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Attacked By Thugs (2004)

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Re: Attacked By Thugs (2004)

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It might be worth adding [2004] to the title? My wife and I were just in Warsaw for a few weeks, in the exact region he described, and we saw no signs of crime to speak of. We saw very few police out and about, just the occasional uniformed officer at a metro station.

Re: Attacked By Thugs (2004)

#7
I got a surreal feeling when reading about the police reaction. When I lived in Stockholm a decade ago, I called in a few times.

The worst case was in the subway, when a big black guy talked incoherently in bad Swedish and started to beat on the windows with a crowbar.

I shrugged, walked to the next wagon and called the police. I gave up when I realised they weren't interested in hearing which subway line I was on and what time, so they could meet up with it.

At least they answered that time...

The point is, not long after some crazy person killed a few people with a baseball bat or something outside a subway station. I always wondered if it was the same person. (I didn't see any pictures in the newspapers, which implies an immigrant, like the crowbar guy.)

It doesn't matter if it was the same person, a bunch of violent crazy and/or drugged people will destroy others' lives as long as they are outside.

(As I understand, the Finnish police otoh is well respected and trusted. I don't really know about Denmark/Finland.)

Re: Attacked By Thugs (2004)

#8
post #4

It might be worth adding [2004] to the title? My wife and I were just in Warsaw for a few weeks, in the exact region he described, and we saw no signs of crime to speak of. We saw very few police out and about, just the occasional uniformed officer at a metro station.

The crime the author describes is hard to detect until an assault/attack has been executed on somebody.

Re: Attacked By Thugs (2004)

#9
I'm sorry but I was hoping they would find the thugs and just beat the hell out of them. I've lived in a real ghetto type of area in Spain where the track suit thugs robbing people were an everyday feature.
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