#8 Eddie and his fellow Reapers pay their respects to ‘Chino’ Rosa, a member of a neighboring gang who was knifed to death. Friends of Chino’s say he was held up and murdered by a junkie, but a grand jury decided that Chino’s assailant had been acting in self-defense. The Reapers donated a week’s dues to the bereaved family.

The Reapers of ’72: A Photographic Journey into the Lives of a New York City Street Gang

#8 Eddie and his fellow Reapers pay their respects to ‘Chino’ Rosa, a member of a neighboring gang who was knifed to death. Friends of Chino’s say he was held up and murdered by a junkie, but a grand jury decided that Chino’s assailant had been acting in self-defense. The Reapers donated a week’s dues to the bereaved family.

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