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		<title>By: damian</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48556</link>
		<dc:creator>damian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[recipe for a julian st.incident:you mix:one jigger of black apathy...one jigger of latino indifference...one jigger of asian detatchment...one jigger of white cowardice(the jiggers can be mixed and remixed to balance out the ingerients for everyone)add:lots of crack;garbage;and wretched drug,alcohol,and tobacco addicted homelessness;a dash of racial hatred;a dash of racial guilt;and some lack of basis respect..mix finely with:a subculture city wide of can and bottle &quot;recyclers&quot;(at times this can seem to be half of the citys population)...shake real well..pour out..you can also add conflicting lifestyles in the big city(but seriously folks;i was just joking...but jokingly folks;i was just being serious)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>recipe for a julian st.incident:you mix:one jigger of black apathy&#8230;one jigger of latino indifference&#8230;one jigger of asian detatchment&#8230;one jigger of white cowardice(the jiggers can be mixed and remixed to balance out the ingerients for everyone)add:lots of crack;garbage;and wretched drug,alcohol,and tobacco addicted homelessness;a dash of racial hatred;a dash of racial guilt;and some lack of basis respect..mix finely with:a subculture city wide of can and bottle &#8220;recyclers&#8221;(at times this can seem to be half of the citys population)&#8230;shake real well..pour out..you can also add conflicting lifestyles in the big city(but seriously folks;i was just joking&#8230;but jokingly folks;i was just being serious)</p>
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		<title>By: hipster jesus</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48440</link>
		<dc:creator>hipster jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darn those uncaring do-nothings.  Is this some hard hitting reporting like when there was that neck-breaking rapist who was breaking necks around here?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Darn those uncaring do-nothings.  Is this some hard hitting reporting like when there was that neck-breaking rapist who was breaking necks around here?</p>
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		<title>By: Cranky Old Mission Guy</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48395</link>
		<dc:creator>Cranky Old Mission Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you actually live in The Mission, then you know why this happened the way it did.  If you don&#039;t, then put a bucket under your hand-wringing and tell us what you get.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you actually live in The Mission, then you know why this happened the way it did.  If you don&#8217;t, then put a bucket under your hand-wringing and tell us what you get.</p>
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		<title>By: me</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48379</link>
		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update!!!

http://blog.sfgate.com/inthemission/2012/02/23/sf-man-arrested-with-homicide-victim%e2%80%99s-atm-card/?tsp=1]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Update!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/inthemission/2012/02/23/sf-man-arrested-with-homicide-victim%e2%80%99s-atm-card/?tsp=1" rel="nofollow">http://blog.sfgate.com/inthemission/2012/02/23/sf-man-arrested-with-homicide-victim%e2%80%99s-atm-card/?tsp=1</a></p>
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		<title>By: GG</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48315</link>
		<dc:creator>GG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ex claims to have some additional quotes from neighbors: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/02/dying-man-s-pleas-ignored

&quot;Grief-stricken residents who spoke with The San Francisco Examiner on Tuesday regretted their decision to not take action.

“He stopped talking and I figured somebody helped,” said Louis, a neighbor who refused to provide his last name. “If we called, we probably could have helped. It’s really sad.”

Both Louis and neighbor Moises Encinas, 21, said they heard other voices outside and figured the situation was under control. They had no idea Sprague was gasping for his last breaths.

“I heard ‘help’ in my dream, then I woke up,” Encinas said.

The neighbor who claimed to have first called police said she went outside about 6:30 a.m. and saw Sprague motionless on the sidewalk. She said she figured he was “sleeping it off,” and went back inside. An hour later, she said she came back outside, took a closer look at the body and noticed bruising and swelling.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ex claims to have some additional quotes from neighbors: <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/02/dying-man-s-pleas-ignored" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/02/dying-man-s-pleas-ignored</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Grief-stricken residents who spoke with The San Francisco Examiner on Tuesday regretted their decision to not take action.</p>
<p>“He stopped talking and I figured somebody helped,” said Louis, a neighbor who refused to provide his last name. “If we called, we probably could have helped. It’s really sad.”</p>
<p>Both Louis and neighbor Moises Encinas, 21, said they heard other voices outside and figured the situation was under control. They had no idea Sprague was gasping for his last breaths.</p>
<p>“I heard ‘help’ in my dream, then I woke up,” Encinas said.</p>
<p>The neighbor who claimed to have first called police said she went outside about 6:30 a.m. and saw Sprague motionless on the sidewalk. She said she figured he was “sleeping it off,” and went back inside. An hour later, she said she came back outside, took a closer look at the body and noticed bruising and swelling.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable</title>
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		<dc:creator>Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, internet toughguy, whatever you say.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, internet toughguy, whatever you say.</p>
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		<title>By: Poplocker</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48296</link>
		<dc:creator>Poplocker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;by definition&quot; = pseuedo intellectual BS.  Really?  Hey idiot, there&#039;s something called self-defense which is violence to save your life and preserve the species you wuss!  Blah blah blah.  You must not know how to fight.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;by definition&#8221; = pseuedo intellectual BS.  Really?  Hey idiot, there&#8217;s something called self-defense which is violence to save your life and preserve the species you wuss!  Blah blah blah.  You must not know how to fight.</p>
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		<title>By: moderniste</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48289</link>
		<dc:creator>moderniste</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yikes.  I went through something similar on 15th and Shotwell about 4 years ago--I was sexually assaulted by some scary scumbag who smelled like a homeless dude, and I ran down the street nude from the waist up and bleeding.  I saw a couple walking their dog across the street and yelled &quot;Help&quot; and went across the street towards them, and they saw me, and started walking as fast as they could away from me.  Nothing has ever made me feel more alone.

