Our friend and house guest from England, Lemmy Caution retold his horrific experience of 1999
Lemmy’s Arrest…
…what follows is the sorry tale of Lemmy’s arrest and subsequent trial during the s-s-sweltering summer of 1999 in New York City. It speaks of crime and negligence and how these are played out on a routine, everyday basis …it exposes c-c-corruption and a casual disregard for law…it contains truths that some would prefer to remain hidden…
…so it goes that during the summer of 99, Lemmy was walking back from his good friend Eddie Constant’s place in the East Village and decided to cut across town to take the A train uptown. When Lemmy arrived at the station and swiped his ticket the turn-style jammed and so he swiped it again and then again. Seeing that other people had decided to jump over, Lemmy did the same. Less than a minute after he had done so Lemmy was accosted by two guys who pressed him against the wall and demanded to know who the hell he was and what the hell he thought he was doing. Admittedly, Lemmy couldn’t resist telling them he was King Tut but even so it seemed that it was with indecent haste that Lemmy was cuffed in chains and thrown in the back of a Police Car. A Hispanic guy called Ernesto was already in there and also handcuffed. Then the cops t-t-turned to Lemmy and his fellow con and asked if we knew of any criminal activity in the area. This being near Washington Square, Ernesto gestured to the various guys lined up on the corner and sarcastically said “yeah, he’s a dealer, the one next to him is dealer, so’s the one next to him as well…in fact they’re all dealers” . The cop replied “tell us something we don’t know” to which Ernesto said “well you asked”. But the cops obviously couldn’t be bothered or were being paid off to look the other way and so Lemmy and Ernesto were driven down to Chinatown and thrown in some jail near Canal St.
Then the fun really started…
My Prison Lemmy Caution
…the initial booking was meant to be done by the two cops that arrested us…but by some once in a lifetime miracle the computer was down…which meant that Lemmy couldn’t be processed and also meant that Lemmy’s name couldn’t be run through the computer and checked against the database of known felons on the run. Thus by some equally miraculous co-incidence , this meant that the arresting cops couldn’t go back out on the streets to continue their work policing the city and making it a safer place but were instead forced to stay inside and play cards and drink coffee for the entire duration of their shift. Eight hours later at the end of their shift when it was time to go home rather than go back out and work the streets, the computer miraculously started working again. Lemmy was in awe about how an inanimate machine could be so considerate as to not to work for the precise duration of their shift—meaning they had to stick around the jails playing cards while they waited for it get back online rather than pounding the streets—and how at the very moment they were due to go home it started working again..
…but before we get too far ahead of ourselves, there is still much to be t-t-told about Lemmy’s initial hours banged up in the can…
…first off, it is important to note that Lemmy had a valid ticket and had already told the cops as much at the station. “Go ahead, check it you’ll see it’s valid but the turnstile doesn’t work” But the cops weren’t interested in Lemmy’s ticket or whether it was valid and just wanted to cuff him and get him into the car so that they could take him down to the jail and get on with their card game. The ticked was confiscated with Lemmy’s other stuff…then as he languished in the cell he started getting b-b-bored after a couple of hours and so started to speak loudly to Ernesto by recounting the plot of Kafka’s Trial and how it was funny that the country’s values on freedom were so easily undermined by a bunch of lazy cops and how this wouldn’t happen in Lemmy’s country as the cops were professionals who went about their business in a thorough and systematic manner. Of course Lemmy wasn’t really talking so much to Ernesto (tho he became quite interested in how Kafka’s Trial ended) but was really talking to the cops in the corner playing cards, who he could see were getting distracted from their game until one came over to Lemmy’s cell and started chewing off Lemmy’s ear about how cops in England all secretly carry guns and that Lemmy should be grateful as New York was so much safer now than in the 80s because of the work the cops were doing. Lemmy said that the only danger he’d ever been in while in New York is from lazy cops and that he certainly didn’t feel safer knowing they were playing cards and making up false arrests rather than getting their ass out onto the street. This seemed to rile one of the other cops who came up to Lemmy to ask “what his problem was” to which Lemmy replied that his “problem” was that he had a valid ticket and had now been banged up for nearly 8 hours. “What the fuck do I care about that” came back the answer…
James Cagney
Lemmy imagined himself as Jimmy Cagney as he pressed his face up to the c-c-cold metal bars of his cell
Toyota Stuck! © Vincenzo Aiosa
Toyota is not the first automobile company to have a major recall. Remember the Ford Explorer?
However, I own a Ford Escape now. God help me. We purchased our new car from Gibbons Ford of Dickson City, PA.
