Posted on 04/25/2011 3:19:53 PM PDT by piperpilot
On my way home from work tonight, I witnessed a mob of approximately 50 teens beating another teen and kicking him in the head right in the middle of 6 lanes of rush hour traffic on Connecticut Avenue just outside the National Zoo. It was terrifying. They left the victim lying in the middle of the street. He eventually stood up and was clearly dazed as he tried to walk. Eventually someone called him to the sidewalk and he managed to stumble away. Police were called but the traffic was simply too heavy for them to be able to catch up to the attackers. I doubt that this attack will be reported in the news. It was Black Family Reunion Day at the National Zoo.
Be VERY CARE WHAT YOU POST HERE FREEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...no offense meant piperpilot, but are you a troll? Just asking because at the National Zoo Calendar of events...there is only:
Earth Day April 22,
Easter Day April 25 and
Guppy Gala May 13th...
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/
), and you can either 1)forward the tape to your local station, 2) put it up on the web with circumstances as a reporter would, or 3) keep it in case of future need. And, as I saw once before, if threatened, tape openly and say that it's going to the web as you speak.
Black family reunion day at the DC Zoo is a real event, though it may not be sanctioned by the zoo itself. In past years the day has seen other episodes of punks run amuck, including I believe, at least one shooting.
According to this, every Easter Monday African American Family Celebration is held at the National Zoo.
http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/AAFestivalZoo.htm
Why does this remind me of that old joke about, "what is the most confusing day in Harlem?"
We should get used to hearing these stories.
We are becoming a 3rd world country very fast
How many perps did you run over in your attempt to help the guy?
It may not be published in the official calendar of events, but everyone knows about it. There is a link to a Washington Post article about the attack in one of the earlier comments.
DC and “National Zoo” is redundant.
Please know that no offense is meant...
No harm, no foul. It sounds so outrageous. Sadly, it was real. I was scared. The entire mob was running down the street toward my car. I couldn’t go anywhere because traffic was at a standstill. All I could do was lock my door and hope that the attackers kept on stepping.
They came for their day.
They are what they are.
None taken. It sounds outrageous, but sadly it’s true. I was really scared. I was literally blocked in with other cars and the mob was headed straight for my car. Thankfully the thugs just kept on steppin’. I work just a block away from the zoo. I always thought it was a fairly safe neighborhood. Not any more.
No, it is a dangerous situaiton and in DC you are not permitted to defend yourself.
He didn’t. A friggin six lane river of lemmings with a herd of jackals on the banks attacking a wounded musk ox. Not one Human with a capital H.
See my later post, lemming.
Today....and the Washington Post has NO sense of irony
“The fight in the zoo broke out about 3:30 p.m. in the vicinity of the Small Mammal House...”
CNN: “The zoo was at capacity Monday, in part because of an annual Easter Monday African-American Family Celebration, a free event that draws large crowds. Because of the crowds, the zoo closed its gates to additional visitors.”
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