Chicago has unfortunaely come to Oaklawn. What use to be a very quiet middle class crime free community has become a place for thugs to raise their ugly heads. I hope this lady has a quick recovery and the scumbag gets what he deserves next time he tries this. It would give me great pleasure to catch him in the act next time.

t's a miracle It took this long for Oak Lawn to start getting Infested with parasites like this but It's only going to get worst. This damn economy Is going to make life worst for some people. Well, I hope he chokes on It. It's so sad to picture this elderly woman being thrown to the ground. Very very sad to hear this going on!

Props to the police, it looks like they went above and beyond by helping this woman out after the fact.

I hope the lady had a fast recovery. It sounds like the OL police took good care of her.

I hate it when punks prey on people who can't defend themselves. In addition to what the police are doing I think we somehow have to be alert and help others whenever we can so these punks know they can't attack the elderly.

Have to agree with all. It's a shame when these thugs pick on helpless elderly citizens. These criminals have no concern for human life. You can argue all you want about being poor, but when there is no sound morals in their upbringing this will continue. Parents take responsibility for the children you've brought into this world. Also really agree on Hoodie issue...It's known as a disguise for criminals..Think about this the next time your children put one on!! It's not everyone, but why take the chance??

All i have to say is Coward

I THINK MORE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES ARE NEEDED NOW

This sounds similar to what happened to my grandmother she just had open heart surgery and had just gotten the okay to drive. Then a couple of days to african american's followed her home from Lasalle Bank and into her garage and beat her
up 4 yrs. ago! I hope they catch these guys! I don't understand how people can be so
mean especially to an elderly individual.

Do you think if she had a gun and used it it would be called a hate crime?

In this state It could be called anything. In this state It's the criminals who have and carry guns. They know how to use them and they would never shoot themselves In the head accidentally. Only the law abiding citizens are a danger to themselves and to others. This woman could have died that day. She could have struck her head on the pavement but luckily she didn't.

So, instead of fixing the problems that make things like this happen, a BETTER solution is to make Oak Lawn the Wild West and escalate the level of violence exponentially...arm everybody...grandma, the kids...why not? ANYBODY COULD be a criminal, right? In fact, we should make training mandatory for everyone, so nobody ever misses. Only a FOOL would not carry a gun at that point...carry them everywhere, court, bars, work...because those criminals COULD be ANYWHERE, right? Where do you draw the line? After I shoot you, or you shoot me? When there is a shoot out in the middle of 95th Street between two groups of people who both 'felt' threatened and didn't think that they should back down? Who will volunteer to carry the dead bodies to the morgue? Tell the families of the deceased how and why their loved ones died? When we trade security for liberty we end up with neither, nor do we deserve them.
If she had a gun, would she have been able to use it? Would it strapped to her hip, cowboy style? So we can end up looking like Florida, inbred and backward?
We need jobs, better schooling, better parenting, higher (not lower) expectations of each other. People with more options more often than not pick the safer, less violent path. The bigger the scope, the less violence wins out. England, Rome, Ottomans...They all had huge empires, but as violent as they got, eventually, they all lost them...the loss of life to hold them wasn't worth it, and people like Gahndi 'won'.