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Mig Seyer and the Bright Yellow Briefcase By Miguel A Reyes-Mariano Criminality in Buffalo, NY, in mid-1990s was high, and carried a grungy, violent, drug-infested atmosphere at the end of the crack epidemic (U.S. Department of Justice, 1999). Butts, J. A. (2007). Violent crime in American cities 1986–2006. https://jeffreybutts.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/violentcrime2006.pdf While national crime rates began to decline in mid-90s, Buffalo experienced a peak in homicide and property crime. The Washington Post. (1997, June 2). Violent crime rate drops 7 percent nationwide. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/06/02/violent-crime-rate-drops-7-percent-nationwide/76594cab-4ee8-4b9b-939f-598c95e63090/ The Buffalo crime family—known by many names including the Magaddino family and "the Arm"—partnered with Los