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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Crime Man Arrested for Alleged Knife Attack in Fremont

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM

Posted by news intern Marley Zeno

On Saturday, January 14 at around 2:00 a.m. security outside a bar in Fremont flagged down police to investigate an alleged knife attack.

According the police report, security for a bar located at N 36th Street and Dayton Avenue N told police that a man had pulled a knife on another man at the bar. Officers spoke to the man who was allegedly assaulted, who said he was simply standing on the sidewalk when a man—a complete stranger—ran into him. He asked the man what he was doing and the the man "responded by pulling a knife out and flipping the blade open," according to the police report. The knife-wielding man then allegedly "took a swing" at the victim with his knife. Luckily, the victim avoided getting cut and managed to push his attacker to the ground and keep him at the scene until police arrived.

Officers observed the knife-carrying assailant "standing on the sidewalk apparently yelling things at people." Police took away his knife and arrested him. When the man was in the police car on the way to the North Precinct, he said that "at least 7 males had been harassing him, and then 'got physical' with him." He also said that the men were "much larger then he was, and he was afraid for his life." He claimed that he used his knife in self defense. The officer asked the man why he hadn't walked away or called 911 and "he did not have an answer."

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They should have shot him. You know, for consistency's sake.

Posted by Ruke on January 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM

In a perfect world, the entire contents of every Fremont nightclub would be rounded up and taken to forced labor camps every night at 1:00 AM. Or maybe just the under-35 males.

Posted by Fnarf