Zel-kun’s Words

I was driving to work today, and as always, listening to the Jonny Brandmeier show, which is becoming my source for local news.  For my readers who have never heard of him, he’s basically a guy on the radio who talks about whatever he wants to talk about, oftentimes pointing out news stories he sees as weird or interesting.

I heard a very interesting bit of news today.  Apparently, there was a local gang of teenagers that, for whatever reason, decided to pummel a lone girl within an inch of her life.  Ed, a man who was playing basketball nearby, and his wife saw this.  And unlike a lot of people who sat back and watched, they leapt into action.

Story here.

To truly grasp the situation you have to understand that the most conservative estimate was THIRTY TEENAGERS were involved in this little melee.  Thirty teenagers decided to gang up on a girl, and thirty teenagers then turned their attention to the man and his wife (Angelique).  Thirty teenagers brawled, while passersby did nothing.

Now, the article above doesn’t really do the couple justice.  The article shows them as victims.  Which, while they received a beating, were not victims.  They understood what they were getting into when they stepped in to the defense of that girl.  They are not victims, they are heroes.  While it may not have been the most intelligent move, is was doubtlessly the most noble.

Jonny B interviewed Edward, “They were ganging up on her, beating her, ripping off her clothes and dragging her into the street.  And no one did anything, cars were just driving by.  I went up to them and yelled at them to stop, I saw them turn towards me and knew exactly what was coming.  I threw one out of my way before the rest overwhelmed me, so I covered my face, and counted the blows as I waited for the police to arrive.”

The article also doesn’t mention that Edward plans on taking his battle further, approaching the Alderman and whoever else he has to about getting some protection for people, who have to deal with large gangs of rowdy teenagers every day.  He mentioned that he sees groups of them smoking pot and drinking in plain sight.  I hope he does make a difference, I know there are many dangerous areas in the north and south sides of this city.

Here’s to you, Edward and Angelique.

Zel-kun out.