[nfbwatlk] Why do People Do these things? Beats Me

Don Mitchell donmi at q.com
Fri Aug 1 04:15:19 UTC 2014 

Oh! No! not the Ben Prows pun fund! I would go broke.	

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From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Albert
Sanchez via nfbwatlk
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:14 PM
To: Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR); NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Why do People Do these things? Beats Me

Maybe its time to reserect the Bennett Prows Pun Fund once again! Also,
those drivers who wait until you're directly in front of the car and then
hit the horn!  YOW!
Albert S.


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From: "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR) via nfbwatlk" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Les" <lfitz50 at gmail.com>; "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" 
<nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Why do People Do these things? Beats Me


> Interesting responses all. I had a fleeting thought that the guy did more 
> than tap the side of the car or the tire. I know I've had thoughts about 
> more activity a time or two when a car blocks the sidewalk. Still doesn't 
> justify the violent response this guy got.
>
> And Les, the end of the subject line was merely another of my sorry 
> attempts at a pun! They get me into trouble more often than not, but I 
> can't help it. It's another one of my characteristics. (grin.)
>
> /s/
>
> Bennett
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Les via 
> nfbwatlk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:32 PM
> To: 'Arielle Silverman'; 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Why do People Do these things? Beats Me
>
> The end of the subject line is interesting considering the content.
>
> Les Fitzpatrick
> Registered Piano Technician
> Community Resource Coordinator AccessaMed www.accessamed.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle 
> Silverman via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:27 PM
> To: Walt Cone; NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
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>
> Wow how ridiculous!
> Arielle
>
> On 7/30/14, Walt Cone via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Wow Ben let me know if they catch the guy but I will be surprised if
>> they do.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR) via nfbwatlk
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:58 PM
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>>
>> Sorry, below is an article from KOMOnews.com.
>>
>> Blind man beaten after hitting car with walking cane By Michelle
>> Esteban<http://www.komonews.com/tv/people/149134955.html>Published:
>> Jul 29,
>> 2014 at 5:00 PM PDTLast Updated: Jul 29, 2014 at 6:07 PM PDT Share
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>> SEATTLE -- A legally blind man was beaten on a Rainier Valley sidewalk
>> Friday afternoon after hitting a car with his walking cane.
>>
>> "I touched their car, don't do that," said the victim, Dave.
>>
>> Dave -- who doesn't want his last name used -- was walking on Rainier
>> Avenue South Friday afternoon when he encountered a car blocking the
>> sidewalk waiting to pull out into traffic.
>>
>> Dave, who's been legally blind his whole life, said he hit the idling
>> car's rim with his walking cane while making his way around the front
>> of the car to get to continue on the sidewalk. He was headed to the
>> Light Rail station after leaving his machinist job.
>>
>> The Seattle police peport says Dave let the driver know he was in his 
>> way.
>>
>> "The guy started yelling his head off right away, and I kept going,
>> like, 'Yeah, you too, whatever,'" Dave said.
>>
>> Dave kept walking and thought the situation was over.
>>
>> "Basically the guy ran up from behind, jumped up on my back, pounded
>> on my head a couple times with something," said Dave. "When I went
>> down he hit me in the ear here where it's all bloody, then he kicked
>> me in ribs a couple times."
>>
>> His right ear is swollen, bruised and still bloodied. His ribs are
>> still sore to the touch and he has some cuts and scrapes on his arms.
>>
>> Dave never expected a beat down for something he considered "no big 
>> deal."
>>
>> "It's a bumper, it's a wheel! Get a life," he said.
>>
>> The machinist hopes someone with information saw the Friday afternoon
>> attack in the 2500 block of Rainier Avenue South around 3 p.m.. It
>> ended in front of the busy QFC grocery store, all over a blocked
>> sidewalk.
>>
>> "The sidewalk is a public right of way and the law says don't be
>> there, yield the right of way to the pedestrian," said Dave.
>>
>> Police are looking for the attacker, who was last seen driving a 2005
>> maroon Chrysler Sebring with large chrome wheels.
>>
>> "I intend to keep walking down the street cause if you don't use your
>> rights you loose your right," Dave said.
>>
>> And if he gets attacked again, Dave says he'll come up swinging. The
>> attacker is described as a black man who stands 6-feet tall and weighs
>> about
>> 250 pounds with a heavy build.
>>
>> He was wearing a red shirt Friday and was with a woman wearing a long
>> dress with black and white horizontal stripes. Anyone with information
>> about the attack is asked to call the police.
>>
>>
>> /s/
>>
>> Bennett Prows
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