Trends Reviews and Recaps

Boy, talk about a “slice of life” story. This one, from today’s Philadelphia Daily News, “S. Philly Melee Leaves 1 Hurt, 2 Jailed,” by Erin Einhorn, is a humdinger.

An excerpt:

By the time it was over, no one could say for sure how fight number one led to fight number two which led to the really horrible fight number three and the potentially even more horrible standoff with police.

But by the end of the 15-minute drama, a man was stabbed in the chest, a baby was threatened with a knife, a restraining order was about to be issued, a woman was arrested for spitting at a man who’d spit at her son[,] and cops were commended for saving a child.

It was a day that the people of the 900 block of Cantrell Street won’t likely forget.[…]

In a weird way, I’m kind of sorry I missed it.