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Model Speaks Out(Woman brutally beaten by three men on a Crown Heights captured on Video)
gothamist ^ | Oct 21, 2014 | John Del Signore

Posted on 10/21/2014 10:37:00 AM PDT by Main Street

A woman who was brutally beaten by three men on a Crown Heights sidewalk says the attack, which left her with a broken nose and facial lacerations, will not stop her from pursuing her modeling career. Gwendolyn Reyes, 21, was jumped by three muggers as she walked on Franklin Avenue between Prospect Place and St. Mark's Avenue at approximately 2:30 a.m. on October 2nd. Yesterday the NYPD released security camera video of the assault and robbery:

Reyes, an aspiring model, says she found it "difficult to watch" the video, for obvious reasons. "They just rushed me, so the first thing I thought [was] 'Is this really happening?'" she tells CBS 2. "I just remember the whole attack, and them leaving me, I remember them just dragging me, and then I started yelling for someone to help me. And then that’s when I realized blood was coming from my face, but I didn’t know where from my face."

Reyes was taken to Methodist Hospital in stable condition with a broken nose and lacerations to her face. (Judging by her appearance on CBS 2 last night, she seems to have recovered remarkably.)

Reyes's assailants ran away with her cell phone and purse. No arrests have been made, but police released these images of the suspects.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assault; crime; crownheights; newyork; teens; youths
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To: sargon
The vast majority of blacks are appalled at this behavior,

The vast majority of "blacks" vote for democrats.

Democrats enable and encourage this behavior [thuggery].

Therefore, the vast majority of "blacks" vote for the enabling and encouraging of thuggery.

If the vast majority of "blacks" are truly appalled at thuggery, their first step to correcting it (an easy and painless step) would be to change their voting habits.

61 posted on 10/21/2014 1:53:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain

Plenty of absolutely safe places to be at 0230 in this town. That block ain’t one of them.


62 posted on 10/21/2014 2:01:13 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: rockrr

Winning post, in my opinion. If everyone did, there would very quickly be less of them.


63 posted on 10/21/2014 2:03:22 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: thefactor

As may be ... New Yorkers are still forbidden to take reasonable measures to defend thwmselves.


64 posted on 10/21/2014 2:07:09 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: sargon
There are plenty of muggers from all races. Race-baiting serves no constructive purpose, regardless of which side of the spectrum it comes from.

Did we lose you to the Dark Side? What's wrong with you? 7% of Americans (Blacks males) commit 73% of all violent crime. You think that is a normal demographic stat? Do you really think it's "race baiting" to mention that?

65 posted on 10/21/2014 2:32:57 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Main Street

If I am out at 2am and see a ‘troop’ of thugs I cross the street or take a turn to get distance. I don’t give a damn if their little feelings are dissed.


66 posted on 10/21/2014 2:36:35 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Main Street

If I am out at 2am and see a ‘troop’ of thugs I cross the street or take a turn to get distance. I don’t give a damn if their little feelings are dissed.


67 posted on 10/21/2014 2:36:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: sargon

So what we are talking about is 2% not 3% of the population?


68 posted on 10/21/2014 3:03:37 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: montag813
Did we lose you to the Dark Side?

No.

What's wrong with you?

IMHO, I'm seeing too much uncivil, self-indulgent broad-brushing of the black community on this forum, which frequently descends into outright bigotry, and I feel that it serves no constructive purpose, and sows disunity.

7% of Americans (Blacks males) commit 73% of all violent crime.

I know that.

You think that is a normal demographic stat?

No, I think it's terrible and shameful. But it doesn't mean I need to antagonize the vast majority of the black community which 1) doesn't commit these crimes and 2) is probably even more angry about the fact that whites are.

Do you really think it's "race baiting" to mention that?

No, but it is race-baiting to call Michelle 0bama an ape and to revel in racial antagonism. I see too much of that, and I don't want outright prejudice to alienate those members of the black community who could join our ranks.

Overtly divisive rhetoric does not help on either side.

Some of the racial speech is just too inflammatory and downright un-Christian. Would Christ say things like that?

69 posted on 10/21/2014 3:36:03 PM PDT by sargon
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To: sargon

Yes, I admit it, I’m a bigot. I am bigoted against this sub-culture, it needs to be ridiculed every possible chance.

And I’m sure plenty of blacks share this “bigotry” with me.


70 posted on 10/21/2014 3:39:21 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: sargon

Here’s a story about black cowards beating the hell out of a small girl, and you’re more concerned about “inflammatory comments.” You’re quite a piece of politically correct work, sargon.


71 posted on 10/21/2014 6:26:07 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

Especially when we play “guess the race”,and a large percentage of the time (I haven’t tried to assess the statistical possibility on FR, but it’s definitely well over 50% of the time),if we guess “black perp”, it’s correct. There is good sound reason to need to know that information, and to share that information. How many blacks are “just as angry” about it is not as important as needing to know for the sake of our own safety. That is the bottom-line issue.


72 posted on 10/21/2014 6:59:20 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: sergeantdave
You’re quite a piece of politically correct work, sargon.

That assertion is simply not supported by the evidence. I've exhibited my politically incorrect credentials on many occasions.

There's a happy medium which exists between the extremes of political correctness and overt bigotry.

Please understand, I'm not accusing you specifically. I'm simply saying that I've seen examples of hateful prejudice on this forum, and when it appears it's wrong, it's divisive, and it's counterproductive.

There is such a thing as offering a rebuke in a Christian, loving manner, as opposed to indulging less tolerant impulses which tend to antagonize.

What amazes me is how even mildly suggesting that racial intolerance exists on both sides of the spectrum causes such hysterical overreactions. I must have hit a nerve.

73 posted on 10/21/2014 7:19:19 PM PDT by sargon
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To: sargon

It’s possible that you hit a nerve, but not the one you think. I think that many of us are just tired of having to watch as even relevant information which could affect the safety or lives of people, is being suppressed in the name of political correctness, or when those facts are stated, someone always feels obliged to immediately tack on some qualifier to mitigate those facts. I honestly don’t think white-on-black racism is as big a problem anymore, nor has been for years, as actual violence perpetrated upon non-blacks by blacks. The PC crowd is now having to dig up such farcical examples of “racism” as “white privilege” and “micro-aggressions”, while the media has been ignoring for years now, the epidemic of black-on-white violence, including an extremely disparate rape statistic.


74 posted on 10/21/2014 8:52:47 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: sergeantdave
Here’s a story about black cowards beating the hell out of a small girl, and you’re more concerned about “inflammatory comments.”

No, I'm not "more concerned" about "inflammatory comments." That's a presumption on your part, and a false one at that.

I've expressed my outrage regarding "black coward" criminals, whether feral or classical, many times. I can be outraged by both the crimes and the bigotry, when it occurs. Both can arise out of the same incident, and decrying the one does not excuse indulging the other.

You can ask JimRob himself if you want, and he will tell you that sometimes the enthusiastic outrage crosses the line into overt prejudice. He should know, he's had to lower the boom on occasion. On some other occasions, people get away with it.

I don't run around the forum hitting the abuse button, but that doesn't mean the abuse doesn't occur. But it should be avoided by good Christians.

75 posted on 10/21/2014 9:35:45 PM PDT by sargon
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