Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Transients Attack Cop
“I was taking a little siesta,” said a man lying on the grass in Balboa Park, observing an unfolding crime scene on September 25. Just down the hill, a section of north Balboa Park had been cordoned off with yellow tape. “Next thing I know, there’s 50,000 cops cruising through.”
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he “saw nothing.” He did, however, “see one cop on a stretcher” whose “head and arm were bandaged.” Earlier, he had seen helicopters overhead and heard they were looking for a Hispanic male. He also recalled seeing “four Hispanic males sitting at a picnic table -- one was taken into the car.”
SDPD police LT. Dawn Summers told reporters that, around 12:45, an officer patrolling the northern end of the park “approached five to six transients” and was attacked. The officer “had problems with his portable radio,” she said, but managed to call for help.
“Two more transients jumped in to help the first suspect,’” she said. One man was being held in a patrol car, and one or two suspects were being sought by police, she added. “At this time,” she said, the other men are only “witnesses.” The man in custody had not yet been charged either -- but was likely to be charged with “felony battery on a police officer.”
The injured officer was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where he was being treated for an arm injury.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Transients Attack Cop
Transients Attack Cop
“I was taking a little siesta,” said a man lying on the grass in Balboa Park, observing an unfolding crime scene on September 25. Just down the hill, a section of north Balboa Park had been cordoned off with yellow tape. “Next thing I know, there’s 50,000 cops cruising through.”
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he “saw nothing.” He did, however, “see one cop on a stretcher” whose “head and arm were bandaged.” Earlier, he had seen helicopters overhead and heard they were looking for a Hispanic male. He also recalled seeing “four Hispanic males sitting at a picnic table -- one was taken into the car.”
SDPD police LT. Dawn Summers told reporters that, around 12:45, an officer patrolling the northern end of the park “approached five to six transients” and was attacked. The officer “had problems with his portable radio,” she said, but managed to call for help.
“Two more transients jumped in to help the first suspect,’” she said. One man was being held in a patrol car, and one or two suspects were being sought by police, she added. “At this time,” she said, the other men are only “witnesses.” The man in custody had not yet been charged either -- but was likely to be charged with “felony battery on a police officer.”
The injured officer was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where he was being treated for an arm injury.