A 29-year-old woman was approached by three women in their 20s at 16th and Folsom streets at 9:10 p.m. on Thursday night, and a struggle ensued, police report. One of the women head butted the victim in the head while another assailant punched the victim in the head multiple times. The robbers then took the victim’s wallet out of her purse.
The victim tried to call 911, but the third robber then took her phone. All three suspects fled, and police later arrested one of them. The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment of the non-life-threatening pain in her head.
Another robbery occurred at 10:02 p.m. on Thursday, on Mission Street between 18th and 19th streets. An argument between a 35-year-old man and a man in his late 20s turned into a fistfight. The younger man punched the older, then reached into his pocket and stole the older man’s money before fleeing northbound on Mission Street.
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(Just now turned on my computer…sorry about late response to post…)
Even though a “verbal altercation” sounds like something you major in college for while a good 6 months of evening classes gets you ready for a good “argument”. Which then qualifies you for a “fight” or “physical altercation”, they are the same thing. Just pretty resume fluff. Verbiage makes the difference in the severity of what took place. And living in the Mission as long as I have, I would believe this writers account because that’s exactly what you would be looking at if it happened right in front of you. (actually, I would be a bit more ghetto in my descriptions…lol!) But this description still paints a “real” enough picture for me.
Please keep up these reports! Don’t fluff things up. It really does make a difference to me now which streets I take the next few days, those I should be more aware/alert on and those I just run screaming until I reach the next block taking! (Only if I have to take any in your reports, of course…)
Plus its a good reminder not to be as careless/clueless of my environment as I’ve become.
Am I missing something, or are you purposefully mischaracterizing wanton violence and criminality as “fighting”? These both sound like robberies, where the only arguing or fighting that took place was in direct response to being robbed. In the second case, I would guess the only arguing that took place was something to the effect of, “I am going to assault and rob you” countered by “I would prefer not to be robbed and assaulted,” an obvious disagreement. I see this all the time in your reportage. What gives?
These recaps come from reports from police. Here are the originals for reference:
“V was approached by S1-S2, when a struggled ensured. S3 approached V and head-butt V once in head. S2 punched V in the head multiple times. S2 took V wallet out of her purse. V attempted to call 911, when S3 took V phone. S1-S3 fled on foot in an unknown direction. S1 was later arrested.”
“V&S got into a verbal altercation which became physical. S punched V then reached into his pocket and stole V’s money. S fled n/b on Mission St.”
No mention of “argument” or “fight” in the police report. Those are words you chose to frame the story in a certain light.