Welcome to Chicago...land of shootings and robberies...

[billc]

This is some recent news to get our minds off of the shooting gallery of Chicago...small time, strong arm robberies...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...bery-magnificent-mile-20130721,0,770857.story

Two visitors to Chicago received a rude welcome to the city Friday when one was robbed by a group of city teens and the other was punched while trying to help, officials said.
The two visitors – a 15-year-old Florida girl and a 51-year-old Michigan woman – were both walking on the Mag Mile Friday evening when the older woman was robbed of her iPhone by a group of eight juveniles, officials said.
The woman who was robbed, who wanted to be identified only by her first name Tammy and did not want her hometown published, said she was visiting Chicago to see relatives and to run the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Sunday. She checked into a hotel and she, her sister, and their 70-year-old mother went out shopping.
"We had only been in town four hours and I got robbed," Tammy said with the hint of a laugh during a telephone interview Saturday evening. "Welcome to Chicago."

They were about 15 feet behind when they noticed three boys "creeping toward" the women, and one of the boys appeared to gesture to someone else, said the 15-year-old Florida girl.
"All of a sudden seven more teens came and got close to the women,'' she said.
Then she noticed one of the boys ripping an iPhone from a pocket of one of the three women, so forcefully that the victim said: "Give it back,'' but they denied they had it, said the girl.
"The rest of them swarmed around her to disorient her,'' and began to become more physical and push the women against a small metal fence around some shrubs, the girl said.
With a rush of adrenaline, the Florida girl said she decided to step in, against her mother's wishes.
"They felt endangered, but I'm a person who tries to help and I wanted to help the lady,'' she said. "My mom tried to stop me three times."
The Florida girl screamed at them: "Give her back her phone,'' and a teen girl yelled back that they didn't have it.
"That's when the girl charged at me'' and punched her, hitting the Florida girl's head and ear, causing a big bump, bruising and swelling, she said.

Fits the profile of multitple unarmed attackers...good thing they didn't have concealed carry permits (of course that would probably have stopped the incident in its tracks )...it would have been better though if they had simply submitted quietly rather than attempt any intervention at all. It is better for everyone if victims just submit...less paper work for the city...and it is easier to cover up to lower the crime stats...it could simply be reported as "lost," property, not "stolen," property.

 

[arnisador]

Fits the profile of multitple unarmed attackers...good thing they didn't have concealed carry permits (of course that would probably have stopped the incident in its tracks )...it would have been better though if they had simply submitted quietly rather than attempt any intervention at all. It is better for everyone if victims just submit...

Seriously? A pistol against 8 unarmed attackers in close range? That's taking a hell of a big risk to save a cell phone. It would be terrible self-defense advice to stay start shooting rather than let them have the phone.