It’s our second vehicle we bought from them. Our salesman is Walter Hallock, the nicest and funniest salesman I have ever had. No pressure, no gimmicks – just the facts- “If you like the car, buy it already. Don’t waste my time.“
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The first car I ever owned was a 1969 Ford Consul Cortina
Rotten to the core © Vincenzo Aiosa
I think it is really Rotten that we are still not allowed to get married in New York State- thanks to a bunch of Republican Assholes in Albany. Also adding to the list of assholes are the Democrats who voted against the bill included Sens. Joseph Addabbo, Shirley Huntley, George Onorato and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx, Darrel Aubertine of the North Country, and William Stachowski of the Buffalo area.The Federal Government, should take example from our neighbor to the North (Canada) .
Frank Jump and Vincenzo Aiosa got married on Valentine’s Day, February 14th 2004 in Toronto, Canada.
Thank you Equal Marriage Canada, The Great City and People of Toronto, The Honorable Justice Harvey Brownstone and his partner Marty, and Brendan Fay and Jesús Lebrón!
For more information about same-sex unions see the website The
Civil Marriage Trail, sponsored by Brendan Fay and Jesús Lebrón
or click on the link below:
Here is the Press release that was sent to the Associated Press for printing
as of February 10, 2004:
Frank Jump & Vincenzo Aiosa have been living together in Brooklyn since 1990. Mr. Jump is a photographer/composer and NYC school teacher. He has recently completed his Masters Degree at Brooklyn College through the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. Jump is an original ACT-UP member and in April 2004, he will be living with HIV/AIDS for twenty years. Jump’s photographic website project, The Fading Ad Campaign documents vintage mural advertisements in New York, across the U.S., and Europe and is a metaphor for his survival.
Mr. Aiosa, a NYC contractor, apartment remodeler and owner ofM V R Remodeling, Inc., is originally from Torino, Italy and has been living in the U.S. since 1982. Both Jump & Aiosa are thrilled to be tying the knot in Toronto and thank the Canadian regional government for their broad-minded and inclusive marriage laws. They are both hoping the United States makes the right choice in recognizing same-sex unions.
San Dalmazzo Torino © Vincenzo Aiosa
San Dalmazzo Torino © Vincenzo Aiosa
San Dalmazzo Torino © Vincenzo Aiosa
Church of San Dalmazzo
The church of San Dalmazzo, placed in the heart of the city in via delle Orfane, is one of the oldest of Turin.Ever since the year 1000 we have got evidence of a pre-existent religious building of basilical plan consecrated to San Dalmazzo martyr, placed on the actual via Garibaldi.Church of San DalmazzoFrom 1271, the church was committed to the Ospitalieri di Sant’Antonio friars, and in 1606 to the Barnabiti (religious order funded in Milan in 1530 by Sant’Antonio Maria Zaccaria), who will see in 1702 to the construction of the façade, to the enlargement of the inside, to the construction of the chapel of the Madonna di Loreto (between 1629 and 1631), to imitate the house of the Virgin existent in Loreto.The church is a building of basilical structure with a nave and two side aisles; in the sides of the side aisles there are eight niches with altars.The nave is characterized by the presence, on its high part, of encaustic figures, a work of art by the painter Enrico Reffo depicting widows, penitents, virgins and martyrs.The pulpit made of Carrara marble is of a remarkable value and it has the effigy of the priest Filippo Montuoro, in order to remember the great work of the building renewing.The altar is surmounted by a marble canopy supported by four pillars.In the right side aisle there is the San Paolo’s chapel, strictly linked to the presence of the Barnabiti in the church.In the chapel a large window surmounts the altar made of incised marble; in it there are portrayed, beside San Paolo, San Carlo Borromeo (which was the first to show his trust in the works of Sant’Antonio Maria Zaccaria), and San Francesco di Sales (in its charisma, the order strongly recognizes itself).The fourth is consecrated to San Leonardo Murialdo, an essential help to young workers in the Turin of the second half of the 19th century, which sees growing rapidly its
P's wife and Joseph © Richard McBee
Joseph sees himself © Richard McBee
Joseph Sees Himself by Richard McBee
The story of Joseph (Genesis 37 & 39) traces the maturation of a young foolish lad into a cunning manipulator who saves the Egyptian empire and facilitates the rescue of Jacob and his sons from the famine in Canaan, preparing for the eventual birth of the Jewish nation. Initially Joseph is sold by his jealous brothers into slavery and ends up as the personal attendant in the house of Potiphar, chief steward to Pharaoh. Potiphar’s wife desires the handsome lad and implores him to sleep with her. Many Jewish commentators say that Joseph almost succumbed to his lusty mistress. Some say as he was about to sin the only thing that stopped him was that he saw his own reflection in the window that miraculously became the image of his pious father, Jacob. Frustrated, Potiphar’s wife accused Joseph of assaulting her and had him thrown into prison where he proved his ability at prophetic dream divination, paving his way into Pharaoh’s court.
