SoundMachineJC

SoundMachineJC t1_iuqx7hh wrote

Reply to Scary experience with a homeless man asking for money in Newport mall. by Friendly_Listen6216

“and he keeps grabbing my hands and putting his arm around me, while hiding his right hand, which was freaking me out. I want to leave, but I'm afraid he might have a knife in his right pocket, so I'm just waiting for him to stop touching me so I can leave. But he starts getting angry at me for "wasting his time" and not giving him the $20. Then he says
"I won't hurt you if you give me $20",”
 
Sounds like you were assaulted and threatened with bodily harm…..an attempted robbery. Did you report it to mall management/security with a description of the bum, so it doesn’t happen to someone else?

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SoundMachineJC t1_itbkwf1 wrote

Reply to Jersey City, it’s time to rename Christopher Columbus Drive by HobokenJ

This is a rebuttal to the Timothy Herrick “Opinion” piece. Oddly his is free to read yet this is a pay for “Subscriber Exclusive”. Too long to post the whole thing.
 
Columbus’ voyages were a significant human achievement. He deserves to be honored | Opinion
 
    Updated: Oct. 21, 2022, 4:45 p.m.|Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 4:02 p.m.
 
By    Jersey Journal Guest Columnist
 
By John DiGenio
 
Timothy Herrick would have us believe that “Christopher Columbus Drive is the Jersey City equivalent of Confederate statues – and as horrifying.” Mr. Herrick weaves an incoherent tapestry of pseudo-history that manages to sew Columbus’s “first encounter” to the experiences that colonialists had with the Native Americans in what would become Jersey City.
 
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/10/columbus-voyages-were-a-significant-human-achievement-he-deserves-to-be-honored-opinion.html

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