 Why do the gangs pick Halloween night to fight?
Hoodlums fear his fury—and, for that matter, so do the cops! The three bank robbers looked like triplets. The police cars and the getaway car passed one another, with everybody shooting like the ships in pirate movies. "If I'm making just a quick stop—I never spend more than five minutes with any one customer—I always leave the keys in the car. "It was four professional criminals, I thought you knew that. It happened in Canarsie, a section in southeast Brooklyn near Jamaica Bay. Higgins used his own good lungs to shout obscenities back and challenge anyone present to hand-to-hand combat.
 The cops would be preoccupied with other matters, and it was easy to explain why you had a weapon on you.
 The schoolyard would be empty as kids would be out.  They could be out past curfew without suspicion. No one would question why kids were going out on Halloween night.  The cops would be preoccupied with other matters, and it was easy to explain why you had a weapon on you.  The cops wouldn't be on lookout on a night like Halloween, so they can get away with doing what they want.