Bad luck?
It's always bad luck to go to the Tombs.
The city getting back to normal?
Not yet.
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