{"id":38075,"date":"2013-06-29T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T17:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=38075"},"modified":"2024-06-08T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T16:42:56","slug":"sax-player-gets-assaulted-what-the-media-reports-show-us-about-news-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/sax-player-gets-assaulted-what-the-media-reports-show-us-about-news-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sax Player Assaulted: Media Reports 2 Different Incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who has busked in a big city can tell you that it can be dangerous. There are those who might try to steal your hard-earned cash. Or those who might steal your axe. Or even those who might try to do you harm. One busker in Milwaukee this week experienced exactly this sort of danger, as the sax player was assaulted for playing her horn… Or was there another reason?<\/p>\n

Assaulted for intervening in an argument about payment for jewellery<\/h2>\n

\"smiley,<\/a>There are a couple of totally different versions of the assault of Cassandra Struve being presented by the media, and these two variants shed an interesting light on the news we consume on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

First up: the Journal Sentinel’s<\/em>, June 28, 2013 article<\/a>: “3 cited in assault on Summerfest saxophone busker: Woman says she was playing a blues tune when she was attacked”.<\/p>\n

The story reads as follows:<\/p>\n

Four people received municipal citations in connection with the assault on a saxophone player outside of Summerfest, Milwaukee police confirmed Friday.<\/p>\n

According to police, the incident began shortly after 11 p.m., Wednesday when a group of women who had been asked to leave the Summerfest grounds were walking east on Chicago St.<\/p>\n

A 4-year-old girl with the women grabbed a bracelet from a street vendor and an argument began when the vendor asked for payment.<\/p>\n

A woman who was playing a saxophone nearby intervened and was struck in the face by a 41-year-old woman in the group, who was cited for assault and battery and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

A 24-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl were also cited for disorderly conduct, police said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Assaulted because she ought not be playing Minnie the Moocher<\/em><\/h2>\n

But according to local Fox affiliate WITI (Channel 6), the assault of the sax player was racially motivated. Check it this clip and see what you think….<\/p>\n