John,
Sorry to hear about this and so close to my block 4800 Beaumont.
John have you thought about going to one of the gatherings that the new
commish is giving this week?
Tommorow nighnt at Pinn Memorial Church on North 58th street (double
check that) and Wednesday night at 7 PM at Germantown H.S. I think
that your experience with crime and the treatment by police of victims
of crime is timely. It sounds like the kind of thing that he's looking
to hear about. This feedback from the public can be his mandate for
reformining the status quo in the Police department that he is inheriting.
I don't know if you or anyone has been a juror in the past couple of
years, but it's changed immensely. The seats are comfortable, free
coffee, tea and cakes, vending machines. Respectful treatment from the
judge and the staff at the court. You are treated with dignity which
helps people take their civic duty seriously and act so for the process.
Joe Clarke
JAFDesmond wrote:
Salutations, gentlefolk
Got up early this Monday morning, decided that my best chance to
get something useful done today was to head in from Lansdowne to
the campus, and that 'twas early enough to save a token, burn up
some calories, and walk.
Got to 49xx Cedar, across the street from my onetime home, about
8:30 Stopped for reverie about old times, was grabbed on
shoulder. Turned thinking 'twas old acquaintance, got fist shaken
in face and words "Give me all your money or I'll kill you".
Well, he didn't kill me - I ain't sure if he was carrying a real
gun, a fake, or just something assembled from parts of black and
shiny metal. He did knock me down a couple of times, slap me
upside the head, and take three dollars or so in cash and
tokens, after being convinced that was all I was carrying. (Am
seeking gainful employment - suggestions welcome).
Spent most of the morning in West Dectectives, giving statement.
(Note to Mayor Nutter - crime victims taken there have to wait,
for the detectives to take their statments, on an uncomfortable
wall-mounted bench in a bleak corridor. If we had more
comfortable chairs, a more cheerful waiting area, access to clear
restrooms, and maybe even a proffered cuppa coffee (and an asprin
for the headaches), we might be happier to collaborate with the
local constabulary)
Anyway, should you see, in that vicinity, a man about 6' tall,
medium build, black hair, stubbly black beard, Negro with dark
'burnt umber' skin, looks a bit like Robert Parrish (he played
center for the Celtics in the Larry Bird era), possibly wearing a
black 'hoodie' and light tan trousers - avoid him, maybe call 911.
Yours, John Desmond
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