Sic Semper Tyrannis : Holbrooke - Richard Sale

The first night I was in Chicago with a 4500-member Southside street gang, they told me they were going to kill me that night with a shot gun. Where was I staying? I told them my hotel and added I would leave the door unlocked. They showed up at 2:00 in the morning but they had ... It was now mixed with respect, even attempts at amiability because you had seen through the comic book, two-fisted horseshit act and shown you were not some credulous trifler to be scared off. ...