Harrowing tale of a mugging in Fort Greene

Just in case you're thinking that only Crown Heights has muggers, check out this harrowing tale of modern-day vigiliantes:

I want to share with you an incident that happened this morning around
10:25AM. I was walking on So. Oxford St. between Lafayette and
Fulton. I was close to Lafayette when I heard a woman screaming and
saw a young
man run across the street to the west side of Oxford and toward
Fulton.
Suddenly he turned and came back past me. I turned and watched him
when suddenly another young man caught him and the two exchanged
punches.
I began to yell thief. He then got away to the north side of
Lafayette,
but we (the puncher, the young woman and me- I continued to yell
thief,
thief, thief) followed him and were joined by a number of other people
at the
intersection of So. Portland and Lafayette. Several of us had called
the police and after some brief skirmishing and yelling, they showed
up.
The young woman was very upset even though it turned out that nothing
had
been stolen. It seems that she fought him off somewhere east of So.
Oxford
on or near Lafayette and then followed after him. I was happy that we
got
him and hope that the word will get out that people in our
neighborhood help
each other. Also hope the police can get him for attempted purse
snatching, but at least he now has a record.

I think times are getting tougher. Food, gas, housing are getting
more expensive and bad times can bring out the worst in bad people.
We
all have to be more careful. I could not believe this was happening at
10:25AM!
Thanks.
Roy