Suspect accused of stabbing man amid parking dispute broke 'The Untouchables' rule — and painfully paid for his error



Readers of Blaze News no doubt are familiar with the legendary adage from the late 1980s flick "The Untouchables" — in short, one never should bring a knife to a gunfight.

However, folks never seem to learn, as we've seen time and time again.

'No other charges were filed at this time — just against the suspect [who] stabbed the victim.'

Well, yet another guy broke the late Sean Connery's rule — this time in Reading, Pennsylvania. And he paid for his mistake in more ways than one.

Indeed, police accused a suspect of stabbing a man amid a parking dispute last Wednesday, but it turns out the stabbing victim had a gun.

"I heard the sirens and then went on Fire Alerts of Berks County, and I saw there was a stabbing, and then I read it, and there was a shooting," Chad Borden, who bartends at Jack's Pub, told WFMZ-TV. "And I thought, 'Oh, OK, it's a little close.'"

See, Jack's Pub is located in the 1500 block of North 10th Street in Reading, which isn't too far from where the argument took place, the station said.

"When we arrived there, we did in fact locate a ... victim with one stab wound," Reading Police Patrol Captain Aaron Demko told WFMZ. "Throughout the investigation, he indicated that he had shot the person [who] attacked him."

Demko added to the station that officers found the other person involved in the altercation at Reading Hospital.

That individual was identified as 32-year-old Jerry Santos, WFMZ reported, adding that police said Santos suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.

What's more, Santos was charged in the wake of the altercation, the station said.

"The suspect [Santos] ... has been charged currently," Demko told WFMZ. "No other charges were filed at this time — just against the suspect [who] stabbed the victim."

Authorities added to the station that Santos was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault and related offenses.

Anything else?

Borden told WFMZ that he grew up in — and still lives in — the area and that parking always has been a problem, particularly later in the day and at night.

"More people," he acknowledged to the station. "Everybody has three cars to one house now. There's nowhere to park, especially with the street cleaning. Everybody's got to move their cars, and then there ain't no parking for here."

Demko noted to WFMZ that police have been "actively and constantly addressing the parking issues in the city 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year. The parking authority also is working around the clock to also address those issues. So we deal with them as they come."

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'Will cause offence': Classic James Bond films slapped with trigger warnings for 'outdated' stereotypes
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'Will cause offence': Classic James Bond films slapped with trigger warnings for 'outdated' stereotypes



Classic James Bond movies from the 1960s received trigger warnings from the British Film Institute ahead of upcoming screenings. The warnings told audiences to expect outdated themes and racist stereotypes.

The two films in question were 1967's "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" from 1964. Both films star iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery.

The organization has featured the two films as part of a celebration of soundtrack writer John Barry, showcasing Barry's musical scores in the motion pictures.

However, the website warned that the "films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time, but will cause offence today (as they did then)."

"The titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners," the institute added.

The newer film, "You Only Live Twice," also received its own specific warning of "outdated racial stereotypes," the Independent reported.

"As a cultural charity with responsibility for the preservation of film and moving image work and presenting it to audiences, we continuously face and deal with challenges presented by the history of film and television programmes and how they reflect views prevalent to their time," the BFI told the Guardian.

"Whilst we have a responsibility to preserve films as close to their contemporaneous accuracy as possible, even where they contain language or depiction which we categorically reject, we also have a responsibility in how we present them to our audiences," the film institute insisted.

"Goldfinger" has been criticized for sexist dialogue on the part of James Bond, who at one point tells a woman to "say goodbye" so he can conduct "man talk," before slapping her on the buttocks.

At the same time, in "You Only Live Twice," the Bond character is disguised to look like a Japanese man for one of his spy missions.

In 2023, original work from James Bond author Ian Fleming were revised due to worries of offence as well.

The N-word was edited out of books from the 1950s and 1960s, with some depictions of black people also removed.

An example of a revised line was from "Live and Let Die," where James Bond described some possible African criminals as "pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought, except when they’ve drunk too much."

The line was changed to "pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought."

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