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Robbed at Gunpoint

innocent x
innocent x
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
I don't know the source of this note but on my front door is a note stating that a "Beware. A male white was severly attacked and robbed at gunpoint a few doors down."

I live on Prospect Place between Carlton and Vanderbilt.

This is on top of the incident on that block mentioned here a few weeks back. Wondering if this block ain't for me anymore.

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  • innocent x
    innocent x
    Called the precinct and they don't have any report of anything on this block but maybe paperwork didn't go through yet. Or this note is bogus. Maybe someone wants me to move. I do have best apartment in my building. Who knows.
  • devincf
    devincf
    That is incredibly weird.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    weird.weird.weird. can you file a report about the note itself?!
  • innocent x
    innocent x
    Hey dev!
  • qtrain
    qtrain
    This is suspicious to me because it describes the victim rather than the assailant -- my vote is prank.

    Not to say it couldn't happen, though.
  • innocent x
    innocent x
    It's kinda fucked, yeah.
  • emily
    emily
    qtrain wrote: This is suspicious to me because it describes the victim rather than the assailant -- my vote is prank.
    Yes, that sounded off to me, too. It's not much of a warning, is it? "OMG, look out for that white guy! He got mugged, he's really dangerous!" I mean, what's the point?

    Do you think someone in your building hung it up?
  • innocent x
    innocent x
    The phrasing is weird too "a male white" not a white male.

    Not sure who put it up. Very odd.
  • jayce
    jayce

    Subject: Re: Robbed at Gunpoint

    Innocent X wrote: I don't know the source of this note but on my front door is a note stating that a "Beware. A male white was severly attacked and robbed at gunpoint a few doors down."

    I live on Prospect Place between Carlton and Vanderbilt.

    This is on top of the incident on that block mentioned here a few weeks back. Wondering if this block ain't for me anymore.
    could be my neighbor. he was mugged on the corner of vanderbilt and park a couple of days ago. said the guy had a weapon or something in his pocket. but he wasn't attacked at all. said the guy was actually pretty ok in the end. didn't take anything but his cash.
  • axel foley
    axel foley
    He said the guy was actually pretty ok in the end?

    The victim sounds like a nice guy.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior

    Subject: Re: Robbed at Gunpoint

    jayce wrote: [quote=Innocent X]I don't know the source of this note but on my front door is a note stating that a "Beware. A male white was severly attacked and robbed at gunpoint a few doors down."

    I live on Prospect Place between Carlton and Vanderbilt.

    This is on top of the incident on that block mentioned here a few weeks back. Wondering if this block ain't for me anymore.
    could be my neighbor. he was mugged on the corner of vanderbilt and park a couple of days ago. said the guy had a weapon or something in his pocket. but he wasn't attacked at all. said the guy was actually pretty ok in the end. didn't take anything but his cash.nobody robs people are nice. guy sounds like he is too nice even to the robber :/.
  • jayce
    jayce
    Axel Foley wrote: He said the guy was actually pretty ok in the end?

    The victim sounds like a nice guy.
    well, he didn't say it quite like that. what he said was of all the ways to be robbed, this was was the best possible way. The guy could have taken his whole wallet, his ipod, his camera, etc. and instead, just took the cash. which amounted to $10.

    not saying the robber is a good guy at all. but that it was an ok mugging on the scale of how muggings can go.
  • dan.h
    dan.h
    Innocent X wrote: The phrasing is weird too "a male white" not a white male.

    Not sure who put it up. Very odd.
    That phrasing is standard for police radio traffic.
  • qtrain
    qtrain
    dan.h wrote: [quote=Innocent X]The phrasing is weird too "a male white" not a white male.

    Not sure who put it up. Very odd.
    That phrasing is standard for police radio traffic.
    But "severely attacked and robbed" is not.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    Innocent X wrote: The phrasing is weird too "a male white" not a white male.

    Not sure who put it up. Very odd.
    any other grammer or spelling mistakes? :wink:
  • bewitched
    bewitched
    Grammar
    :twisted:
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    bewitched wrote: Grammar
    :twisted:
    i knew something like that was going to happen! :oops:
  • queen_of_pies
    queen_of_pies
    vanilla wrote: any other grammer or spelling mistakes? :wink:
    to be robbed at gunpoint is certainly feasible, but to be severely attacked at gunpoint would require the attacker to have either an accomplice or really, really long arms.

    And I'm not feeling that period after "Beware." A colon perhaps?