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Eight years ago I was mugged on the street, phone and laptop stolen after getting slammed into a concrete wall for not forking my stuff over as quickly as they would have liked. I walked a few blocks to the closest police station, and the cop at the desk exuded a complete lack of interest. I asked if I could have help getting home, and he said "we don't do that". I ended up walking six blocks to a bus stop (right back through where I was mugged) and took the bus home.

Actually, my memory is fuzzy, but I think I didn't walk initially; a friendly bystander drove me to the police station. Surprise, random stranger took better care of me than the police.



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