Travellers arriving at New York City\u0027s airports in June 1975 were stunned by macabre pamphlets being handed out by off\u002Dduty cops.
“But in my dad’s time, it was more heroin, and when I came on, crack was starting to gain traction,” Mansfield toldTHE BIG APPLE BURNS: 1970s New York was a rough placwe. NY DAILY NEWS/ GETTY IMAGES
“It was Michael Dowd’s gang of corrupt cops. I went upstairs to the squad room and my name was screamed out. The captain said, ‘Welcome to the 77. What you saw does not reflect on the detectives. You will learn a lot here.’Article content“‘Now, hurry out to Ralph Ave. there’s a homicide, it’s yours.’ I’m about to s***, it was straight into the fire. Next thing you know, I’m standing over a dead body.”“[Before I joined], crime was not a very big deal.
WELCOME TO NEW YORK: As a rookie, Tom Mansfield caught the call to what would become the most famous headline in American history. NY POSTBy the mid-1980s, Mansfield had moved his young family to the quieter confines of Long Island. He was not personally afraid as the city he called home came imploded.
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