The lead investigator returned my calls today after being out for a couple of weeks. My attacker had stated that she had come to the park to kill someone from a church group that was by their teaching in the park "sodomizing religion". Apparently she'd had previous contact with some group at the park. But there are at least four churches that do stuff at their park, not to mention another group that also meets in the park on Tuesdays that apparently discusses the philosophy of life based on Harry Potter!

But it was nice to hear the officer support what we are doing in the park, encouraging us to contact the police if we encounter people who exhibit violent behavior. The officer was surprised to hear that it was my understanding that legislation had been passed which made it unlawful to serve groups of larger than 50 in the park. Our numbers tend to exceed that at the end of the month.

The police are aware that church groups are helping homeless people and think that that is a good thing, but none of the news reports make any mention of the fact that the group I was part of is made up of various churchgoers helping homeless people. I can't help but wonder if I'd been part of a Muslim group helping homeless people if I'd be a poster boy in the media right now: "MUSLIM ATTACKED WHILE FEEDING HOMELESS!"