Cafe D'Mongo's Owner Attacked by Vandals

**Islandman** · April-23-13, 12:22 PM

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...RO01/304230409

**poobert** · April-23-13, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Islandman

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...RO01/304230409

Artists! Not vandals.

Enough is enough with these little tagger punks. At least now we can see them for the petty criminal scum they really are. These hipster assholes would find themselves on the receiving end of my bayonet if they tried to valdalize my shit like that.

**Eber Brock Ward** · April-23-13, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by poobert

Artists! Not vandals.

Enough is enough with these little tagger punks. At least now we can see them for the petty criminal scum they really are. These hipster assholes would find themselves on the receiving end of my bayonet if they tried to valdalize my shit like that.

Not to make light of it, but the thought of someone rolling through town with a fixed bayonet is funny to me.

**jt1** · April-23-13, 03:39 PM

Let's see some of our local tagger lovers defend these little punks. Hopefully next time someone catches ones of them they put the little punks in the hospital. Preferably with injuries bad enough that it will make some of the punks reconsider having their fun.

Let's see some of the people here defend these little punks. Now, on the other hand, if anyone knows someone that fits the description it would be nice to turn them in [[or give their names and addresses so we can pay them a visit)

Per Larry;s facebook page, the description is: "looking for three to four people, two white males about 5ft 10 140 to a 160 lbs one Reddish Blond hair the other dark hair wearing Detroit tiger baseball cap riding fairly new bikes, A young lady lookout person heavy set."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

**compn** · April-23-13, 06:58 PM

2 white 20 year olds tagging a synagogue in broad daylight at 7:30 pm in detroit? riding bikes?

what?

**marshamusic** · April-23-13, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by compn

2 white 20 year olds tagging a synagogue in broad daylight at 7:30 pm in detroit? riding bikes?

what?

Well, to begin with, it's black kids that draw suspicious looks; all others are just "havin' fun".

**Zacha341** · April-24-13, 04:17 AM

Ummm, yep. That's usually how that goes.

Originally Posted by marshamusic

Well, to begin with, it's black kids that draw suspicious looks; all others are just "havin' fun".

**downtownguy** · April-23-13, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by compn

2 white 20 year olds tagging a synagogue in broad daylight at 7:30 pm in detroit? riding bikes?

what?

You find that hard to believe? I don't.

**Drexciya68** · April-23-13, 08:47 PM

Odd that the news report states that no police arrived and an officer clearly states that they did in the comments on the Det News page.

**Drexciya68** · April-23-13, 09:01 PM

"

The dapper owner, Larry Mongo, comes from a well-connected Detroit family – both politically and criminally, depending on the family member in question, by his telling. [[Of course, in Detroit, those career choices are not always mutually exclusive.) D'Mongo's had originally been a classy jazz club, but Mongo was forced to shut his doors in the eighties when the neighborhood got too rough. Instead of selling – which, given Detroit's real estate market, would've likely been impossible – he decided to mothball the place. Then, a few years ago, as young hipster kids began moving back into the city, Mongo decided to reopen his bar as a speakeasy." http://www.mensjournal.com/travel/ci...keasy-20121130

**Zacha341** · April-24-13, 04:19 AM

Seems at one point he had a nice hair salon too. One that was very popular downtown, years ago. I remember the name D'Mongos...

Originally Posted by Drexciya68

"

The dapper owner, Larry Mongo, comes from a well-connected Detroit family – both politically and criminally, depending on the family member in question, by his telling. [[Of course, in Detroit, those career choices are not always mutually exclusive.) D'Mongo's had originally been a classy jazz club, but Mongo was forced to shut his doors in the eighties when the neighborhood got too rough....

**Honky Tonk** · April-24-13, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Seems at one point he had a nice hair salon too. One that was very popular downtown, years ago. I remember the name D'Mongos...

The salon's still in the Millender Center, whatever it's named now, and doing well.

