By Ben Joravsky
Other residents complain of blatant prostitution near the intersection of Lawrence and Christiana. Not long ago Marcia Altinay saw a prostitute and a john in her backyard. “I let my dog out in the back one morning and there they were,” she says. “I don’t know how to put this, but she was giving this man her services. I lost it. I couldn’t believe it. I ran out of my house and started yelling at them, ‘Get out! Close the gate! Get out!’ She turned and looked at me and said, ‘Bitch, I’ll kill you.’ I was scared.
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Then, while Wagster was starting to explain why they were there and who would speak and when, a woman with a bullhorn began shouting. Within a few seconds four or five other people stood up and began speaking loudly all at once. It was hard to understand what any of them said.
She stomped out of the church and into the front yard, where she called the police on her cell phone and reported an assault. “He touched my hand,” she told them.
“We have an agenda,” said Arce.
“Don’t touch me!” she screamed. “Take your hands out of my face!”
