What is more complicated, more open to conjecture, are the other factors building to the deadly beating he took that night. Not just the business pressures and poor planning and political tensions you’ve maybe read about before—but also the betrayals, inflated egos, lies, and excesses of ambition these collected confessions attempt to reveal. Everyone I interviewed presented a different take on why the Rivington Showcase riot happened, and certain subjects put up a testy defense when my questions leaned aggressive. In the end, perhaps Bob Hize put it best when accepting his own culpability.
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