This time, the police put out an incident report, albeit one flagging it as a mere “robbery.” There was even a four-sentence item about it on the Cap Times’ website.
But what happened to Jon Young, 23, in downtown Madison on Sept. 15 is far more disturbing than the MPD release or news brief conveyed.
At about 8:30 p.m., the UW-Madison engineering student was walking past James Madison Park when he passed a group of young males. One asked him for a cigarette. He said he didn’t smoke. That was all it took.