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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by willravel
Another 1/6,000,000,000 statistic! EVERYONE RUN!!!  |
unless it's you
Both of these happened in my neighborhood and one in a section in my building.
While it isn't the norm, it is important to be aware and ready when other people are around.
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/02212008...i_be_98607.htm
THUG SLUGS CUSTOMER IN HEAD OVER DELI 'BEEF'
By PHILIP MESSING and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN
Punch Drops New York Shopper
Raw Video: Man knocks unsuspecting customer to the floor with powerful punch in lower Manhattan.
February 21, 2008 -- Police are looking for the thug who was caught on surveillance video punching a customer in the head at the checkout counter of a Lower East Side grocery store.
The videotape which captured the Jan. 9 assault shows the victim standing near the register at the Cozy Corner Deli on Grand Street at about midnight.
The camera also shows a posse of eight people surrounding the unsuspecting customer. To the left of the man, a thug - dressed in a thick winter coat and a black wool hat - suddenly lands a blow to the man's neck and face with such force that the 34-year-old victim flies out of the camera's view. Police said the attacker then fled, but the others punks continued the assault.
One creep kicked the unconscious victim as he lay sprawled on the floor and stole $145 from his wallet. The others taunted the helpless man as he tried to get up.
Cops are looking into whether the unprovoked attack might have involved a beef over the right of way in a narrow aisle just minutes prior to the attack. The victim, who was not identified, was treated at a local hospital and released.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
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SHOCK: 95-Year-Old Woman Beaten In Manhattan
Police Say Robbery Was Motive, Have Suspect On Tape
by Hazel Sanchez
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NEW YORK (CBS) ― It's happened again, an elderly woman has been beaten over a lousy purse. This time, the victim is 95 years old.
Police on Monday were looking for a man they say beat and robbed the woman right outside her 17th floor apartment. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. at the East River Co-op on the Lower East Side.
The victim's friends are shocked by the attack.
"He just came out after her and pushed her down and stepped on her," one resident said. "There are marks on her chest and on her back that he stepped on her with his boots."
Added friend Beverly Dubrino: "This woman goes to Pathmark. She goes to the temple. She's always on the bus. So I said to my mother how's her spirits now? She said she's a fighter. But ... terrible."
A building manager says the elderly woman entered a locked side door and allowed the suspect into the building.
Police have produced a surveillance picture of the suspect, who they say followed the victim to her floor, knocked her to the ground and kicked her. He then took off with the woman's pocketbook.
Tenants like Michael O'Hurley are concerned for their own safety.
"If I was 95 years old and on my own ... you're really not in a position to keep someone from following you into the building," O'Hurley said. "That's why we have security and they should be doing their job.
"The cameras aren't enough. They're here they're walking the streets. They should pay more attention."
Said building resident Rafael Rosario: "The policy is you don't let anyone in that you don't know, but you know how it is. Reality is something else."
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