I wrote this article yesterday about a thwarted purse snatching at the Bookstar in Poplar Plaza.

I’ve received a couple of emails asking for more information on the guy who tried to seal the purse, which I’ll work on and hopefully have some updates soon.

While running through the cop checks this morning, one of the officers in felony response told me what most impressed him when he showed up at the scene that night.

He said that though a crowd of no less than 10 people chased Joseph Stewart, caught him and held him for the cops, no one hurt the man. He said they just held him there, and once the cops showed up most of the Samaritans just wandered off, returning to their Friday night/Saturday morning.

A few people stayed and gave an account of what happened to the officers, but no one turned Billy Badass and roughed old boy up, even though many of them were probably hopped up on caffeine and adrenaline. Think about that the next time you read something about Memphis being No. 1 in the country in violence.

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