Unfortunately, Chicago is becoming less and less civilized.
In the last month at least six letter carriers have been assaulted while trying to deliver the mail.
According to alerts issued by the United States Postal Service:
On Nov. 15, a letter carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the 700 block of North Sawyer. The thieves hit the carrier in the head, stole money, the vehicle and the mail.
On Nov. 14, a robber tried to snatch a letter carrier’s phone.
On Nov. 8, Chicago police arrested a man for groping an Irving Park letter carrier.
On Oct. 9, a man verbally abused and threatened a Jefferson Park carrier.
On Oct. 28, two packages were stolen from a carrier’s cart on the 7400 block of South Vernon.
On Oct. 16, a letter carrier in the Cragin neighborhood suffered a fractured jaw after being attacked by two men, one of whom had a gun.
“The more they are letting people assault us, the more it is going to happen because there are no consequences,” said Consuelo Goodlow, who was attacked by two women while delivering mail in the 3200 block of North Avenue last August.