Armed robbers take over a Wendy’s Hamburgers restaurant, in New York City.  Every customer and worker—none of whom are armed—are bound, gagged and herded into a walk-in refrigerator.  Each is shot in the head; five are murdered outright; two are gravely injured.  Life, liberty and property are all violated.

       [added 5/14/2023]

Subsequent Events:

2/27/2001                   9/8/2006

References:

Robert A. Levy and William Mellor, The Dirty Dozen: How twelve Supreme Court cases radically expanded government and eroded freedom, (New York: Sentinel, 2008), 107-08.

Five murdered at Wendy’s restaurant in New York City—the brutalization of everyday life
www.wsws.org/articles/2015/jun2000/nyc-j09.shtml

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