100-Year-Old Beaten, Robbed In SW Philadelphia

CBS ^ | 8/20/09 | staff

[pissant]

Southwest Detectives are going door to door trying to get information about a robbery and assault that left a 100-year-old man beaten to the ground.

According to police, the disturbing attack happened in broad daylight on the 6700 block of Grovers Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

"He placed his hands around his neck, threw him to the ground and began striking his head against the cement sidewalk," said Lt. John Walker. "He took the man's groceries and $30 out of his pocket and fled on foot."

Neighbors, who said the man was "very nice" and "friendly," are shocked and concerned that such a violent encounter could happen on their street.

"I am very concerned about that, if it could happen to him, it could happen to anybody," said Andrew Wongeh.

Detectives say the centenarian, who was released from the hospital on Wednesday, suffered bleeding to his brain, but will eventually be fine following rehabilitation.

[pissant]

Those darn Amish kids up to no good again, I reckon.

[jessduntno]

“Detectives say the centenarian, who was released from the hospital on Wednesday, suffered bleeding to his brain, but will eventually be fine following rehabilitation.”

Assholes...he ISN’T going “to be fine”...do your job and put down the sob that did this...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The garbage preys on the old and weak. I would be carrying a hammerless .38 in SW Philadelphia....

[Blue Jays]

Anyone have a description of the criminals responsible for this cowardly attack?
The mainstream media didn't mention anything, I wonder what that means?

[PLMerite]

“Assholes...he ISN’T going “to be fine”...do your job and put down the sob that did this...”

Exactly. No one that age can be manhandled like that and bounce back.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Neighbors, who said the man was "very nice" and "friendly," are shocked and concerned that such a violent encounter could happen on their street.

"I am very concerned about that, if it could happen to him, it could happen to anybody," said Andrew Wongeh.

Andrew, you know who did this, or one of your neighbors do, or one of the kids in your area. Find who did this and do some "neighborhood policing". You know who the violent thugs are in your neighborhood. Make your neighborhood an uncomfortable place for them to hang out and commit crimes.

[Blue Jays]

You're exactly 100% correct.
Injuries like this to a 100-year-old person lead to trickle-down problems and their eventual death.
To simply shrug this off as "minor injuries" is very far from the truth.

[HIDEK6]

You’d think they’d at least describe the victim a little better.

[jessduntno]

“Exactly. No one that age can be manhandled like that and bounce back.”

And anyone who would do this to a ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN is ever going to be anything but a killer...

[loungitude]

Not a hate crime, surely.

[Drew68]

The mainstream media didn't mention anything, I wonder what that means?

It means no description is neccessary because everyone who reads this story already knows the assailant was a feral black male. Who else would beat down a 100 year-old man for $30 and a bag of groceries?

[BertWheeler]

Well, if you think defining deviancy down is just a social topic to be discussed, welcome to the streets where defining deviancy down has actually happened. A 100-yr old guy should have children or grandchildren living in nice suburbs taking care of him.

[from occupied ga]

Detectives say the centenarian, who was released from the hospital on Wednesday, suffered bleeding to his brain, but will eventually be fine following rehabilitation.

A couple of thoughts come to mind:

• First Philly needs more gun control. although no one had a gun in this encounter, the government response to violence is ALWAYS to call for more disarmament of the law abiding.
• Second, if a cop had been assaulted, then the police would stirr their lazy bureaucratic government employee backsides and put out the effort the find the jerk who did this, but
• A cop would NOT have been assaulted in the first place because cops are allowed to have firearms. see the first point above

Philly sucks. Nutter sucks, Democratic mayors suck, and in particular black democratic mayors suck. (see Wash DC, New orleans, Atlanta, etc.)

[oh8eleven]

will eventually be fine following rehabilitation.
Rehab? At 100 years old? Did 0bama approve this?

[oh8eleven]

in particular black democratic mayors suck
Chocolate cities, don't ya' know.

[mewzilla]

A little more info here, but no description of the perp...

100-Year-Old Man Beaten, Robbed

[from occupied ga]

I should have said “Chocolate Democratic mayors suck” my bad.

[Cicero]

I suspect the perp misunderstood Obama’s “cash for clunkers” program. Or maybe he’s been listening to Eric Holder on race relations.

[Eagle Bomba]

Man, something like this happens every day in Philly, it seems. Thank God for rural GA, eh?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I used to fly into Phily every few months. Even the people inside the airport are scary.