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.
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.
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.
Do you want other SudoRoom members to go to any of the various hearings
and trial dates, for community support?
-G.
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On 13-04-10-Wed 1:21 AM, Naomi Most wrote:
I finished my blog post about the attack and
aftermath.
http://nthmost.com/2013/04/mugged-and-pepper-sprayed-in-downtown-oakland/
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:22 PM, William Budington <bill(a)inputoutput.io
<mailto:bill@inputoutput.io>> wrote:
That's awful :( I hope you're doing okay, assaults like that can
definitely be jarring.
If experience from various mass mobilizations & protests gives any
credence, there are some methods to alleviate the burning from pepper
spray. Medics in these situations often carry water bottles to flush
out the eyes of those effected. Basically you just lean your head
back
and pour lukewarm water into your eyes to wash away as much of the
harmful chemical as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uppkHUPvO4
That being said, that's usually when there are lots of people there to
help, and you're well prepared.
Bill
On 04/09/2013 01:55 AM, Naomi Most wrote:
11:45pm at the 20th st bus stop (at Broadway)
waiting for the 72M.
So, ah, watch yourselves.
I was transferring my iPad to my backpack when 2 muggers
wrenched it out of
my hands and a third one maced me right in the
eyes. I mean not
just a
little spray, a serious "I mean to blind
you" lengthy spray.
An emergency team showed up about 6 minutes after the incident,
and the
cops showed up about 8 minutes after. They were
very helpful.
One of them asked if I had "Find my Phone" installed, which I
did.
They
activated it and located the iPad right away.
They detained 2
suspects who
were carrying the iPad.
I sat in the back of a cop car as they stood under the light.
One suspect
wasn't so clear to me, and I said so -- I
wasn't sure. The other
suspect
was *definitely* the girl who maced me, so I said
so. They let
the guy go
and took the girl in. That felt really weird.
I'm going to write this up in more detail on my blog, because my
face
feels
like it's melting off so I'm not going to
be able to sleep anyway.
What a strange experience.
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