“I’m frightened to tears,” she said. “I’m not going to walk there on my own, and it’s very upsetting. It’s very upsetting.”
The push caused the woman, a retired teacher who didn’t want her name used, to fall on the ground and hit her head on a fire hydrant.
“I thought it was a brick or something like that,” she said. “Hit me on the right scalp, on the right side of my head, and of course I fell down on the street. There were a couple of young women there. They helped me up. They said, ‘I’m going to call an ambulance.’”
She’s still bruised but otherwise OK after the routine walk to the drug store ended with a trip to the ER. She credits her good health for making it home, where she intends to stay for the time being.
“I’ve felt very safe in the city, and now, forget it,” she said. “I’m afraid to go out.”
Sad... that regular exercise was probably helping keep her alive. And now she may not even get that if she’s too afraid to go out.
The poor victim:
“I’m frightened to tears,” she said. “I’m not going to walk there on my own, and it’s very upsetting. It’s very upsetting.”Our local weekly newspaper had an article a couple days ago about the BLM protest in town last Friday. In it, the protest organizer was quoted: "Growing up as a black person in town, Kenan Moos said he has been pulled over by police in town 15 times, been accused of stealing from local stores and watched people do double-takes and hold their purses closer as he walked past."
What really gets me is the complete lack of awareness that people like Mr. Moos have. Does he really not understand why people are afraid, cross the street, and hold their purses closer?
At the same protest, a young mom was pushing her 2-year-old son in a stroller. The boy held a sign on his lap reading “When Do I Go from Being Cute to Scary?”
I appreciate the poor Mom's viewpoint and certainly sympathize. But she should watch the video of this thug sucker punching a NINETY TWO YEAR OLD woman. She might begin to be able to answer her own question.
And all these liberals who think of themselves as caring individuals - will even one of them try to help this woman? No, they’ll hang out with the thugs, hoping to get a date with one of them.