This is like reading about some forgotten pocket of America. Here's Doyle Murphy covering a gang trial: WHITE PLAINS — John "Tarzan" Maldonado spent his final hours in what he must have thought was a safe place.
An FBI video camera recorded him standing, a drink in hand, on the corner of William Street and Benkard Avenue as it grew dark on March 12, 2010. Even then, Luis "King Luch" Tambito testified on Wednesday, the Latin Kings were laying plans to kill him.
A 20-year-old named Jerome "Rude Boy" Scarlett had died in a shooting the night before. A memorial of lit candles shined in the video as the Kings wandered in and out of the frame.
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