[fabsroman]

You guys want to talk about city life, the life around Washington, DC sucks. Right next to a client of mine's shop, two people were shot to death in two days. I was just down there yesterday and today. In downtown DC, a 20/30 something man punched a 83 year old woman and commenced to beat her into submission so that he could steal whatever she had. This was all caught on video tape. She kept clutching her pocket, so he smashed her on the head about three more times with his fist. What made me sicker is that a white care drove by in the background and nobody got out. However, the video only showed the bottom portion of the vehicle, so I would like to think that the drivers of the car didn't see anything. Anyway, the guy got away and the 83 year old woman was hospitalized.

Whoever mentioned that anonymity allows people to get away with this stuff is right. I mentioned that to my fiance just last night as we were watching that video. If something like that were to happen in a small town, you can bet that the victim would know who beat her. In this case, nobody has a clue and the picture on the camera wasn't too good. Tons of people were stunned by this event. I guess it is easy for people to think that this stuff doesn't really happen, but to watch a brutal beating on tape kind of wakes people up.