A Narrow Escape on the Macy Street Bridge

April 4, 1910: A teenage girl’s trip to a merry-go-round at the end of the Macy Street bridge nearly ends in a lynching after a “lust-crazed cholo” tries to kidnap her.

The next day, The Times reported that R. Ragoza was sentenced to 30 days in jail and noted that he didn’t try to “misuse” his teenage victim. “It appears that he might have tried to kiss her, but further than that showed no intention of harming her.”

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[vinnie]

I had no idea cholo was such an old word. This story demonstrates that nothing really changes, and there were no good old days. There are interesting parallels with the gang-rape and beating of a 15 year old girl at a high school prom in Richmond CA. I was reading about that story last night, and finally it was revealed that the victim was in fact a white girl. The guys who beat her and sexually assaulted her (with their own bodies as well as "objects") were also cholos... Or as they're more often referred to now as thugs.
Sadly though, the present day rape of a 15 year old girl was not interrupted by a lynch mob, but was encouraged by the crowd, who photographed and shot video of the girl being helplessly beaten and assaulted.
Oh well, at least we took care of the lynch mobs. That's progress right?