Don't Go To Nature's Resource Center in Freighthouse Square in Tacoma, Washington

On Friday April 8, 2011 at about 12:08 pm, I was parking outside Freighthouse Square, before going to NRC. And I was holding a parking spot for my wife, who was in the car, turning it around.

This guy in a suburban, comes up and is yelling at me because I'm in the parking space. I told him "I'm holding it for my wife" and he tried to tell me "You can't hold a space."

To which, I responded "My wife is right over there."

He then tried to edge up to me with his Suburban (when I say that, I mean Chevrolet Suburban) and almost hit me. So I asked "Are you going to hit me with your car?"

He then stopped, and said "No, I"m not gonna hit you with my car, but I AM gonna get you." Then he took off, and turned around at the stop light, so he could pull into the parking garage at FS.

Then, my wife pulled the car up, and parked.
She stayed in the car, and I went inside.

12:12pm

While I was sitting inside NRC, minding my own business. The same guy from the parking space altercation came into NRC, while I was sitting down, and got in my face and started yelling "You thought you wasn't gonna see me again, huh?" Then struck me in the face with his right hand.

Then said something that I didn't make out, and walked away.

Immediately after this happened, I asked the two gentlemen who were sitting there, who witnessed the event, if they had seen what happened and would they be willing to be witnesses for me.

Then, I called 911 so that I could report it to the police.

During this time, while I was waiting and before I was assaulted, no one from NRC was around to see this. No employees were actually watching their storefront. Also, There was no protection for me to have not been accosted by this person once he came into the building.

I would not advise going to NRC because of this, it's very dangerous.
There is also no security, and no camera coverage that I was able to see.

Finally, after I had made most of my police report over the phone, the dispatcher needed an address of the location, and Cat (or Kat, I'm not sure) the woman who runs the place, finally came up to the window and I asked for the address.

She read me the address while I read it to the dispatcher over the phone, and then finished up my description to the dispatcher. Once I did, Cat asked what had happened. I told her that I was just assaulted on their property.

When I told her that I was reporting it to the police, she said "Oh, I don't want you bringing the police down here, Frank. If I had known that's what that was for, I wouldn't have given them the address."

She then told me that she didn't want me bringing the police near them, and that they couldn't help me. When I told them that I thought it was possible they could be sued because this happened ON THEIR PROPERTY, AFTER I had "checked-in" as a patient waiting to be seen.

She became very upset, saying that I can't sue them for instigating something in their place of business.

I told her that I hadn't instigated anything, that this was over some dumb parking space, and she was still insisting that I couldn't bring the police there, and so I walked away.

Then, after I dealt with the police, and gave them my description of the person and the events as they happened. I was even willing to go back into NRC, and state my case to them, and apologize for that happening there. However, when I went back in, as I was approaching, David(the other person who runs the place), said to me "You're not allowed here anymore."

I wouldn't go back there if someone was paying me to go pick up free weed.