[sudo-discuss] just got mugged and maced near sudo room

Mon Apr 22 16:59:29 PDT 2013

Regarding this incident, I just received a subpoena to appear in court in
Oakland this Thursday.

If anybody has any experience with testifying in court about a crime
(especially in Oakland or the Bay Area in general), I'd appreciate hearing
anecdotes.

Cheers,
Naomi

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Ryan Bethencourt <
ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great blog post Naomi and really sorry to hear that you experienced an
> attack in Oakland. Thank goodness you weren't more badly hurt!
>
> I'm still blown away by how, in your case, technology was so empowering
> and helped find the perpetrators so incredibly quickly. Your forward
> thinking on installing the tracking app made a huge difference (you've made
> me personally realize how important these apps are and I'm going to install
> one on my phone too now, just in case!).
>
> We're a community, not just in Sudo room but outside of it too, so if I
> (or I'm sure many of our fellow sudo'ers) can ever help let me/us know.
>
> R
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Georgio510 <georgio510 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> =====
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 at 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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