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Then there are the animal-rights zealots, who sometimes seem to have greater respect for fauna than for their fellow humans. In some bastions of correct thinking, a woman wearing an ermine coat stands more chance of being attacked by an egg-throwing lover of stoats than by a mugger. (The fur-wearing woman's offense would be compounded if she were eating a veal sandwich or carrying a non-biodegradable Styrofoam container of coffee...
...that work is finished, however, we may search for ways to protect our bodies and our destinies. The non-profit organization called Model Mugging of Boston offers what may be the best answer: serious street-fighting training for women. By practicing delivering fullforce blows to a heavily padded "model mugger," the women in the program learn how to fend off misogynist terrorists of all types. According to a recent article about Model Mugging, "of the 28 graduates who were attacked" after taking the course, "two chose not to fight because their assailant carried a weapon, six disabled their attacker long...
Most Divisive Murder Investigation When Charles Stuart, 30, the manager of a Boston fur shop, reported the slaying of his pregnant wife by a black mugger in October 1989, police unleashed a massive manhunt, and racial tensions in Boston worsened. In January, Stuart's brother revealed that Stuart was the murderer. The next day Stuart took his own life...
LOUISVILLE MUGGER...
...honor is to be found among thieves, "Kavera" is a young man of some principle. "We only attack men," says the mugger, 22. "Never Brazilians, never old people and women." It is after midnight in Rio de Janeiro, and his gang of street thieves is eyeing potential targets. "Women yell too much and become hysterical," Kavera explains, "and old people can suffer heart attacks, and we don't want to kill anybody." He is willing to make exceptions, though. The last man he killed was a beggar who was trying to rape a three-year-old homeless girl. "Luiz poured...