I got mugged last night
My friend Jess got mugged two years ago on Essex and Stanton. We were walking along with another friend of mine, G, at about 9:30 on a Saturday night when some guy came up to Jess and tried to grab her purse off her shoulder. They struggled for a moment while G and I gawped because at first we didn’t realize what was happening. Guy got the purse, sprinted down the street while Jess and I watched him stunned —- when suddenly G went zooming by us in full-speed pursuit. We watched them cross the street and disappear around the corner, completely speechless. A moment later, G reappeared and held J’s purse aloft. Apparently the mugger hadn’t expected to be chased, had slowed down around the corner and was surprised to hear G run up behind him and growl, “I’m faster than you…drop the purse!” and had flung it away and kept running. G came back and we hugged and kissed him and then pummeled him for chasing after a mugger. Not. Smart.
kind of the best story ever.
I don’t know if it’s ever worth it. A guy I knew was playing basketball in LA when a young highschool kid came up to him and stole his iphone. My friend, thinking this was just some young thug, chased the kid. The kid turned around and shot my friend. He died. Sorry to be somber but you never know.
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