**downtownguy** · April-24-13, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Seems at one point he had a nice hair salon too. One that was very popular downtown, years ago. I remember the name D'Mongos...

The salons [[there was more than one) were his wife's: Diane Mongo; hence D'Mongo's. Not sure if she's still involved with them.

**dmike76** · April-24-13, 07:57 AM

What bothers me the most about this story is that he called 911 and no one came.

**Gistok** · April-24-13, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by dmike76

What bothers me the most about this story is that he called 911 and no one came.

They may have asked him if the assailants had a gun? If not... it probably got pushed down the priority list...

**Johnnny5** · April-24-13, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by dmike76

What bothers me the most about this story is that he called 911 and no one came.

As mentioned above, I'm not so sure that is true. There are comments in the Detroit News article from someone that claims to be a DPD officer that did respond [[He claims within 3 minutes of the call).

Either there is some type of misunderstanding or someone is not being 100% honest [[Officer?, Reporter? Mongo?).

**Drexciya68** · April-24-13, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Johnnny5

As mentioned above, I'm not so sure that is true. There are comments in the Detroit News article from someone that claims to be a DPD officer that did respond [[He claims within 3 minutes of the call).

Either there is some type of misunderstanding or someone is not being 100% honest [[Officer?, Reporter? Mongo?).

I saw Larry on the news describing what happened and he really looked and sounded confused? I also read that there were several officers who responded within a few mins.

**Gannon** · April-24-13, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by dmike76

What bothers me the most about this story is that he called 911 and no one came.

The first comment in the DetNews users section begs to differ with the reporting, from a police officer himself. THE officer who responded first.

This demands follow-up reporting. Maybe by journalists this time.

Cheers

**Gannon** · April-24-13, 08:30 AM

ha, and Johnny5 beat me to the punch...shame on me for not refreshing the thread before posting my reply...and not mentioning the reply from twelve hours ago here...

**Gannon** · April-24-13, 08:29 AM

And Jt1 is too old of a poster to have started a second thread on this topic...shame on you for not searching first!

**jt1** · April-24-13, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Gannon

And Jt1 is too old of a poster to have started a second thread on this topic...shame on you for not searching first!

Heh, getting old is my excuse for not noticing the first one [[or remembering it if I read it)

**poobert** · April-24-13, 09:36 AM

If caught, maybe they can be charged with a hate crime too for attempting to deface a synagogue. Take out a full-page ad in the Metro Times and put their mugshots in there for their little chickenshit buddies to see. Make an example of these freaking punks. Spray painting synagogues and beating up on old men, what a jolly soiree.

**jt1** · April-24-13, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by poobert

If caught, maybe they can be charged with a hate crime too for attempting to deface a synagogue. Take out a full-page ad in the Metro Times and put their mugshots in there for their little chickenshit buddies to see. Make an example of these freaking punks. Spray painting synagogues and beating up on old men, what a jolly soiree.

But they are young white kids downtown so they must just be having fun. Ya know, if they were black kids, minding their own business walking in the street it would be completely different. In the latter case, the national guard should be called in.

I'd prefer that people that know Larry find that and hospitalize them over the police catching them and the 36th district court likely giving them a $50 fine or some other joke sentence.

**laphoque** · April-24-13, 01:21 PM

The police did show up about 15 minutes after Larry left.

Damn kids need to keep it in the Packard. Also, no fighting.

**compn** · April-24-13, 01:37 PM

just surprised 20 year olds were out tagging in daytime, in busy downtown detroit, on a monday. and that they got away on bmx bikes.

i'm trying to figure out what kind of person a tagger is. what kind of life a tagger has. what kind of job they have so they can spend that much money on paint. what kind of ride they have. are they neo nazis going to paint swasticas on jewish buildings? are they possible-racists going to paint the joe louis arm statue white? are they gang members marking their turf?

i would think twice about cornering someone committing a crime [[if i was 60 years old). if you stand between them and an exit, its like cornering a wild animal. they could bite/scratch you as they try to run away.