LETTER TO THE EDITOR / Duval Street Scammers

My son & I have been here for over a week.  Several times a day, whenever we walk by the skin cream predators at 119 Duval, near Bagatelle, launch into a personal attack against my disabled son with Cerebral Palsy and myself.  I have never felt so victimized and bullied.  They yell insults at both of us and my son no longer feels safe here because of them. He was bullied as a child by children, but this is the first time we have experienced bullying by adults. Because of his disability, he is lonely. This morning, I asked my son to walk on the right side of me, hoping they would not see me.  It didn’t work.  The female started taunting us, yelling is he your bodyguard?  
 Now my precious son is afraid to come back to his favorite place on earth because of these people?  They launch into personal attacks on innocent people here on vacation?  
I am on chemo and look forward to escaping here every December for bonding time with my son, doing fun stuff.  Last week, I noticed them looking at my jewelry <<>> rings and gold watch, it has been an onslaught of bullying since.  I look forward to coming here all year. I shouldn’t have to take my limited vacation time to report them or even think about them, but it hasn’t changed, it has only gotten worse.
 
Melody Tyrrell
Middletown, NY
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