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Delta Employees Attacked On MARTA Train
wsbtv.com ^ | 4-20-11

Posted on 04/20/2011 11:11:52 AM PDT by rawhide

ATLANTA -- Two Delta Airlines employees were attacked on a MARTA train

MARTA police said they were investigating the incident. A witness said he watched the violent attack unfold Sunday.

"We were intimidated. Everyone was terrified. People were trying to run, but there was nowhere to run," the man, who requested anonymity, told Channel 2's Erica Byfield.

Around midnight, a MARTA train pulled up to the Garnett Station in Downtown Atlanta, authorities said. The witness said up to 30 people boarded the southbound train.

"Once the doors opened, it was like a bum rush of people," he told Byfield. "The next thing you know, they started just beating him. There was blood everywhere. People were hollering and screaming," he said.

A MARTA police report identified two victims as Delta Airlines employees. The report said one victim had a soda can smashed in his face and his wallet stolen, while the other was punched repeatedly in his face.

The witness said the attackers were teens chanting "B. F. P. L."

"I don't know if that's a gang," the witness said.

By the time the train made it to West End stop, some riders were desperate to get off, but the car doors would not open, the witness said.

"So basically we were just trapped," he said.

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To: Little Ray

You sure about that? It said from Garnett Station to West End which is headed to the airport. Next station north of Garnett is 5 Points I think.


121 posted on 04/21/2011 5:58:48 AM PDT by doodad
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To: doodad
The witness said up to 30 people boarded the southbound train
122 posted on 04/21/2011 5:59:39 AM PDT by doodad
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To: doodad

Garnett’s on the east-west line, and the airport’s on the north-south line.


123 posted on 04/21/2011 6:01:08 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Dude, I’ve ridden Marta for the last 8 years, and I have had ZERO run ins. I’ve only seen two.


124 posted on 04/21/2011 6:03:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: doodad

OK I suck. Garnett IS on the North-south line.


125 posted on 04/21/2011 6:04:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

I only work in .40 cal. 9mm is underpowered and .45 gives too few rounds.


126 posted on 04/21/2011 6:07:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: OldPossum
No problem, wouldn't want you to get into trouble here.

Actually, most of Atlanta is still just fine. There are some very good suburban communities fairly close in - full of decent working class and middle class people, black and white. You just have to know where they are.

The Peachtree Street corridor is still o.k. in the daytime (and even at night, within reason, i.e. don't be prowling around after midnight), and yes, there are still many very pretty girls working in the offices along Peachtree.

127 posted on 04/21/2011 6:17:21 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: FreedomPoster
You're right about the WWII vets and what they were armed with -- the same guys that cleaned the shelves of ammo and reloading components during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also a sprinkling of Korea vets and deer rifles, but I'm told (I wasn't there) that it looked like a Springfield and Garand convention. In those days you could bring home all sorts of stuff from the Army and nobody cared. My dad had a basement full of things he had no business having (but we kids loved it!)

West of Connector isn't that bad anymore. Since the gentrification from 14th and Howell Mill down to Coca-Cola and the Aquarium, the bad actors have mostly moved further west. They still come over and mug Georgia Tech students because they know they are not armed. My grandfather (Tech '18 EE) would not recognize the wussy, screaming liberal, politically-correct administration at Tech today. But he would have a thing or two to say to them.

I was thinking more of the area from Ponce south into the Renaissance Parkway, Boulevard, and Auburn area. Much worse than the Tech/Williams St. area IMHO.

I'll keep my eye peeled for the next FR get-together.

128 posted on 04/21/2011 6:24:24 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: doodad

If they were going to, or from ATL, they probably couldn’t carry, even if they had a permit.
A lot of workplaces won’t tolerate armed employees, either. For instance, at my job, they’d lose it completely if someone carried concealed on site.


129 posted on 04/21/2011 6:25:58 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: rawhide

Bank
First
Play
Later


130 posted on 04/21/2011 6:39:00 AM PDT by BigDaddyTX (Don't Mex with Texas)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Oh, yeah, good point about that area. Not a place someone traveling through would be likely to end up in. And yes, from the north Connector West roughly to the railroad tracks isn’t bad, but across the tracks all bets are off. And of course I-20 West from the Connector to the Perimeter - fuggetaboutit!


131 posted on 04/21/2011 6:43:28 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: from occupied ga
I didn't remember hearing that the bill to expand carry passed.

The media wasn't in favor of it, of course.

132 posted on 04/21/2011 6:45:38 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: AppyPappy

I don’t get it. Is he singing about his car?


133 posted on 04/21/2011 6:46:49 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Little Ray

After a lawsuit several years ago, employers in GA are not allowed to prohibit licensed owners from having arms in vehicles even on company property nor can they search the vehicles except under four narrow circumstances.


134 posted on 04/21/2011 6:53:53 AM PDT by doodad
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To: doodad

http://www.constangy.com/communications-49.html


135 posted on 04/21/2011 6:57:46 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Squantos

The problem with public transportation is that it’s public.


136 posted on 04/21/2011 6:58:11 AM PDT by xp38
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To: BooBoo1000

Uh....I think you got that backward, my friend. The .45 has long been valued for its stopping power.

The 9mm has higher velocity and energy.

It’s sort of like the 9mm is a high speed knife and the .45 is a high speed metal dowl.


137 posted on 04/21/2011 7:09:16 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: GingisK
The media wasn't in favor of it, of course.

Ah yes, the "disappearing coverage" phenomenon. The breathless coverage of how the sky will fall if the bill passes, and then when it passes, absolutely no mention of it at all. And no follow up later when against all urine soaked mattress predictions, the world doesn't end, concealed carry holders don't gun down hoardes of Mexicans and blacks in the streets, etc.

138 posted on 04/21/2011 8:42:21 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: Lazamataz

They probably just happened to be at the wtong place at the wrong time. Maybe an hour before or after...


139 posted on 04/21/2011 9:23:46 AM PDT by sport
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To: B4Ranch
One through the floor brings anyone advancing towards you into slow motion

Two through the chest stops 'em cold...I don't want them advancing towards me even in slow motion. Ever see that study on how quickly an attacker with a knife can close a 21ft distance? Remember that a dying man can still harm you...a dead one cannot.

140 posted on 04/21/2011 10:17:49 AM PDT by JrsyJack (a healthy dose of buckshot will probably get you the last word in any argument.)
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