Here's a downtown item of interest. Before 5:00 this morning (Tuesday), on the mauka side of South Kukui Street near the back of the Longs building, I observed a dirtbag drug-addict type of guy walking up from behind to the driver's side of a car and quickly punching the driver, who seemed to be a monger, in the face or head. The presumed monger, who looked shocked and frightened, then immediately drove away to avoid more violence. Further investigation indicates that the attacker is a boyfriend or friend of a downtown drug-addict provider (who shall remain nameless at this time), and before the attack the driver apparently had some sort of disagreement with that provider. There are probably two sides to the story about the disagreement, but remember that in the minds of many downtown providers, any problem before, during or after a date is always the customer's fault and never the provider's fault.
Anyway, the moral of the story for mongers is to always try to maintain situational awareness when mongering downtown, especially at night, including frequent use of your vehicle's rearview mirrors. If the driver had seen in advance the dirtbag guy suspiciously approaching the driver's side of the car from behind, he could have driven away before being attacked.
See how much fun the safe AMP-only mongers are missing!
