Doug Grow Endorses Vigilantes!
By Mitch Berg
As long as they are cute old folks…
a 78-year-old woman with a variety of serious health problems.
…chasing an inept, harmless footpad…
A large young woman approached Brown’s booth and purchased two dolls and a blanket for $100… $59 worth of jewelry from her; $20 worth of jam at another booth; $15 worth of bath goods from still another booth…
As the woman continued her shopping spree, Brown started to have nagging doubts. She called the phone numbers on the check the woman had written. The numbers had been disconnected. She called the bank and left a message.
The woman left the mall. The bank returned Brown’s call.
“The account is closed,” Brown was told.
…and the action looks like something from Family Guy:
“That check you wrote is no good,” Brown said.
“Whaddya mean?” the woman said.
“Check’s no good, just like you,” Brown said.
The woman started to move away.
“I told everybody, ‘She’s back!”‘ said Brown.
While other booth operators sought help, Brown, who often gets about on a little scooter, caught up with the woman. Then she got off her scooter.
“I told her, ‘You’re not going away, I’m making a citizen’s arrest,’ ” Brown said, adding, “I saw that on ‘Judge Judy.’ “
Good job, Ms. Brown.
Maybe, now that Democrats are in charge in St. Paul and Washington, vigilantism citizens protecting themselves isn’t a symbol of a greater social ill after all…
