This is not the post I was intending to write this evening, but ... I need to write things down to sort them out in my head as best as possible. At approximately 2:50PM on my walk home from the metro station, I was attacked from behind. I have walked down Wayne Avenue at least twice a day for 5 years, at all hours of the day and night. I have always felt perfectly safe doing so. Even today didn't seem out of the ordinary. As I approached the intersection of Dale and Wayne, I passed a young black man in his early 20s. I made eye contact and nodded. I crossed Dale and heard a noise. I turned and saw someone running up Dale. That's when I noticed someone following me. I turned off my iPod and reached for my phone. And he jumped me, putting me in a chokehold and trying to pull me to the ground. I began hitting him over my shoulder with my large umbrella (which, sadly, is now in pieces). I hit myself in the head a couple times, too, and have a few lumps. He pulled me to the ...
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ReplyDeleteThat is many shades of wrong.
Hugs.
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ReplyDeleteAwww... that sucks. Hope you're doing well now.
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Oh no!
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So sorry! It must have been a cosmic weekend for heartbreak...my SO & I broke up over the weekend and my roommates boss was broken up by his fiancee via text message this weekend as well. My heart goes out to you.
ReplyDeleteUnacceptable.
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