On the street they are often called a flash mob attacks and McCarty says they are happening everywhere. “Keep in mind this is not exclusive to Minneapolis, this is happening all over the country.”
To hear the story from the one who lived it is unsettling.
Matthew Collie was walking near Marquette and 9th Street in Downtown Minneapolis last Saturday night heading to Hell’s Kitchen for a concert.
He had just gone to the TCF ATM on Marquette and was in front of the W Hotel when he said everything went dark.
“I was walking on the sidewalk and then the next moment I was on the sidewalk. Totally disoriented, I didn’t know who had come up and hit me,” Collie said Wednesday recalling the moment he was jumped from behind.
For a few seconds Collie was out cold. He says he came to when security guards from the W and Manny’s Steakhouse rushed to help.
“They were the ones who told me I was punched, I didn’t even know initially,” Collie said.
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