And speaking of sins you can use this service before (or after) you sin as well:
Adventures In Redemption
Cascina il Monastero, Castagnole Piemonte,To.© Vincenzo Aiosa
La Cascina il Monastero with its towering Cappella Dell’Assunta, built around the 1100ds was a female Monastery for a couple of hundred years, after that they became more cloistered and the nuns moved to a location in Chieri, Part of the farm with its land was still owned by the church till the late 70s the Monastery part is owned by a very dear friend of mine Professoressa Boccardo. During 1979 -1983 I have done extensive renovation work in the monastery part of the building in particular way I restored the vaulted ceiling of what used to be the mess hall, hand scraped or pulled and finished the wooden floor. Unfortunately the deteriorating health and advanced age of La Professoressa the building has gone in to some disrepair.
San Rocco Castagnole Piemonte TO © Vincenzo Aiosa
Castagnole Piemonte Torino, Ora Pro Nobis (pray for us) or devotional plaques ©Vincenzo Aiosa
- Bnos Yakov of Pupa Williamsbugh Brooklyn NY© Vincenzo Aiosa
Wandering around Williamsburg it’s amazing how much history is located on each block. Pictured above is the Bnos Yakov of Pupa Synagogue, which is just a block or so south of Broadway (and a bit east of the BQE). This building dates to 1876, which is amazing as it pre-dates the Williamsburg bridge itself.
Pápa (Yiddish: pupa) is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary,
Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism
Pilone San Antonio , Castagnole Piemonte. Torino, Italy © Vincenzo Aiosa
Pilone San Antonio Castagnole Piemonte. Torino, Italy © Vincenzo Aiosa
This marker is on the road called ( Strada Scalenghe -Castagnole ) even know I have passed by it many time I have never got out of the car to see who the Saint depicted I have done some Internet research and found out that it is San Antonio also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius (Ἀβᾶς Ἀντώνιος), and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers. He is celebrated in many churches on his feast days: 17 January in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Western churches; and Tobi 22, (January 30) in the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church.
The biography of Anthony’s life by Athanasius of Alexandria helped to spread the concept of monasticism, particularly in Western Europe through Latin translations. He is often erroneously considered the first monk, but as his biography and other sources make clear, there were many ascetics before him. Anthony was, however, the first known ascetic going into the wilderness, a geographical shift that seems to have contributed to his renown.[2]
Anthony is appealed to against infectious diseases, particularly skin diseases. “Saint Anthony’s fire” has described different afflictions including ergotism and erysipelas.
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Rotten to the Core Ozone Park NY © Vincenzo Aiosa
And speaking of things and people and services who are rotten to the core (see below).
24 hours Car Wash Coney Island Ave Brooklyn NY © Vincenzo Aiosa
The sign is misleading. After 8 PM, no cars are being vacuumed. If they are replacing the rollers and your car gets a half-assed car wash, no apologies, no discount. I had to wait 10 minutes for the car to come out. That is the kind of service I had. When I didn’t want to tip the guys I was informed by the people who dry the cars that they make $3 per hour. I tipped them. That’s Real Rotten!
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Sodom © Richard Mcbee
Lot and his daughter after Corot © Richard McBee
Lot and his daughters: hop on pop © Richard McBee
When God decided to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness he sent an angel to save Lot (Abraham’s nephew) and his family. As they fled the destruction of Sodom and the cities of the Plain, Lot’s wife disobeyed the angel’s command and turned back to look at the city; she was turned into a pillar of salt. Once Lot and his two daughters were safe they surmised that the entire inhabited world was destroyed and that there was no one to carry on the human race. Determined to get pregnant, they got their father drunk and, the older sister one night and then the younger sister the next night, each had sex with him. The younger sister give birth to the ancestor of the Ammonites and the older sister give birth to the ancestor of the Moabites from whom Ruth and the House of David descended. (Genesis 18: 16 – 33; 19: 1 – 38)
- Chiesa della Misericordia © Vincenzo Aiosa
The Chiesa della Misericordia was once the church where prisoners condemned to death were given the last rites. An exhibition records the names of those sentenced to die, as well as the black hoods they wore, the small glass used for the final drink, the crucifix and beneath a marble slab their bones in an ossuary.
- Via Garibaldi © Vincenzo Aiosa
Giuseppe Garibaldi was born on July 4, 1807
- Nicolo Tomase lived here © Vincenzo Aiosa
Niccolò Tommaseo (9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was an Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana in eight volumes (1861-74), of a dictionary of synonyms (1830) and other works.
