I'm a librarian at the downtown library. Last night after work I was walking back to my car in the Warehouse District and got mugged. It was nothing out of the ordinary, I guess: a couple punks came up behind me, one of them whacked me with a blackjack and they took off with my wallet. They were young and dumb; they didn't even ask for my watch. The police came quickly when I called them and did pretty much everything they were supposed to. Still, I'm out my wallet, its contents and right now, any feeling of safety I have about working downtown.
So what can be done? For one thing, I sure saw a lot of police activity overseeing the little Mayday demonstration that went on downtown last week; even the mounted patrol was out in force. There must have been one cop for every five demonstrators. So how about having some of those officers walking the Warehouse District, and every night of the week? It may not be as efficient as having them cruise the streets in cars, but a physical, viable police presence on the sidewalks would sure be reassuring to me right now. Jeff Radford Kingfield __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
