Cops Bitten in Funeral Home Brawl

I doubt that a wake will ever be held in my honor. However, I do have faith that if it ever happens, that no fights will break out – and no law-enforcement officers will go away with bite marks. The following teaser has nothing to do with genealogy, but it does provide a bit of (dark) humor!

A wild brawl that erupted inside a New York City funeral home Monday night spilled out into the street and left two cops bitten.

NYPD officers say a scuffle between family and friends attending a wake started inside the George H Weldon Funeral Home on 115th Street and First Avenue in East Harlem around 7:30 p.m. Monday and poured onto the street outside.

Read the full article – and watch video at: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Funeral-Home-Brawl-NYPD-Officers-Bite-484558091.html

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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