Manhattan District Attorney's Office
In a city where evil, warped people push others in front of subway trains, stick up bodegas over and over again, steal cars in record numbers and commit crimes for which they are released with no bail so they can continue their felonious careers, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, led by Alvin Bragg, concentrates its efforts on the "return" of ancient relics that have somehow managed to survive into modernity.. It's no doubt more pleasant for the Bragg troops to haunt art galleries and museums rather than rub elbows with the dregs of the Big Apple but is that what they're really supposed to be doing?
The latest Bragg triumphs are said to be worth over $2.2 million to the rightful owners in Italy and Greece. is it really the business of these government lawyers to be involved in an international trade where the provenance spans thousands of years? Maybe it is proper. After all, NYC is the center of every form of lucrative financial transaction, including crime. The DA in Wichita, KS has more important things to worry about than a Greek drinking cup that may not even be genuine.
Does an interesting pre-Christian ceramic item that has been sitting on the mantel of an art lover for a few years impose any special misfortune on the people that may or may not be descendents of an anonymous potter that crafted it, even if none of them now live in that area? Or does a Greek or Italian whose family lives in Spain or Turkey have an equal share in the ownership of the work with a country that didn't even exist when it was made? Evidently the figures made by men in a particular location thousands of years ago remain tied to that geographic location rather than any humans forever. Maybe Alvin Bragg should enlighten us on the subject.
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