A male “assaulted and attempted unsuccessfully” to rob a female victim at 3:20 a.m. Friday at 16th and Dolores streets. Reasons for this failure are unexplained in the police report, and no arrests have been made.
ROUNDUP – Mugging Fails at 16th and Dolores
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Tagged: 16th and Dolores, crime, mugging, robbery
Why do you name the race of the attacker but not of the victim? Why mention race at all unless it’s relevant or is part of a detailed description?
Steve: Thank you for your comment. You’re right. Generally we would put ethnicity into an article on crime if we had a full description of a suspect–height, weight, age, facial hair etc–that might help. But this is so general that I should have caught it and edited it out. We’ve made the correction. Best, Lydia