Whistle Your Worries Away
A follow-up piece in today's Boston Globe about the recent armed robbery and rape of a woman on Beacon Hill this past weekend (see previous post here).
It's all downhill from here.
A guy breaks into your house, points a gun at your face and threatens to kill you if you make any noise. Are you gonna whip out a god damn whistle? I don't think so. If bringing a knife to a gunfight is ill-advised, what good is a whistle going to do you?
Hint: Whistle = corpse locator beacon.
But that's profiling! That's bad, remember?
Screaming "fire"? How about firing a couple hollow-points into the torso of your assailant? Now THAT'S an attention getter.
UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by Boston police in connection with Sunday night's assault and rape involving two women in an apartment on Joy Street in Boston's Beacon Hill, police announced this afternoon. (story developing)
About 120 Beacon Hill residents met with police last night to address concerns about the rape of a woman last weekend in her apartment on Joy Street, police and neighbors said.
It's all downhill from here.
Police also handed out plastic whistles and offered to help residents organize a crime-watch group.
A guy breaks into your house, points a gun at your face and threatens to kill you if you make any noise. Are you gonna whip out a god damn whistle? I don't think so. If bringing a knife to a gunfight is ill-advised, what good is a whistle going to do you?
Hint: Whistle = corpse locator beacon.
Last night, police urged women not to walk alone on the Hill and to avoid anyone who appear suspicious.
But that's profiling! That's bad, remember?
Residents are urged to draw attention by screaming "fire."
Screaming "fire"? How about firing a couple hollow-points into the torso of your assailant? Now THAT'S an attention getter.
UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by Boston police in connection with Sunday night's assault and rape involving two women in an apartment on Joy Street in Boston's Beacon Hill, police announced this afternoon. (story developing)
