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Women struck with bat and robbed in Bucktown
Chicago Sun Times ^

Posted on 04/24/2010 7:26:13 AM PDT by TigerBait

They were two young women out on the town and celebrating success.

One was 24-year-old Stacy Jurich, a recent college grad who earned a glowing work review.

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Stacy Jurich (top left) and Natasha McShane were attacked near this viaduct on Damen early Friday morning. Both were beaten unconscious and were in intensive care later Friday. (John H. White/Sun-Times)

The other was Natasha McShane, 23, an exchange student from Ireland attending the University of Illinois at Chicago.

At about 3:30 a.m. this morning, they were walking to Jurich’s Bucktown home from a bar in Wicker Park when the night turned ugly.

A robber attacked them with an aluminum baseball bat near railroad tracks in the 1800 block of North Damen. After the attack, the man stole their purses and ran away. Both women were beaten unconscious and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in the intensive care unit.

“Jesus, why would they do that? It’s crazy,” said Jurich’s stepfather, Rick Van Etten.

(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: hatecrime
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1 posted on 04/24/2010 7:26:13 AM PDT by TigerBait
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To: TigerBait
D@mn firearms anyway!

They should never leave the baseball field.

2 posted on 04/24/2010 7:28:28 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: TigerBait

Two words: Open Carry


3 posted on 04/24/2010 7:29:58 AM PDT by dcgst4
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To: EGPWS

Wow, black perp, white vics, not a hate crime at least. /s


4 posted on 04/24/2010 7:30:22 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: TigerBait
At about 3:30 a.m. this morning, they were walking to Jurich’s Bucktown home from a bar in Wicker Park when the night turned ugly.

Nothing good ever happens after 1 a.m.

5 posted on 04/24/2010 7:30:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TigerBait
I lived in this nabe briefly (summer of 1998), and have walked under this viaduct several times. Despite the gentrification, you still had problems back then with the hookers and junkies, especially along North Avenue (things got even worse as you went west toward Humboldt Park). Most of the muggings and burglaries were by desperate junkies.

We have a real problem in our cities with young women who think that nothing can stop them, and don't realize how truly vulnerable they are to the elements.

6 posted on 04/24/2010 7:35:07 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: TigerBait

” why would they do that? It’s crazy,” said Jurich’s stepfather “

Just wanting to “redistribute the wealth”

... and he was wanting a rock, real bad.


7 posted on 04/24/2010 7:37:18 AM PDT by sawmill trash (One thing for sure, we're a day closer today than we were yesterday.)
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To: Clemenza
"We have a real problem in our cities with young women"

ah.....two women get beaten unconscious walking home and THEIR the problem?

jail them.....

8 posted on 04/24/2010 7:39:33 AM PDT by cherry
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To: sawmill trash
” why would they do that? It’s crazy,” said Jurich’s stepfather “

the real problem Mr.Jurich is people like you who think this world is ladedah....its not....its a frighteningly dangerous place ....

we have to stop thinking we're safe....especially if your skin color is white........

we have to stop thinking that people are essentially good....not true anymore...

we have to stop thinking that justice will prevail....

we're targets and no amount of diversity studies,kumbayas,hand holding,kwanza parties,etc will ever stop the problem.....

9 posted on 04/24/2010 7:44:12 AM PDT by cherry
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To: dfwgator
Walking around the tracks is dangerous any time of day.
Two girls going there after dark is suicide.
All thing considered they were lucky. A whole lot worse could have happened. I'm sure they will take a cab like normal people from now on.

They must have been drinking and lost their normal God given sense of fear. I'm a big strong guy but even I, looking at those dark tracks at 0330, would have thought, maybe this isn't such a good idea.

10 posted on 04/24/2010 7:48:33 AM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he would'nt and not doing what he said he would)
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To: TigerBait
http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/042410bat.jpg_20100424_00_34_12_189-282-400.imageContent
 
" Both women were beaten unconscious and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in the intensive care unit."
 
"The robber was black; 27 to 34; 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9; and wore a tan or light colored hooded sweatshirt, police said."

11 posted on 04/24/2010 7:48:43 AM PDT by wolficatZ ()pssst) Imbedded trolls type their first sentence in lowercase..pass the word.)
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To: Clemenza
We have a real problem in our cities with young women who think that nothing can stop them, and don't realize how truly vulnerable they are to the elements.

That's exactly right. I work with a few 20-something young ladies who do not realize the danger of staying out all night at bars and nightclubs and then walking home alone in the wee hours of the morning. They think they are completely safe, that is until something bad really happens.

12 posted on 04/24/2010 7:49:15 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: TigerBait

The black on white crime wave continues unabated and the media is silent.


13 posted on 04/24/2010 7:50:04 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: cherry

Get a clue, please. If you leave your purse filled with your life savings unattended in the middle of a park, it will be stolen. Did YOU commit the crime, NO! Should you not have been so BRAZEN to set yourself up for the crime in the first place, NO!


14 posted on 04/24/2010 7:50:56 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Bon mots
The black on white crime wave continues unabated and the media is silent.

Its been going on since at least the early 1960s. Everybody knows about it, but nobody says anything in public.

15 posted on 04/24/2010 7:52:00 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: TigerBait
At about 3:30 a.m. this morning

Is it just me, or does that seem like a risky time of the day for two girls to be wandering the streets?

16 posted on 04/24/2010 7:52:06 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: TigerBait
Both women were beaten unconscious and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in the intensive care unit.

Some really bad writing. Sounds like the perps took them to the Masonic Hospital. Makes you wonder about the reporters. But that is commonplace.

Would concealed carry changed the outcome? Guess not, this is Chicago.

After the attack, the man stole their purses and ran away.

A big guy beats 2 young women with a baseball bat and take their purses. What type of punishment should he receive when caught?

17 posted on 04/24/2010 7:52:26 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: TigerBait

Problem here is he will never be caught and examples need to be made of this scum.


18 posted on 04/24/2010 8:03:25 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: TigerBait

Take a hint, Illinois! Follow Arizona’s lead!

http://www.kvoa.com/news/governor-brewer-signs-new-concealed-carry-legislation/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/04/20/2010-04-20_birther_bill_in_arizona_aimed_to_make_president_obama_prove_hes_a_natural_born_c.html

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-immigration-arizona-txt,0,4077212.story?track=rss


19 posted on 04/24/2010 8:04:02 AM PDT by Tucson Jim
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To: TigerBait

One of ObaMao’s homies attacks two women and beats them into unconsciousness. Nothing to see here; move along.


20 posted on 04/24/2010 8:04:46 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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