Talk:Hoe Avenue peace meeting

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[edit] References

'Can't Stop, Won't Stop' by Jeff Chang would serve as a good reference for this article. It also has additional sources within the book. PeterPartyOn 11:01, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Spanish Eddie"

If Eddie Vincente is the "Spanish Eddie" referred to in Laura Branigan's song of the same name, it might be interesting to note this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kfitzner (talk • contribs) 22:42, August 23, 2007 (UTC).

I looked up some sources on this via google books and I think you may be right about that. I get many alternate spelling of his name as Eduardo Vincenti, Vincenty and Vincente. The first one comes up the most though. I'm dying to find out the full story about Spanish Eddie supposedly being set up by a corrupt Mayor Lindsay cronie named Ted Gross. From all the sources, it seems gross went to jail for taking either mob money or kickbacks and that he transferred Spanish Eddie and a bunch of other youth workers on the eve of the peace negotiations in an effort to quash them. Eddie was then shot in the face in what was a purported assassination attempt. He did manage to survive but in light of all this, those song lyrics are beginning to make a lot of sense! I didn't add all this to the article, just what could be cited. Any help in developing this further with proper documetnation would be greatly appreciated.LiPollis (talk) 06:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)