{"quotes":[{"text":"A few years back, they jacked David Copperfield in West Palm Beach, for Chrissake. Yes, it's funny: 'Yo, empty your pockets,' and he pulls out a bunny rabbit. But it's also depressing. If someone who can make himself disappear isn't safe, who is?","author":"Colin Quinn","tags":["crime","crime-rate","david-copperfield","disappearing","florida","getting-mugged","getting-robbed","magic","magician","magicians","mugged","mugging","robbers","robbery","street-crime","theft","west-palm-beach"],"id":255605,"author_id":"Colin+Quinn"},{"text":"I was beginning to feel that there would never be another American uprising, that the energy was gone, and I have some reasons to think that might be true. I like to point out that the crime rate in America has been declining for a long time, and in my opinion it’s because Americans don’t even have enough gumption to commit crimes anymore: the creative aspect of crime has fallen into decay. As for the uprising that takes a principled stand against violence, hats off to them, I admire the idealism, but I don’t think it’s going to accomplish much.","author":"Hakim Bey","tags":["2012","america","american-decline","crime-rate","gumption","the-brooklyn-rail","uprising"],"id":347662,"author_id":"Hakim+Bey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}