Pic of the Day
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- lodef0
it was an undercover cop, I had to look it up...
“In the spring of 1985, New York magazine asked me to photograph a new police-decoy unit working in the subway. Using disguises, the decoy operates in small teams to foil muggers who prey on passengers. We would set up together in the subway car with a decoy dressed as a businessman wearing gold chains and an expensive-looking watch. Two backup members of the team would sit a few seats away, and I woud place myself in the corner with my camera around y neck, looking like a lost tourist. Hours went by riding the train from one end of the line to the other without incident. At 72nd street, I noticed a youth enter the train carrying a walking stick with a heavy brass head. He stood near the sleeping decoy, his eyes fixed on the gold chains. The next stop was 42nd street, 3 minutes away on the express. As the train pulled into the station the mugger struck ripping the chain from the decoy and running around me mumbling something about my camera. I looked up and my flash went off as I saw the muzzle of a .38 pointed at the head of the mugger by one of the decoy team members. The mugger was arrested and later it was reported he had a long history of assaults and robberies.”
- Bruce Davidson took the photolodef
- a bad cop... finger on the sear... no cops would do that. Your finger go there only when you need to shoot.benfal99
- 1985, 72nd St, Subway, mugging in progress. Finger on the trigger, ask questions later.whatthefunk
- benfal99, shut up.albums
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but its truebenfal99