David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

A door broken down. A window broken.
Dirty dishes left in the sink. Leites and
Wolf believed that all that counts are
rules and rational principles. But what
actually matters are the hundreds of
small things that the powerful do—or
don’t do—to establish their legitimacy,
like sleeping in the bed of an innocent
man you just shot accidentally and
scattering your belongings around his
house.
By Sunday morning, the situation
inside the Lower Falls was growing
desperate. The Lower Falls was not a
wealthy neighborhood. Many of the
adults were unemployed or, if they were
not, relied on piecework. The streets