Breaking: Hobo zombies stalk Bolinas!
Posted July 17 at 11:57 am by David Stoesz
It looks like a routine "trend" story from the AP via CNN. The trend in this case is teenagers attacking the homeless. At least according to "advocates for the homeless," though only one such advocate is quoted. The peg for the story is a drop-out named Ricky Green who was stabbed and beaten to death in Bolinas, California. The murder is all the more shocking because Bolinas is said to be a "hippie haven."
But wait! Killed off in the headline, Green comes back to haunt the town in the final paragraphs:
The other day, fresh out of the hospital, Green was spotted back in town. (He proved elusive, always a step ahead of visitors trying to find him. The Associated Press was unable to reach him.)
Maybe "elusive" because he's fucking dead?
Derek James, a bartender at Smiley's saloon, approached a reporter to say Green had been causing trouble in town for months. He had been barred from Smiley's for harassing people, James said. "He was getting into people's business," he said. "I really felt like something was going to happen."
So not only do they hate hoboes in this supposedly tolerant community, they also hate the undead. Especially the kind of undead that "harass" people and "get into their business." Sounds like they're soft peddling some serious bigotry down there, given that the zombie lifestyle by definition encompasses a certain amount of getting into people's business. I wonder if those "tolerant" Bolinas residents ever tried to stumble down the street in a slow-moving, brain-devouring mob without "harassing" other people at least a little bit.
"I knew of Bolinas as a peaceful place," said Boman, a musician who moved to Bolinas several weeks ago. "What has happened to the children of the revolution?"
What, indeed? Shame on you, Bolinas.
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Comments
He's not dead. The headline has been changed from slaying to beating. End of story.
Posted July 17 at 1:30 pm by TimHe's not dead. The headline on cnn has been changed from slaying to beating. Thus, this post seems a bit silly.
Posted July 17 at 1:32 pm by TimYou're dumb.. I can't believe they pay you to write.
Posted July 17 at 2:01 pm by GrantildaYou're dumb.. I can't believe they pay you to write.
Posted July 17 at 2:02 pm by Grantildahmm, good angle. we didn't take it, but covered the story today as well.
Posted July 17 at 2:21 pm by editorI am not homeless but I am very vulnerable as I am old and walk with a cane. I was recently beaten, robbed and left for dead by 2 "cowards". After my release from the hospital I became very reclusive. I have been told by health professionals that this is normal and it is called "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". I hope those who are caught for this heinous crime get a very long jail term.
Posted July 17 at 2:52 pm by JohnGood for you writer. Shame on Bolinas, California. Goes to show that California has/is stepping back into the stone age. I say let California drop into the ocean. Good riddens. Nothing good ever came out of that pitiful state. But for now, let's all make sure that Bolinas California gets ignored by everyone. Spread the word to the world to STAY OUT OF BOLINAS!!!! Nuff Said. God Bless you Mr. Green!
Posted July 17 at 6:23 pm by WilliamWow, did you guys ever add insult to injury. We in the Bay Area expect the daily Marin Independent Journal to get it wrong - running an (online) headline saying he was dead. But the Seattle Weekly?
Posted July 18 at 3:18 am by Alex HorvathI have interviewed Ricky Green for my website, bolinas2miles.com. The interview will be live on Saturday.
This entire post shows the inferiority of the blogosphere to real journalism. Local reporters from the West Marin Citizen have been covering this story from day one and have never made such atrocious factual errors. In fact we are posting this from Smiley's Schooner Saloon in Bolinas right now as we continue to delve into the complexities of the story. It ain't got nothing to do with "zombie lifestyle", whatever that is.
Posted July 18 at 7:35 pm by Lisa PostPS I used to live in Seattle and read the Weekly, and am ashamed it has sunk so low.