I was walking by Subway on 21st & Burnside at 2:30 am Friday and saw a guy (obviously a tweaker) beating a woman who he had pinned down on the sidewalk. Two guys were trying to pull him off of her. They ended up rolling around in the street. I didn’t have my cell phone with me so when I saw this “hipster” couple, on theirs, I told them about it and asked them to call police. They ignored me and kept walking. Typical. I found a pay phone and called 911. An hr. later I walked back by the scene and saw 3 Portland police cars with their lights flashing. I talked to one of them and she told me that he was in the back of her squad car. She was very rude and when I told her about the 911 call I made she said “nobody made a call about a woman being involved”.
Um, I did dumbass. Unbelievable.

18 replies on “Nobody Cares”

  2. In today’s day and age, and especially in Portland, I’d say they deserve some sort of award. Maybe just a PBR Tallboy at The Matador, but something at least.

  4. Walking at 2:30 AM without your cell phone, not so sure that’s a smart move. Good for you, anyway, but you were lucky to find a pay phone. I would’ve pepper-sprayed the lot of them. Even the “hipster” couple, just for good measure.

  5. Trying to help a womyn is rooted in gendered sexist shit, man. She can either help herself or get the shit beat out of herself for making stupid choices in life, jerk.

  7. I/anonie, no one cares? I did not know there are pay phones out here in the city. Where is she I ask myself?
    I knowSinger/Cancer Researchers roam the streets of Portland, and this is terrible.
    Then even the police say “what girl”? You were so brave to travel around without your phone, and then went back to the scene of the crime alone. I have had my first vacation in a year. I have learned so much about my new city from extraordinary people like you. God this is terrible.

  10. Do I want a award? No, I was just appalled at the indifference of other witnesses. To paraphrase Al Pacino in “Scent of a Woman”, Jimmy Carter, wherever you are out there, FUCK YOU TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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