<div dir="ltr"><div style>Regarding this incident, I just received a subpoena to appear in court in Oakland this Thursday. </div><div style><br></div><div style>If anybody has any experience with testifying in court about a crime (especially in Oakland or the Bay Area in general), I'd appreciate hearing anecdotes.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Cheers,</div><div style>Naomi</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Ryan Bethencourt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan.bethencourt@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryan.bethencourt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Great blog post Naomi and really sorry to hear that you experienced an attack in Oakland. Thank goodness you weren't more badly hurt!<div>
<br></div><div>I'm still blown away by how, in your case, technology was so empowering and helped find the perpetrators so incredibly quickly. Your forward thinking on installing the tracking app made a huge difference (you've made me personally realize how important these apps are and I'm going to install one on my phone too now, just in case!).</div>
<div><br></div><div>We're a community, not just in Sudo room but outside of it too, so if I (or I'm sure many of our fellow sudo'ers) can ever help let me/us know.</div><div><br></div><div>
R</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Georgio510 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:georgio510@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">georgio510@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Great blog post, Naomi. It conveys a strong sense of resolve and
power in dealing with the jerks who mugged you, and with the
aftermath. <br>
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What surprised me is that there were three of them acting together,
and the one who sprayed you appeared after the first two ran off.
That's organized activity, not casual opportunistic crime. It would
be interesting to see if any security videos emerge in the case,
showing them hanging out around the bus stop before they jumped
you. <br>
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Probably the end result will be that they implicate each other, and
all end up doing well-deserved time. Probably also, one of them
will be found with a bunch of other stolen mobile devices, so your
action will end up solving other cases as well. BTW, three people
acting together to commit a felony, can also be prosecuted for
felony conspiracy.<br>
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Do you want other SudoRoom members to go to any of the various
hearings and trial dates, for community support?<br>
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-G.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I finished my blog post about the attack and
aftermath.
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<div><a href="http://nthmost.com/2013/04/mugged-and-pepper-sprayed-in-downtown-oakland/" target="_blank">http://nthmost.com/2013/04/mugged-and-pepper-sprayed-in-downtown-oakland/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:22 PM, William
Budington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@inputoutput.io" target="_blank">bill@inputoutput.io</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That's
awful :( I hope you're doing okay, assaults like that can<br>
definitely be jarring.<br>
<br>
If experience from various mass mobilizations & protests
gives any<br>
credence, there are some methods to alleviate the burning
from pepper<br>
spray. Medics in these situations often carry water bottles
to flush<br>
out the eyes of those effected. Basically you just lean
your head back<br>
and pour lukewarm water into your eyes to wash away as much
of the<br>
harmful chemical as possible.<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uppkHUPvO4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uppkHUPvO4</a><br>
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That being said, that's usually when there are lots of
people there to<br>
help, and you're well prepared.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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On 04/09/2013 01:55 AM, Naomi Most wrote:<br>
> 11:45pm at the 20th st bus stop (at Broadway)
waiting for the 72M.<br>
><br>
> So, ah, watch yourselves.<br>
><br>
> I was transferring my iPad to my backpack when 2
muggers wrenched it out of<br>
> my hands and a third one maced me right in the
eyes. I mean not just a<br>
> little spray, a serious "I mean to blind you"
lengthy spray.<br>
><br>
> An emergency team showed up about 6 minutes after
the incident, and the<br>
> cops showed up about 8 minutes after. They were
very helpful.<br>
><br>
> One of them asked if I had "Find my Phone"
installed, which I did. They<br>
> activated it and located the iPad right away. They
detained 2 suspects who<br>
> were carrying the iPad.<br>
><br>
> I sat in the back of a cop car as they stood under
the light. One suspect<br>
> wasn't so clear to me, and I said so -- I wasn't
sure. The other suspect<br>
> was *definitely* the girl who maced me, so I said
so. They let the guy go<br>
> and took the girl in. That felt really weird.<br>
><br>
> I'm going to write this up in more detail on my
blog, because my face feels<br>
> like it's melting off so I'm not going to be able
to sleep anyway.<br>
><br>
> What a strange experience.<br>
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