Mark Andrew after shopping at the Mall of America
A year ago Mark Andrew was beaten within an inch of his life. We commented on the assault at the Mall of America at the time and are moved to comment now on the unusual sentence handed down yesterday in the case of his primary assailant.
Click “Young woman who beat Mark Andrews receives no jail time – at his request” – for the story aired yesterday by All Things Considered on Minnesota Public Radio.
Mark Andrew, man of compassionate wisdom
There is judgment and there is mercy. Mark Andrew is a man of faith. He was taught and he believes that God’s judgment is always a function of God’s love, and, as Cornel West puts it, that “justice is what love looks like in public.”
Views from the Edge 
Thanks for the Mark Andrews story. I’m saving it in my collection of stories to include in the update of my forgiveness book. Please keep them coming.
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It’s an amazing story. I shared it with people today. I think they thought he (and I) were nuts.
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That’s the tragedy. He, and you, were being practical problem solvers.
Will people ever learn the dangers of vengeance?
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Mona, Only in a million years when the reptilian brain is gone.
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Remember, the reptilian brain is not the whole story …
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Mark Andrew got thumped by a thug. Officer Wilson got nothing compared to Andrew. Brown is dead. Somehow Mr. Andrew was wise.
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Hi, Jim, I’m not quite clear about your comment. Mark was in a coffee shop in the (not-so) wonderful Mall of America, aka “The Cathedral of Greed” when a teenage guy took his cell phone. Mark ran him down but was beaten by two other teenagers. The 18 year-old who was sentenced yesterday is female. I knew Mark when he was a County Commissioner. He was a friend of the Legal Rights Center (LRC) where I was Executive Director. BTW, moved into restorative justice during my years there and is now doing wonderful things in the Minneapolis Public Schools with conferencing and circles.
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