Jeff Radford wrote: > 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.
Sorry about the attack you suffered. However, I would like to take this opportunity to voice one of my pet peeves. I'm assuming that since you know they were young that you might be able to provide some other descriptive details that might help others avoid the type of attack (assuming that these guys have not yet been caught and that they are likely to commit the same type of crime in the same area). In other words, could you possibly identify what race they were, given that it is probably the single most identifiable feature of a person, other than gender, height, or weight. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ 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
