Arts Off Main Performance - 5/20/10 - Part 2

Four held in Lakewalk beating

Four held in Lakewalk beating
Investigation of another crime led authorities to four teens suspected of beating Dash Johnson unconscious.
By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune

Four juveniles — three 17-year-olds and a 14-year-old — have been taken into custody as suspects in the May 20 beating of University of Minnesota Duluth student “Dash’’ Johnson, who was left unconscious on the Lakewalk.

Sgt. Mike Ceynowa, supervisor of the Duluth police Violent Crimes Unit, said evidence that investigators gathered at a sexual assault scene led them to the people involved in the savage beating of Johnson, a popular 21-year-old UMD communications major who just finished his junior year.

While investigating a rape case, Investigator Jared Blomdahl noticed some dried blood on a pair of shoes in the residence where two or three juvenile males and two juvenile females were allegedly involved in the sexual assault, Ceynowa said.

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Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Dash is my uncle's wife's sister's son. Somebody stomped on his head and left him for dead on a Duluth sidewalk.

Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Twenty-one-year-old UMD student Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk early May 20. His family is looking for help in finding his assailants.

By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune. May 28, 2010
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University of Minnesota Duluth student “Dash” Johnson stood out among 300 people interviewed this spring for jobs at Little Angie’s Cantina and Grill, allowing him to land a job as a host at the Canal Park restaurant.

“Of all the mass interviews we conducted, he by far had the biggest personality,” said Matt Baumgartner, Little Angie’s service and beverage manager. “He lit up the room. He’s a wonderful, wonderful guy with a lot of personality. This is extremely unfortunate.”


Twenty-one-year-old Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk between the Fitger’s complex and Leif Erikson Park about 12:47 a.m. on May 20.

Johnson’s cousin, St. Paul police officer Charlie Anderson, came to Duluth this week seeking the public’s help in trying to identify the assailants.

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Go Charlie!

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A Technical and Almost Never Invoked Rule

Last month, I wrote to the NJ State Board of Psychological Examiners because I found something strange when I read their Laws out loud.

The way I read it, if a person is allowed to practice psychology under the authority of a license given to them by the State of New Jersey, their treatment of patients must be "usual, customary and reasonable", but law 45:14B-31 states:

In applying the standards of "usual, customary, and reasonable," the following guidelines are applicable: If a psychological treatment is "usual" or "customary," an inference that the treatment is also "reasonable" is warranted. If the treatment is neither "usual" nor "customary," then it shall satisfy the criterion of "reasonable."

This law confuses me. I am afraid that it is a permissive statute, allowing psychologists whose practice is unreasonable a get out of jail free card. If I complain to the State Board of Psychological Examiners about my doctors' unreasonable treatment of me - like for example, when a doctor insists that I take psychiatric medication but adamantly refuses to tell me why, and then becomes abusive and insulting when I refuse to put something in my mouth against my will - then this law will let him get away with it.

I got a letter back from the Executive Director of the State Board of Psychological Examiners the other day. I think it means my fears are confirmed:

Click Here to Read This a Statement from the
NJ State Board of Psychological Examiners

I wrote another letter to J. Michael Walker asking what the purpose of this law is. I also spoke to Ed Smith, State Senator Michael Doherty's Chief of Staff. He could not tell me the purpose of it. In fact, he agreed with me that Psychologists have a lot of power and this kind of thing should be carefully examined. My state Assemblymen are both aware of the situation as well.

This matter is not resolved. I will report back when J. Michael Walker writes back to me.

In the meantime, ask yourself: What is the purpose of this law?

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson