Comments on: Decatur Police Alert: Armed Robbery of Three Women in Oakhurst Park Yesterday Afternoon

By: SJ

SJ — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:04:55 +0000

I was shooting a film in Kirkwood on this same day, and our group was accosted by what were probably these same guys. Three young kids, one with a pistol, who fired into the air. Stole a purse and a car. Savages, I say.

By: brianc

brianc — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:10:24 +0000

Interesting. Might be a good program to present to the city commission.

By: Rick Julian

Rick Julian — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:05:37 +0000

it’s worth mentioning that at dusk yesterday, as a group of my neighbors and i stood on the sidewalk discussing the crime wave, one of the three women who were robbed yesterday (and lived across the street from where we were standing) emerged from her house with her husband, and began walking to Oakhurst Village–past the park where she’s been accosted only a couple of hours earlier.

1. that’s called “getting back on your horse”
2. what a great example of reclaiming ownership of our neighborhood–not by cowering inside until the storm passes, but striding out into it and saying “this place is ours”.

#truegrit

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:59:14 +0000

Two out of three ain’t bad.

By: AMB

AMB — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:57:01 +0000

you’re

signed

the Spelling Police

By: brianc

brianc — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:56:18 +0000

How about just calling the police on all young males? After all, crime is far more skewed to one gender than it is to one race. Visit a jail if you don’t think so. Somehow we tend to stereotype crime racially, but ignore the fact that crime is overwhelmingly a male problem, even white-collar crime.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:51:05 +0000

The comment policy states no personal attacks against other commenters. It would have been ok if you had said “your statement is racist”.

I don’t know the answer to your question. It’s just a policy to prevent lots of “Oh yeah well you’re a…!”

By: Macarolina

Macarolina — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:45:19 +0000

Having been mugged at knifepoint, shouting wasn’t my priority- I just wanted to and over my stuff and be on my way and them on theirs. I think screaming could have turned the situation ugly. While I still miss the ring my aunt gave me, I have zero regrets @ not putting up a fight.