The Truth About Guns never takes anything at face value. Growing up in Rhode Island, I could hardly do otherwise. So when I read this story in yournabe.com, it was perfectly clear there was more to this shootout (near the final resting place of Albert “Mad Hatter” Anastasia) than met the eye. “The frenzied clash between a heavily armed felon and three undercover cops outside Green-Wood cemetery may have been a case of mistaken identity for everyone involved. Officials said that Prospect Avenue resident Michael Romero, 32, was mistaken for a thug wanted for a series of robberies in Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park when three plainclothes officers rolled up to him on April 1. At the same time, it’s not clear if Romero knew that the two men and woman approaching him were New York’s Finest: An NYPD spokesperson could not confirm whether the trio identified themselves as police officers before guns were flashed and Romero lay dead on Fifth Avenue near 33rd Street.” Of course, there will be an official police investigation. Not. Read on.
