Once in a while, tensions have the air of a schoolyard fight.
Come to think of it, an actual schoolyard fight has been under way for months in the East Village.
The game's name derives from its theme, that of children involved in a schoolyard fight.
There are many accounts of his rough and tumble attitude in schoolyard fights.
The attack, which the police have characterized as bias-related, occurred minutes after the two 13-year-olds were involved in a schoolyard fight with an Asian youth.
But in the meantime, the primary has taken on elements of a schoolyard fight.
"It's almost refreshing that they got into a schoolyard fight," one city official mused.
But one thing that did stand out was his temper, which led to many schoolyard fights.
In the past, several officers have been turned out, some of them for their roles in schoolyard fights.
Tunny, as most called him, always appeared when Lutt was about to be defeated in a schoolyard fight.