Mohammad Age: 9 Hometown: Homs, Syria Current location: Beirut, Lebanon Job Title: Flower Peddler Experience: 2 years Earnings: $10-$10-$20/week
Basil Age: 17 Hometown: Homs, Syria Current location: Beirut, Lebanon Job Title: Flag Peddler Experience: 2 years Earnings: $40-$40-$60/week
Mr. Dorismond's death came shortly after the verdict on Feb. 25 in the Amadou Diallo case, where four plainclothes police officers were cleared of criminal charges after firing 41 shots at Mr. Diallo, an unarmed Guinean street peddler, hitting him 19 times.
He is a licensed street peddler now, age 77, and has a white beard.
"I tell them it's mandatory," Shaheena Parveen, a 19-year-old volunteer, told me as she waded into a stream of pilgrims to intercept a migrant peddler and her 4-month-old daughter.
The organization has successfully worked with committed state inspectors to wring wage-theft judgments against scores of employers — $28,000 for a gouged fruit-stand peddler, $70,000 for 99-cent store workers, $400,000 from moguls squeezing the payroll at a sneaker chain.
It is a volatile arrangement well understood from the highest generals to a fruit peddler like María Auccatoma, 48, who sells mangoes near the village of Machente at a spot marked with crosses for the three civilians and five policemen killed by the guerrillas in an ambush.
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Yankee Peddler Day, featuring antiques, crafts and collectibles; $2 $11 for 65+; free for children 11 and younger; rain date, May 18. Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. (718) 351-1611.
Mr. Diallo, a 20-year-old street peddler from Guinea, was hit by 19 of 41 bullets fired at him by the officers, who were members of the department's elite Street Crimes Unit.
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., "Yankee Peddler Day," antiques and crafts flea markets, with more than 140 dealers.
The peddler explained that the 3 cent sign was just psychology.
