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ABC7 Exclusive: Woman allegedly attacked by group near University of Chicag0 campus with kids in car
ABC7.com (Chicago) ^ | 07/11/2015 | Eric Horng

Posted on 07/11/2015 7:13:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Her car damaged, her nerves shaken, the victim of an alleged group attack near the University of Chicago campus with her children in the back seat of her car talked exclusively with ABC7 Eyewitness News about the incident Friday night.

Police say two people were arrested and charged, but Susan Pedersen says several dozen people were involved in the incident that left her two kids covered in broken glass.

The encounter left several dents in the vehicle and shattered the back window.

"I'm very scared, very anxious, nervous. Just fearful," she said.

Broken glass littered the pavement at 60th and King Drive across from Washington Park, where the attack took place around 9 p.m. Thursday night.

Pedersen says she had just dropped off a friend at the University of Chicago with her daughter and son in the back seat. She said she stopped at a red light and found herself surrounded by several dozen young people.

"They were walking around both sides of the vehicle - in the front, in the back - and as they were walking across, they were hitting my car, using racial slurs and telling me that I didn't belong in their neighborhood because I was white," Pedersen said.

The group, all African-American, she says, kicked the vehicle and shook it violently. Her children were in the back screaming.

Pedersen said one person was on a bicycle - the group used it as a battering ram, shattering the back window, with glass flying into the third-row seat where 3-year-old Benjamin was seated. The broken glass left cuts on the boy.

Pedersen said a police car, which happened to be nearby, arrived and the group scattered.

Police say two juveniles were arrested. Pedersen, however, is still unnerved.

"This is something that's going to stay with me for the rest of my life," she said.

Police say the two juveniles have been charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property, but Pedersen says this was more than a property crime and she would like more serious charges filed.


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KEYWORDS: dindoonuffins; teens; youths
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1 posted on 07/11/2015 7:13:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ah, more prankster, fun-loving teens. Also known as dindus.


2 posted on 07/11/2015 7:14:58 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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I would make an example of every one involved in the group. I promise I would.


3 posted on 07/11/2015 7:15:09 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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Black doing this so the national media will not cover it, instead they wan to cover battle flags taken down


4 posted on 07/11/2015 7:15:33 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wonder if she was boxed in by other vehicles or whether she was hesitant about mashing a few with her car to get away.


5 posted on 07/11/2015 7:18:10 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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6 posted on 07/11/2015 7:22:32 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

By any definition, this was a hate crime. Let’s see what the arresting officers think.


7 posted on 07/11/2015 7:23:15 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thank you Rahmie and Barack and Michelle and Valerie and the US Supreme Court and the US Congress and all you state and local politicians- who are so corrupted by greed and ego- that God is going to punish Our Country.


8 posted on 07/11/2015 7:23:31 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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“African-American” huh?

How about prehistoric troglodytes? These animals never reached the higher branches of the tree of evolution and never will while a small portion of their race have integrated into our society fully and do things like obey law, have manners, integrated into our way of life and in general, become average law abiding, hard working Americans. However, compared to the troglodytes, they constitute a small ratio.


9 posted on 07/11/2015 7:24:55 PM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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‘Rat funded ferals. Part of the Democrat Party’s War of Death to Americans.


10 posted on 07/11/2015 7:26:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

60th and MLK Drive is not Hyde Park.

Once you get that far west of Cottage Grove you are on your own.

Not UofC’s domain.


11 posted on 07/11/2015 7:27:46 PM PDT by bakeneko
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misdemeanor criminal damage to property,
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A “misdemeanor”? Huh?

A three year old covered in glass and injured?


12 posted on 07/11/2015 7:27:58 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No hate crime there. Just a few youth letting off some steam.


13 posted on 07/11/2015 7:29:20 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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BAN THE CHICAGO FLAG!


14 posted on 07/11/2015 7:30:04 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Driving While White


15 posted on 07/11/2015 7:31:23 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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“African-American” huh?

And refers to a group that is explicitly neither.

16 posted on 07/11/2015 7:31:52 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Broken glass littered the pavement at 60th and King Drive across from Washington Park, where the attack took place around 9 p.m. Thursday night.

I know that portion of the city. I'll say it frankly and bluntly:

White People don't belong there. Period. Doesn't matter what time of day, it's a no-go zone for anyone who's white.

Guessing the friend she was dropping off was black (typical demographic from that area...) and I'll also say that her friend did her no favor's by accepting a ride home from her. She had to know she was putting her friend and her friend's children at risk being in that neighborhood.

17 posted on 07/11/2015 7:32:54 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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unless that's one REAL busy intersection... FLOOR IT!!!
18 posted on 07/11/2015 7:33:30 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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60th and MLK Drive is not Hyde Park.

You are correct. Keep in mind Eric Horng isn't from Chicago and in the few years he's been on Channel 7 he's obviously never bothered to learn any of the Chicago neighborhood boundaries.

Then again, aren't most of Channel 7's street reporters from somewhere other than Chicago now?

19 posted on 07/11/2015 7:35:44 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Pedersen says she had just dropped off a friend at the University of Chicago

Maybe the friend neglected to inform her of the best escape route from campus.

20 posted on 07/11/2015 7:37:15 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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