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I'm not sure how bad or effective she was as a politician, I do remember she voted for a ban on all semi's
Published on: Sunday, April 29, 2007
Carol Moseley Braun suffered broken wrist in Friday mugging
CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist late Friday when a mugger tried to steal her purse as she tried to enter her home near the University of Chicago, authorities said Saturday.
Braun, who made a run for the presidency in 2004, had exited a car and was standing at her front door when the assailant came out of the bushes and tried to take her purse, according to her spokesman Kevin Lampe. When Braun resisted, the man produced a knife and cut the strap of the purse.
As Braun resisted the assailant, a University of Chicago student came to her aid, Lampe said.
"He is the hero of the day," he said.
During the course of the struggle, Braun stumbled, fracturing her left wrist as she tried to break her fall.
The assailant eventually fled the scene without the purse, Lampe said.
Braun was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was treated and released.
"She is resting at home," Lampe said Saturday afternoon.
Zachary Trayes-Gibson of Massachusetts, who was walking nearby with a friend, said he didn't know who was being attacked when he heard screams.
"I turned to look and saw a woman on the ground and a man on top of her assaulting her," he said. "It looked like he was throwing punches. I turned and ran toward them, and my friend yelled out 'Hey!' and he (the assailant) looked up."
After the attacker ran off, Trayes-Gibson was surprised to learn who he was helping.
"I know about her because she was the first black female to be a senator," he said. "I knew she had run for president. I remember seeing her during the primary debates."
Chicago Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said Braun's attacker had not yet been arrested.
Braun, a Democrat, became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, serving one term. She lost her re-election bid to Peter Fitzgerald in 1998. After her defeat, President Clinton appointed her ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
Braun has recently been promoting a line of organic spices, teas and produce named Ambassador Organics - an apparent nod to her work as a diplomat. In launching the business, Braun has said she wants to encourage Americans to eat healthier.
I'm not sure how bad or effective she was as a politician, I do remember she voted for a ban on all semi's
Published on: Sunday, April 29, 2007
Carol Moseley Braun suffered broken wrist in Friday mugging
CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist late Friday when a mugger tried to steal her purse as she tried to enter her home near the University of Chicago, authorities said Saturday.
Braun, who made a run for the presidency in 2004, had exited a car and was standing at her front door when the assailant came out of the bushes and tried to take her purse, according to her spokesman Kevin Lampe. When Braun resisted, the man produced a knife and cut the strap of the purse.
As Braun resisted the assailant, a University of Chicago student came to her aid, Lampe said.
"He is the hero of the day," he said.
During the course of the struggle, Braun stumbled, fracturing her left wrist as she tried to break her fall.
The assailant eventually fled the scene without the purse, Lampe said.
Braun was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was treated and released.
"She is resting at home," Lampe said Saturday afternoon.
Zachary Trayes-Gibson of Massachusetts, who was walking nearby with a friend, said he didn't know who was being attacked when he heard screams.
"I turned to look and saw a woman on the ground and a man on top of her assaulting her," he said. "It looked like he was throwing punches. I turned and ran toward them, and my friend yelled out 'Hey!' and he (the assailant) looked up."
After the attacker ran off, Trayes-Gibson was surprised to learn who he was helping.
"I know about her because she was the first black female to be a senator," he said. "I knew she had run for president. I remember seeing her during the primary debates."
Chicago Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said Braun's attacker had not yet been arrested.
Braun, a Democrat, became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, serving one term. She lost her re-election bid to Peter Fitzgerald in 1998. After her defeat, President Clinton appointed her ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
Braun has recently been promoting a line of organic spices, teas and produce named Ambassador Organics - an apparent nod to her work as a diplomat. In launching the business, Braun has said she wants to encourage Americans to eat healthier.