NYT: ‘tempers are rankled by sweltering temperatures’

Comment: “This is the Spike Lee theory of criminality, I believe. First mentioned in “Do the Right Thing,” then “Summer of Sam.” The heat made me do it, yes sah. I’m surprised the Times hasn’t gone full-bore with this and produced headlines like “heatwave results in 7 gun deaths across city.” The skreets have been shown to cause violence, why not ambient temperature?”