simonov jr
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Please consider this article the next time you want to flex your unprofessional gun-control agenda. Self defense is a basic human right. And before you just delete it, since this is the result of your agenda you can at least view the carnage. I believe you would say these women should "just call 9-1-1", perhaps you can explain to them and their families why you support disarming them. Oh, that's right, at least nobody was shot. (sim jr) IN
http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-06-12/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-69742.asp
Central Park Terror
Gang of 15 strips,
sexually abuses 4 women
By MARTIN MBUGUA, MICHELE McPHEE and BILL HUTCHINSON
Daily News Staff Writers
roving gang of hooligans stripped four young women naked and sexually assaulted them in and around Central Park yesterday in a brazen, daylight rampage through the heart of the city, police said.
Without warning, the pack of about 15 men swarmed the women — in the park and along Central Park South — first drenching them with water, then ripping off all their clothes and groping them during a 35-minute spree.
"I grew up here, but this was the worst I've ever seen in New York," said Rita Berlin, 26, who saw one of the victims standing at Central Park South and Sixth Ave. screaming.
"She came out of the crowd. She was naked, completely naked. We were mortified."
One woman, a French tourist, was sexually assaulted in the park as her husband, who was restrained by several of the thugs, watched in helpless horror. Three of the victims also were robbed, cops said.
Police last night arrested two 24-year-old men and were looking for the rest of the gang.
Central Park South was bustling with sun-soaked evening strollers at 6:15 p.m. when the group of 15 men began their assaults on Central Park South, turning the posh strip into a gauntlet of terror.
They circled a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman, tore off their clothes and groped them, police said.
The gang then moved into the park, striking at 63rd St. and East Drive around 6:20 p.m. They pounced on the French tourist, 28, who was strolling with her 29-year-old husband, cops said.
While several men grabbed the husband and held him, the others stripped the woman and sexually abused her, police said.
About a half-hour later, the marauding band attacked an 18-year-old tourist from England inside the park at 59th St. and Center Drive North.
Police did not immediately release the names of the two men arrested but said neither has a criminal record.
Gloria Robinson, 46, of Queens, rushed to the Midtown North Precinct station house last night when she heard her son had been arrested in the attacks.
"I spoke to him," Robinson said of her son, a sporting goods store manager, whose name she refused to reveal.
"He told me, 'Ma, go home, because I didn't do anything.' I was crying and he told me, 'Stop crying and go home.'"
Berlin, who works at Whiskey Park bar on Central Park South and Sixth Ave., said the tear-stained face of the terrified victim is an image she'll never shake.
"She was screaming, just screaming," Berlin said. "There was a gentleman holding her, covering her with his body."
Yup, cowering disarmed prey. That is what you intend for myself, my wife, etc? Hmm, can I pass on that?
http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-06-12/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-69742.asp
Central Park Terror
Gang of 15 strips,
sexually abuses 4 women
By MARTIN MBUGUA, MICHELE McPHEE and BILL HUTCHINSON
Daily News Staff Writers
roving gang of hooligans stripped four young women naked and sexually assaulted them in and around Central Park yesterday in a brazen, daylight rampage through the heart of the city, police said.
Without warning, the pack of about 15 men swarmed the women — in the park and along Central Park South — first drenching them with water, then ripping off all their clothes and groping them during a 35-minute spree.
"I grew up here, but this was the worst I've ever seen in New York," said Rita Berlin, 26, who saw one of the victims standing at Central Park South and Sixth Ave. screaming.
"She came out of the crowd. She was naked, completely naked. We were mortified."
One woman, a French tourist, was sexually assaulted in the park as her husband, who was restrained by several of the thugs, watched in helpless horror. Three of the victims also were robbed, cops said.
Police last night arrested two 24-year-old men and were looking for the rest of the gang.
Central Park South was bustling with sun-soaked evening strollers at 6:15 p.m. when the group of 15 men began their assaults on Central Park South, turning the posh strip into a gauntlet of terror.
They circled a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman, tore off their clothes and groped them, police said.
The gang then moved into the park, striking at 63rd St. and East Drive around 6:20 p.m. They pounced on the French tourist, 28, who was strolling with her 29-year-old husband, cops said.
While several men grabbed the husband and held him, the others stripped the woman and sexually abused her, police said.
About a half-hour later, the marauding band attacked an 18-year-old tourist from England inside the park at 59th St. and Center Drive North.
Police did not immediately release the names of the two men arrested but said neither has a criminal record.
Gloria Robinson, 46, of Queens, rushed to the Midtown North Precinct station house last night when she heard her son had been arrested in the attacks.
"I spoke to him," Robinson said of her son, a sporting goods store manager, whose name she refused to reveal.
"He told me, 'Ma, go home, because I didn't do anything.' I was crying and he told me, 'Stop crying and go home.'"
Berlin, who works at Whiskey Park bar on Central Park South and Sixth Ave., said the tear-stained face of the terrified victim is an image she'll never shake.
"She was screaming, just screaming," Berlin said. "There was a gentleman holding her, covering her with his body."
Yup, cowering disarmed prey. That is what you intend for myself, my wife, etc? Hmm, can I pass on that?