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Friday, September 18, 2009

Crime Hammering Man

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM

Post by news intern Alexander P. Brown

As a motorcyclist rode through the streets of downtown early last Monday morning, a man ran into traffic with a hammer and began to assault the rider, a Seattle police report says. Police responded to assault at at 6:44 a.m. on September 7 near 5th Avenue and Pike Street.

Police interviewed the victim, who explained that he was traveling south on 5th Avenue when the assailant took the 18-to-20-inch tool, “similar to a small sledge hammer,” and knocked him off the bike. The assailant proceeded to hit the motorcyclist while he was on the ground, swinging the hammer at his feet and legs. The victim managed to get up and flee. Witnesses corroborated the victim’s story and say the attack was "unprovoked," the report says.

When officers checked the vicinity, they found a witness who told the officers that he observed the attack and followed the hammering man, who the witness then saw “assault somebody else,” the report says.

The report says nothing about injures, but did mention that the bike was "damaged on its right side " from hitting the street. Seattle police searched the area on foot but could not find the suspect.

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I feel like doing exactly that at times when obnoxiously loud Harleys or unmuffled rat-bikes pass my condo.

Posted by Loud bike, small prick on September 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Where's that pistol packing biker from STP when we need him?

Posted by the heathen on September 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM

Hey, I know how we could save a few bucks! Let's let all the schizophrenics live on the street and let them remind themselves to take their meds. What could go wrong?

Posted by elenchos on September 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM

Well that does it. Time to pass a ban on hammers.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on September 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM

Yep @3. I'm old enough to remember before the Reagan administration when such people were generally institutionalized. Conservatives have brought us such a great life.

Posted by Don't you think he looks tired? on September 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM

@1: I wholeheartedly agree! How dare people make noise downtown, near the condo you bought so you could be part of the big city! I mean sure, the city was noisy before you got here, and you didn't bother to check the sound levels of your new home at various times throughout the day and night BEFORE buying, but that's not YOUR fault! Now that you're here, it's time everyone to shush... or get hit with hammers.

Posted by Scalpel

on September 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM

@5,

JFK was responsible for that. Reagan was only responsible for releasing the mentally ill in California while he was governor.

Posted by keshmeshi on September 18, 2009 at 3:22 PM

ALL OVER THIS LAND......

Posted by NapoleonXIV on September 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM

@8 FTW.

Posted by the heathen on September 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM

I kinda have to agree with #1. There's no reason to rev up at 4am in places you know people live. Very small-prick syndrome.

Posted by JesseJB on September 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM

@7 I know you meant well, but Reagan couldn't have released anyone if they were already deinstitutionalized during JFK's term.

My opinion is that Reagan took advantage of the patients' rights movement by closing hospitals and proposing lower budgets for mental health, in both of his executive positions.

Posted by Drizzle on September 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM

I work with the dude who this happened to. The assailant was lucky he wasn't carrying his gun that morning.

Posted by Leif Aesoph on September 19, 2009 at 1:22 AM