Before it was a national holiday, and 20 years before Martin Luther King Jr. Day was recognized by all 50 states, Anderson honored the slain civil rights hero.
An elderly woman had her pursed violently stolen from her after a gang of three New York City muggers followed her into her apartment building and hurled her to the ground before fleeing.
One of the suspects grabs the woman's purse, spins her and throws her to the ground, a fall which broke the woman's hip. After she falls, one of the other.