Being mugged is a horrifyingly scary and often degrading experience. It's a gross violation and it's becoming an increasingly common occurrence. Yesterday, on Dublin's Mercer Street, Thalia Heffernan went through such an ordeal and kudos to her for raising awareness via her facebook page.
The 20-year-old wrote: To the horrible girl who hit me in the face and robbed my bag this morning, to the guy who helped her, and to their thieving little friends for watching, my sincerest fuck you. No older than around 18, this young girl hit me three or more times in the face, elbowed and shoved me in an attempt to pull my backpack off my arm, while another young guy came behind me and grabbed the other side. Nearly pulling my jumper and arms with them, they ran away with everything I had. What's worse is that there was nothing I could do to even attempt to defend myself, despite screaming and crying after them. I knew if I tried to fight back that it would end badly, and maybe even with me in hospital. Even now, a number of hours later, I'm still shaking writing this.. No matter how hard you train or how well your capable of fighting your corner, young kids in gangs like this can render you completely useless. They're ruthless and will do anything to get what they want. I don't understand how anyone could ever even consider doing that to another person. I hope I can help the gardai in identifying at least some of them, and eventually have them all pay for what they've done not only to me but countless others.
Fair play, Thalia, thank you for sharing.
