One: The act of "domestic terrorism" seems to have been inspired by a small business owning family becoming frustrated by the meddling power of the neighborhood association
brought down up on them through City Hall.
Mr. Bollwage, speaking at a news conference on Monday morning, described
how the Rahami family had issues with the city in the past, mainly
surrounding the operation of their family restaurant, First American
Fried Chicken.
Mr. Rahami’s father, Muhammad, opened the restaurant about a decade ago and employed his sons, the mayor said.
It was open 24 hours a day, but neighbors complained about rowdy crowds that would gather at the place, often after midnight.
Dean
McDermott, who lives near the restaurant in Elizabeth, said he found
patrons loitering in his yard and urinating in his driveway.
Responding
to the complaints, the City Council passed an ordinance that would
force the restaurant to close late at night, the mayor said.
Two: The case seems to have been cracked (and further violence prevented) thanks to
the intercession of some local street criminals.
The day Ahmad Khan Rahami allegedly planted two bombs in Chelsea — one
of which detonated on West 23rd Street — two thieves accidentally helped
to disable his second pressure cooker bomb left inside a rolling
suitcase on West 27th Street, sources said.
The young men, who sources described as being well-dressed, opened
the bag and took the bomb out, sources said, before placing the
explosive into a garbage bag and walking away with the rolling suitcase.
In doing so, investigators believe they inadvertently disabled the
explosive, sources said. That allowed investigators to examine the
cellphone attached to the bomb intact and discover that it was connected
to the family of Rahami.
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