What the hell is up with my neighborhood? Apparently, since January 31st, there's been a series of about 40 attacks in which men (like me) walking alone (like I often do) were beaten up and occasionally robbed by groups of teenagers. They've arrested a bunch of people involved, but there's plenty more out there.
Most of the attacks have happened on weekdays between 11 AM and 2 PM. Must be a new lunch break activity for the kids. They've also been centered around an area encompassing my apartment and part of my route to work.
I better practice yelling, "not in the face! Not in the face!"
Most of the attacks have happened on weekdays between 11 AM and 2 PM. Must be a new lunch break activity for the kids. They've also been centered around an area encompassing my apartment and part of my route to work.
I better practice yelling, "not in the face! Not in the face!"
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Seriously though - where I live, a few years back, there was a spate of random attacks on people. You'd read about it in the news, and almost every other day there'd be something else.
The worst I heard was a guy was out jogging, a car pulled up, men got out, bundled the jogger into the car, slashed him up pretty bad with razor blades, and dumped him out. Nasty. No reason. They didn't even rob him. Nor were they known to him. Of course, reading that in the news, it's probably only half the story.
Anyway, around the same time, a friend of mine got punched in the face, just randomly again, by one of two guys he past coming round a corner on the street he lived on. Thing is, my friend had some weakness in his jaw to begin with, so the hit actually broke his jaw in three places. He had to have it wired up and couldn't eat properly for weeks.
Not that I want to nurture any fears you might already have. Yeah, actually, sorry about those stories.