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Daily Stormer
July 5, 2014
Even the citizens own volunteer patrol has not been able to prevent more Black on White crime.
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Following a month with reports of violent muggings and assaults, dozens of Marigny residents gathered Wednesday (July 2) to demand an increased police presence in their neighborhood.
Authorities have vowed to deploy beefed-up patrols in and around the French Quarter during this weekend’s Essence Festival, but Marigny residents said they need a more permanent solution.
“We are not happy,” said Kappa Horn, who organized the meeting at her Dauphine Street restaurant, Horn’s. “We’re fed up … we want more police, we need more police,” Horn said.
Many at Wednesday’s meeting voiced concern over the increasing number of crimes reported in the area amidst what they say is a scant police presence. They complained about long response times when crimes are reported.
“I had someone banging at my door at 5:30 in the morning,” one woman said. “I called the police but no one ever came.”
A quality-of-life officer for the area who attended the meeting tried assuring the audience that his department is doing what it can, amidst dwindling ranks of officers on the street.
Horn’s restaurant, stores and residences in the neighborhood have been recent targets of crime, and some at the meeting said they had been victims of violent crime in the past weeks.
Will Ford and Tim Swartzentruber said they have lived in the neighborhood for nearly five years, but after being attacked by three gunmen who robbed them Sunday, and hearing the stories of friends and colleagues who have suffered similar fates, they say they no longer feel safe.
“It’s really sad, but I’m thinking this might be the last straw,” Swartzentruber said. “I hate feeling afraid in my own neighborhood. It’s just awful.”
Four people were victims of armed robberies or attempted robberies in the Marigny last week, according to police reports. An additional three armed robberies were reported in nearby streets in the French Quarter during the same time.
Jeffrey Vollmer said he was out Tuesday (June 24) evening with his son and daughter when he was assaulted by a group of three men who tried to rob him.
The group was walking in the 1400 block of Chartres Street, about 9:30 p.m. when they were approached.
Vollmer, 45, was asked for his wallet but before he could react he was struck on the head with a “heavy, blunt object.”
One of the men then swung at Vollmer, he said, and he began to fight back.
After struggling for a couple of minutes, Vollmer’s assailants gave up and fled the scene.
As a result of the attack, Vollmer had to have two staples in the top of his head, he said.
Later that week, Ford and Swartzentruber were held-up at gunpoint in a similar scenario. The couple was walking near the corner of Marigny and Royal streets on Sunday morning about 2:22 a.m. when three men approached them.
The group demanded that they hand over their belongings, but attacked both men before they had the chance to do so.
Swartzentruber was hit over the back and neck with what he believes was a pistol.
While he was doubled over in pain, Ford, who was a couple of steps ahead of Swartzentruber, had been cornered by one of the men and was struck across the face with a gun.
“I heard a pop or a crack , like a cap gun or something,” Swartzentruber said. Looking over, he saw blood gushing through Ford’s nose.
The impact shattered Ford’s nasal cavity, leaving him with a black eye and a swollen cheekbone – injuries doctors have told him will require “extensive reconstructive surgery” in the months to come.
The group of men ran away with Ford’s and Swartzentruber’s wallets and a phone.
