The Infamous NYC Bouncer Case.

[arnisador]

Fuming over freed suspects (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/76003p-70151c.html)



The bouncer, Dana Blake, 32, of Queens, died after being stabbed in the groin early Sunday at Guernica, a hip nightspot on Avenue B.


Man Who Killed a Bouncer Is Called Heroic by His Lawyer (http://www.martialartsny.com/2004/11/atienza-kali-student-on-trial-for.html)


Prosecutors built part of their case on the testimony of Mr. Atienza, who entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. Mr. Atienza, whose apartment Mr. Umali fled to on the night of the stabbing, faced felony charges for throwing away his bloody clothes. Instead, he will be charged with a misdemeanor.


He was hero to kill bouncer, att'y says (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/246359p-210917c.html)



Umali, a master in Philippine knife fighting, is charged with stabbing Dana (Shazam) Blake, 32, in the groin after the bouncer tried to enforce the city's then-new smoking ban at Guernica.


These and related articles are well worth reading for details on how the trial played out and how the knife use was perceived. There was lots of discussion of this on Eskrima Digest too.

[arnisador]

Smoking Ban Stabbing (http://www.newschannel34.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=971B49DC-ECD1-45FF-B79E-A1552AE39C9C)


A Queens man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatally stabbing a Manhattan nightclub bouncer who was trying to enforce New York City's smoking ban.

Isaias Umali was convicted of first-degree manslaughter last year in the death of Dana Blake in 2003.

[...]

Umali, a student of a Filipino knife-fighting technique called kali, admitted he stabbed Blake in the groin.

The knife pierced the femoral artery, a major blood vessel, and Blake bled to death.

Lots of discussion of this incident on web pages, blogs, fora (http://www.dogbrothers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=484&sid=3bb80464dadda91cef6dac147cf7864b), etc. The archive of Eskrima Digest is a particularly good source for this matter.

[arnisador]

On the subject of bouncers and patrons:
Opinions on bouncer registry sought (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060817/1063094.asp)


A Common Council member who wants to impose new regulations on bouncers who work in bars will ask lawmakers to approve his plan at a Sept. 19 meeting.

[...]

A rash of violent incidents between bar patrons and bouncers has spurred Council members to consider local regulations.


The law would require all bouncers to register with the city and wear badges during work shifts. Police would perform criminal background checks before issuing the badges. Any bouncers who are already registered under a state law that regulates security guards would automatically receive city registration badges. Davis believes there are many local bouncers who are not on file with the state, which requires employees who devote at least 50 percent of their time to security tasks to register.


Davis suspects some bar owners oppose the new regulations because a large number of bouncers might be working "off the books." The registration process would make such a practice more risky, he said.

[ray s]

i think if they do give them a badge they should look nothing like a police badge , maybe a square or a triangle.

[arnisador]

A case (http://www.courttv.com/trials/pring-wilson/index.html) with some similarities, including a focus on the nature of the knife used (a "three-inch Spyderco military blade" accoriding to the stories; there's a picture in the photo gallery there).