Censored account of Lincoln Park attackers?
The attackers — police said they believe the incidents are connected — have been described as men in their early 20s, police said.
We are to believe that the attacked had nothing more to report? This leaves readers perhaps blaming blacks when attackers were hispanic, or vice versa. This is not fair, nor does it help in spotting culprits, we might say profiling them.
A neighborhood jogger, 28, says he won’t give it up:
Zach Bornemeier, 28, who lives a few blocks west of the zoo, after learning of the attacks said he was unfazed and still plans to jog alone late at night along Stockton [where one or more occurred].
“It just sounds like to me just one group of punks,” he said, adding that he’s not going to change his lifestyle.
Punks? Admirably circumspect, to be sure. He plays them down, clinging to his late-night jogging, like candidate Obama’s Pennsylvania yahoos with their guns and Bibles. Not savages?
Later: Comment on Channel 7 story:
. . . violent robbers have savagely beaten four people in the neighborhood since Thursday, . . .
Police say the victims were all men walking in the early morning hours. They were attacked from behind by a group of black and Hispanic [!] men in their early 20’s.
- 600 block of West Fullerton July 30, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
- 2100 block of North Stockton July 30, 2009 at 2:05 a.m.
- 2000 block of North Cleveland Aug 1, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
- 300 block of West Webster Aug 1, 2009 at 3:36 a.m.
She’s identified as “an Examiner from Chicago.” Her home page is here.
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