So I'm at the downriver cruise today and I had to leave early because I had plans to attend the Tigers game with my family and a couple friends. We get downtown and park a couple blocks away from the stadium (we've parked here MANY times before). Tigers win in the 9th inning and we're feeling good. We decide to go over to Detroit Beer Co. for dinner and a few drinks.
After dinner we're walking back to the cars and people start arguing over which way to go. So myself, my dad, my sister and my friend Bryan go one way (the correct way, of course) and my friend Brandon and my mother go another way. We get back to the cars and find that my front passenger window has been smashed out. Pissed off, I check my car and I find that nothing is missing. So my sister calls my moms cell phone and starts asking where she is at; all the sudden the phone hangs up. After a few failed attempts to reach her my dad takes off in his car to look for them. Finally they get the call that they've been mugged and Brandon and my mom are waiting for them back at Comerica Park.
The muggers assaulted Brandon off the start, hitting him in the side of the head and pulling a gun out saying "If you do anything we'll shoot". They take all his money, and then move onto my mom. They struck her in the head, stealing her purse, phone and all her jewelry. The ironic thing is that one of the muggers was wearing a security uniform.
My mom is very shaken up, and her head is still soar but everyone is ok. They were mugged in a well lit area right in front of the new condos that were built by the stadium. They didnâ??t see a single police officer while trying to find the car or after they were mugged. The Detroit Police Department makes me sick. In a downtown area with stadiums, casinos and bars there should be police available everywhere. I waited on hold for 20 minutes for an operator trying to file a report for my window; they're going downtown to file a report for the mugging in the morning.
Right now I donâ??t ever care to go downtown again. My car, my mom and my best friend in one night! [censored] that city!!