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The Daily News files their report on yesterdays's Seventh Street slaying:
The East Village man charged with fatally slashing a fellow graffiti artist had challenged his victim to settle their dispute over a woman "like men," prosecutors said Tuesday.
The claim came as Jairo Pastoressa, 25, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court and held without bail for the stabbing death of Christopher Jusko Monday.
Prosecutors said he was clutching an 8 1/2-inch knife as he stood on the second-floor landing of his E. 7th St. apartment as Jusko — and the woman they were fighting over — arrived at about 5:15 a.m. early Monday.
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[Pastoressa's] lawyer, who said cops are still looking to question the girlfriend, asked that his client be put on suicide watch.
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I live just a couple of doors down and was saddened and surprised yesterday to wake up to such violence. It's unfortunate that the assailant took a life for such a senseless reason. I try to take solace in the fact that he did the right thing by turning himself in to the authorities.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if anybody else heard the rumor that one or both of these guys were on Angel Dust during their altercation? I can't remember the last time Angel Dust came up in a conversation.
ReplyDeleteTo me there is no question that drugs were involved here. I have lived in the East Village my entire life nearly, and I think even though there is a lot of money and a lot of restaurants here - there are still plenty of old school type thugs holed up in rent stabilized apartments.
ReplyDeleteThis episode reminds of that woman - I forget her name - who when she was accosted by a knife wielding kid from the projects stood up to him & got killed. Richard Price wrote a novel based on that incident.
One thing about the "good old bad old days" is dangerous people got their props and were given a wide berth.
That type of vigilance is nearly gone now, but nowhere, even the EV c. 2010, is Disneyland. To those of us who lived through the 70s and 80s, it's just what we did to avoid getting mugged or raped or whatever. Clearly though, there are still guns and knives and drugs here. Not a great mix.
We've really got to get men to get over this whole notion that being a man means turning to violence.
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ReplyDeletePrison rape "jokes"? Are you fucking serious?
ReplyDeleteFor the record all of these people posting comments defaming jairo are just childish, i have known him since 1999 i went to the same high school as him and i can tell you that there had to be a reason that he acted in such a way, he is laid back and calm at all times and a big believer in putting back into his commuinitty. Unprovoked he would never ever act in such a way.Hold your head Jairo the truth will come out sooner or later
ReplyDeleteI am totally shocked to get back and here this news... Many might not believe it, however, I did also know Jairo for several years now. This is definitely not anything I could possibly believe would be in his character. "laidback" seems to be the word most use to describe him. But it's true he was very respectful and humble. I've been working with youth and children in the lower east side for over 20 years. I've work with this gentlemen on a few projects and also had a chance to interact on a social level at various events and I would never see that he would be capable of doing something like this. I do wish it would have been handled differently, but have to wonder why he did what he did. For someone to just blatently stab someone just for the sake of a girl would be insane. I wonder if there was something more to this? Sad to see such a young brother's life taken like this. God bless the friends and families of all involved.
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