Another mugging on Underhill

Well, there does seem to be a trend here:

-people on phones and/or with headphones;
-early evening/post typical work day;
-ambush-style.

just found out a friend of a friend was mugged on Underhill a few days ago. It was around 5:30 or 6 and she was walking down Underhill near Park Place and someone came from behind her and grabbed her.

Hey Lulu's Momma: Just to clarify, was your friend on phone/with iPod on?

BrookFetish wrote: Well, there does seem to be a trend here:

-people on phones and/or with headphones;
-early evening/post typical work day;
-ambush-style.

The most disturbing thing to me, is well, everything. The time. The victims. The other thread had a big guy getting rolled. Hopefully the police can do something, but in the meantime what I am seeing is: BE AWARE.

Oh, and here is your badge. ;-)

too bad we can't do the old brooklyn way of deterring people from coming in and mugging people in some nabes. walk around with dozens of guys looking for those muggers, usually armed with something. and if muggers are found beaten first.

Local residents need to work together on this. We need to identify each other and walk together in groups. We need to commit in interceding whenever we see one another in distress. Most importantly we should carry pepper spray and other personal security devices and not hesitate to use them with great enthusiasm.

Now we're bringing back the Guardian Angels? Bernie Goetz won't be far behind huh? That's why I posted that --- now ridiculously closed because of whiners --- thread about buying a gun. You want to help the community? Stop fear mongering. There's something to be said for providing information and "Beware" and all that. But every other post is about crime. It's become hysteria at this point. Someone is gonna buy a gun or carry a knife with them and kill someone on the street or more likely get themselves killed. Quickest way to turn a nice community into a paranoid cesspool. There's constructive ways to combat this stuff. Mostly things that aren't happening on this board.

If we want a community we should build a community. We should build a community that exists beyond the comfortable individualized veil of group solidarity in online message boards but individual exposure in the real world. I would like to be a member of a community that realistically stands up for itself. There are really simple and effective measures that can be taken to empower us against these bullies. Introduce yourselves to your neighbors when you see them on the street. Find out a little bit about them as you walk down the street TOGETHER. If you see someone talking on the phone or with ear buds in STOP THEM and inform them of what has been going on and walk together. If you're at home during the times these attacks have been happening get outside with a buddy and go for a walk. Look out for your neighbors. Go get some fresh air and just serve the purpose of being out there and ready to help. I promise you that if we act together the need to get involved in a confrontation will diminish greatly. However if you find yourself engaged than respond and respond with overwhelming force. USE A WHISTLE to call out for help, dominate your assailant and detain them until help arrives. Band together to deter attacks, but band together even more strongly to send a message that it is just not worth attacking in this neighborhood anymore.

You are welcome to attack these views but personally I want to know my neighbors. I want them to know that I've got their back. I want to know that they have mine. I know it's cool to be independent and seemingly in control but I think we all understand that in many things in life this just does not really work and the control you think you have is fleeting at best.

Get to know each other on the street. Build a community.

Innocent X wrote: Someone is gonna buy a gun or carry a knife with them and kill someone on the street or more likely get themselves killed.

Sweetie seems like you are the only one guilty of this - didn't you post the Where can I get a gun thread? This will not make me or anyone I know buy a gun but it will make us a little more aware of our surroundings and look out for our neighbors.

Innocent X wrote: Quickest way to turn a nice community into a paranoid cesspool. There's constructive ways to combat this stuff. Mostly things that aren't happening on this board.

Do you know all the posters personally - there are more rather than less people on this board who get involved much further than talking smack on a board.

If it wasn't for this board I wouldn't know half the stuff happening and since I have a son who has to walk back and forth to school I am grateful that people post it here.

phboard wrote: However if you find yourself engaged than respond and respond with overwhelming force. USE A WHISTLE to call out for help, dominate your assailant and detain them until help arrives. .

I just think this becomes more dangerous than the danger we're talking about. Things can be done but violence to meet violence isn't a great solution. It's a solution, but again, not a great one. Again, I just think all this hysteria is going to lead to someone fighting back or carrying their own weapon and then we're gonna have postings about deaths rather than muggings.

Innocent X wrote: [quote=stacey]
Sweetie seems like you are the only one guilty of this - didn't you post the Where can I get a gun thread?

Don't call me "Sweetie" you DAB.

It's called satire. Look it up.

Dont know what DAB means but sweetie was meant as an endearment and as far as satire I guess you can give it but cant take it

Innocent X wrote: My thread, satire. Your post, not. So I don't really get the dish it/take it thing.

Then tell me what DAB means

Thank you daver

Innocent X - since I dont agree with you that gives you a right to call me a bitch - no where in my post did I ever call you a derrogatory name or dis you [*redacted so as not to offend anyone this was not directed at*]

Sorry mods and the rest of the posters

Innocent X wrote: I have no idea what daver is talking about actually.

But I will say that "Sweetie" is a completely condescending term to apply to someone. You girlies like to throw that around and act like it's harmless but I know the intent. So don't play so innocent.

Then please tell me what DAB means if it is not what I thought it meant I will apologize

And if you knew me instead of assuming you do, you would know that I use the word "sweetie", "honey" and "baby" as endearing terms.

Subject: Re: Self Help

Hamilton wrote: Do what was done in Boro Park, the community set up a volunteer group who patrolled their community in cars or vans with video cameras , cell phones and walkie talkies.

If there was a crime in progress they would contact the Police and video the criminals, it worked, why not give it a try.

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