I&#039;m so sorry you had to go through something even worse--being stabbed in the NECK is so gratuitously violent it boggles the mind.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yikes.  I went through something similar on 15th and Shotwell about 4 years ago&#8211;I was sexually assaulted by some scary scumbag who smelled like a homeless dude, and I ran down the street nude from the waist up and bleeding.  I saw a couple walking their dog across the street and yelled &#8220;Help&#8221; and went across the street towards them, and they saw me, and started walking as fast as they could away from me.  Nothing has ever made me feel more alone.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so sorry you had to go through something even worse&#8211;being stabbed in the NECK is so gratuitously violent it boggles the mind.</p>
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		<title>By: MrEricSir</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48284</link>
		<dc:creator>MrEricSir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, Mr. Vegetable is right.  Besides, if the problem is violence you cannot -- by definition -- solve it with more violence.

If you had balls you&#039;d be reporting crimes, not causing them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, Mr. Vegetable is right.  Besides, if the problem is violence you cannot &#8212; by definition &#8212; solve it with more violence.</p>
<p>If you had balls you&#8217;d be reporting crimes, not causing them.</p>
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		<title>By: truth</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48280</link>
		<dc:creator>truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to be principled in my trollery.  ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I try to be principled in my trollery.  <img src='http://www.missionmission.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Dovas</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48266</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Dovas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s right, Diffusion of Responsibility. Hey, are we accidentally agreeing on something?! Next thing you know there will be dogs and cats living together!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s right, Diffusion of Responsibility. Hey, are we accidentally agreeing on something?! Next thing you know there will be dogs and cats living together!</p>
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		<title>By: truth</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48262</link>
		<dc:creator>truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#039;ve done studies on this sort of thing and have found that people are less likely to help when they perceive many people around who are also able to help.  This is why it is important to remember that you have the responsibility to act in any given situation and you need to mentally overcome the inertia of this sort of group behavior.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;ve done studies on this sort of thing and have found that people are less likely to help when they perceive many people around who are also able to help.  This is why it is important to remember that you have the responsibility to act in any given situation and you need to mentally overcome the inertia of this sort of group behavior.</p>
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		<title>By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48259</link>
		<dc:creator>Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hear, hear.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hear, hear.</p>
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		<title>By: Kraw</title>
		<link>http://www.missionmission.org/2012/02/20/homicide-on-julian-avenue/#comment-48256</link>
		<dc:creator>Kraw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is awful, I can&#039;t believe no one intervened. It&#039;s understandable that no one wanted to physically try to stop the attack (probably a bad idea unless you are law enforcement), but there are other ways to help from a safe distance. Run up the block and scream your head off for help. Words like &#039;fire&#039; and &#039;police&#039; will attract attention. Make noise. Set off a car alarm. Just because everyone else is ignoring the situation doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t be that one person who steps in and saves a life.

Last month I was riding my bike through the panhandle when I came across a girl who was having a seizure on the grass. A bunch of rubbernecking joggers and stroller-pushers were passing right by her, doing nothing, maybe because she was dressed kind of like a street-punk. I called 911 and she came back to reality while the paramedics were treating her. She was not on drugs, and she was having the first seizure of her life. I&#039;m not bringing this up because I think I did anything commendable, but because of my shock that a bunch of people did absolutely nothing. 

Do the right thing when you see someone in need of urgent medical assistance, one day it could be you lying there.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is awful, I can&#8217;t believe no one intervened. It&#8217;s understandable that no one wanted to physically try to stop the attack (probably a bad idea unless you are law enforcement), but there are other ways to help from a safe distance. Run up the block and scream your head off for help. Words like &#8216;fire&#8217; and &#8216;police&#8217; will attract attention. Make noise. Set off a car alarm. Just because everyone else is ignoring the situation doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t be that one person who steps in and saves a life.</p>
<p>Last month I was riding my bike through the panhandle when I came across a girl who was having a seizure on the grass. A bunch of rubbernecking joggers and stroller-pushers were passing right by her, doing nothing, maybe because she was dressed kind of like a street-punk. I called 911 and she came back to reality while the paramedics were treating her. She was not on drugs, and she was having the first seizure of her life. I&#8217;m not bringing this up because I think I did anything commendable, but because of my shock that a bunch of people did absolutely nothing. </p>
<p>Do the right thing when you see someone in need of urgent medical assistance, one day it could be you lying there.</p>
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		<title>By: Thanks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thanks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a number of people saw and heard the man calling for help and asking for the police while he died a slow, painful death and did nothing? I&#039;d hate to be one of those folks and have that to carry around on my conscience for the rest of my life.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So a number of people saw and heard the man calling for help and asking for the police while he died a slow, painful death and did nothing? I&#8217;d hate to be one of those folks and have that to carry around on my conscience for the rest of my life.</p>
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