Hospital officials said the assailant was an acquaintance of the victim. DPS notified the Ann Arbor Police Department about the incident. AAPD went to the hospital to file a report. The investigation is pending and no charges have been filed.
Friar Tucker, after hearing the order, called the officers "fascist pigs."
"They'd rather have me out robbing, stealing and selling drugs so they can throw me into their fascist prison system," Tucker said.
Tucker proceeded to pack his bags and leave the area.
The hat was run over by one car and then stuck to another car, which dragged the hat down the street approximately three blocks. According to the report, the "hat was recovered following a foot pursuit."
The hat was valued at $60 and a police report was filed. It is unknown whether the damage ruined the hat permanently.
Police confiscated 33 white T-shirts that had a "Hash Park" slogan across the front. The vendor was a former University student who was selling the shirts on the front steps of the Michigan Union.
Reports said the man told police he did not know the Union steps were University property.
The assailant approached the man from behind, twisted his arm and threw him to the ground. He proceeded to take $7 in cash from the man's wallet. The victim suffered no physical injuries.
After mugging the man, the assailant fled two blocks northward and sat on a rock. Witnesses reported the incident to the AAPD, and officers located the assailant and took him into custody.
There was no additional damage done, but the entire railing was gone from the stairwell. Police do not have any suspects in the incident and have no information about where the railing may have been taken.
- Compiled by Daily staff reporter Jason Stoffer.
04-07-98
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