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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Riding a bike a protection and in general
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:15:56 -0400
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On 6/20/2025 11:18 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:28:23 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/20/2025 12:39 PM, cyclintom wrote:
> (...)
>>> Frank, on Tuesday I had dinner with my cop friend who saved my life, and breakfast the next morning. He told me that there were 5 cases of bicyclists being held up at gunpoint on Redwood Road and their wallets and bicycles stolen.
> 
>> Wow. That's horrible, Tom! Five cases in what length of time?
> 
> I don't believe Tom's version, but the story might have been for real
> 3 years ago.  The reason I don't believe it is that Redwood Rd was
> closed for an unknown number of years.  I don't want to slog through
> this mess trying to find the closing and reopening dates:
> <https://acsearch.acgov.org/s/search.html?query=redwood+road&collection=acpwa&form=acpwa&profile=acpwa>
> 
> This video is from 2022:
> "Armed Thieves Target Cyclists in East Bay Hills"
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7P-Josj0WY>

Two points:

1) "Let's super-saturate our country with guns. What could go wrong?"

2) And yet, Tom continues to live in that hellhole he hates, despite his 
millions.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski