“You would think, ‘Is this Beirut?’”
Beirut is being used as a defense strategy in the US:
Comparing the streets of New Bedford to Beirut, defense attorney Kevin Reddington said jurors should consider the city’s history of gang violence in weighing the fate of murder defendant David “Crunchy” DePina.
“It’s a case about what happens on the streets of New Bedford,” said Reddington, [...]
