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I already said, the information available was not bloody or sexy and did not involve celebrities.

People respond to alarming and dangerous events for a good evolutionary reason. If you are threatened by a rampaging fire or flood or enemies, you had better pay attention.

Events that go well are not news simply because they go well. Our newspaper prints stories every day about kids who got straight A's, church choirs that won contests, quilting demonstrations, barbecue cookoffs, and so forth. Nobody gets excited about them.

- Jim

XtremeDuty.45 wrote:God forbid somebody actually tries to help out a Police officer.

God didn't forbid this lady from jumping in, and I think the officer is lucky that she did. That old fart got the best of the cop. The "suspect" was quite a bit taller.

I wonder what his "problem" was. Now he's probably looking at aggravated assault on a public servant charges and prison time at age 64.

Of course, few people are willing to admit that they could use help, and especially not from a woman in a fight.

- Jim

Amigo, the vast majority of newspaper readers subscribe (that is, they pay for and get the paper every day whether they read it or not) or habitually buy a paper with the morning coffee and doughnut.

The days of newsboys in knee pants yelling "Extra! Extra! Read all about!" ended shortly after VJ day.

To some extent the roving public attention span favors TV and other web sites, but it relies on e-mail, text messages, Twitter, and other such means to say, "Hey, look at this."

The problem here is that the dashcam video is blurred and short. I wouldn't want that woman mad at me, though.

- Jim

In Dayton, Ohio, in December a police officer stopped a 64-year-old man who attacked the officer in a hand-to-hand brawl.

A woman who was driving by stopped and hit the "alleged" offender on the head until police reinforcements arrived.

Dayton police Sgt. Larry Tolpin warned that people could get seriously hurt when they jump into the fray -- even if it's on law enforcement's side. Still, he told CNN affiliate WDTN that Pierce deserved thanks for her effort.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not endorsing that citizens participate in this manner," Tolpin said. "But under this particular circumstance, it was very commendable of her."

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-16/just ... s=PM:CRIME" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.whiotv.com/news/26145505/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm surprised this story didn't get more attention.

- Jim