Posted on 04/28/2007 6:48:21 PM PDT by blam
Ex-Senator Injured in Chicago Mugging
Sunday April 29, 2007 1:46 AM
CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said Saturday.
Braun, 59, was standing at her front door late Friday when an assailant came out of the bushes and tried to take her purse, said her spokesman, Kevin Lampe. When Braun resisted, the man pulled a knife and cut the strap of the purse.
During the struggle, Braun fell, fracturing her left wrist. She was later treated and a released from a hospital.
A student from the nearby University of Chicago came to her aid, Lampe said.
Zachary Trayes-Gibson said he had been walking with a friend when he heard screams.
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It was probably Harry Reid. He’ll do whatever it takes to take our money.
Absolutley not. It means she’ll now favor knife control and making mugging illegal.
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