[lbo-talk] Re: uh oh dept.

[Liza Featherstone]

I must weigh in here and say that suffering no such political qualms it was
I who pressured Doug into calling the fuzz. I was the one working at home
and wasn't eager to find this lunatic at my door, nor to end up as a quirky
homicide story in the Metro section ("Nothing like that has ever happened in
this building before!" etc.) I used to feel bad about/be somewhat opposed to
calling the cops on my fellow humans, but honestly, they should think of
that before acting in a threatening manner. I've called the cops in several
other situations and I'd do it again, no question.

Liza


> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:24:04 -0400
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: uh oh dept.
> 
> frank scott wrote:
> 
>> when someone is attacked, robbed, burglarized or suffers any of the even
>> more numerous and perhaps less dramatic tribulations of life, like
>> arguments with neighbors that get close to violence, etc., they do not
>> call 911 to get a teacher, or a professor, or even a social
>> worker...although, at times, the police action involves all those
>> qualities and more, at higher personal risk, and much lower salary...
> 
> A couple of years ago, I was harassed by a loony woman, who sent over
> 200 emails and left over two hours worth of voicemails, some
> delivered at 3 AM, over the course of several weeks. No fan of the
> cops, I dragged my feet about calling in the NYPD, but once I did,
> the detective asked me, "Do you want her arrested?" (which sounded
> like the most beautiful words I'd heard in a long time, I have to
> admit). I said no, not yet, I just want her to stop. He called her
> and she did. For a couple of days afterwards, I loved the NYPD.
> 
> So, Cde Cox, was I wrong to call the cops in this case?
> 
> Doug
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