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Former Marine Foils Armed Robbery
WXIA-TV / 11Alive.com ^
| 5.30.06
| Michael King
Posted on 05/30/2006 5:16:41 AM PDT by mhking
An ex-Marine pulled out a pocket knife after five people, including a young girl, allegedly tried to rob him late Monday evening in Midtown. That girl died.
Another one of the alleged assailants is in critical condition.
Investigators are calling the case one of self-defense. They say no charges will be filed against the victim in the case.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: anamericansoldier; armedcitizen; attack; banglist; crime; formermarine; marine; nosuchthingexmarine; robbery
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To: Smokin' Joe
"Young girl"? How young? 22, 18? Funny the way they phrased that. Deliberate obfuscation. They make her sound like an eight-year-old when she's probably a 17-year-old tattoo-covered gangbanger.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:40:34 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: R. Scott
The police are taking credit for catching them?Heh, reads that way, doesn't it? If it hadn't been for this fine former Marine, the gang would still be robbing people and the police would still be looking for them.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:40:49 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: ml1954
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:41:08 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(If you want to be a martyr, we want to martyr you.)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
It was the original newspapaer headline...how stupid are these "journalists"?Stupid enough to post the story on FR. I wrote the headline, based on the story and information at my desk at the time.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:41:49 AM PDT
by
mhking
("I make my livin' on the evening news...")
To: tiredoflaundry
"You do not bring a knife to a gunfight"!
Obviously, you can sometimes bring a Marine AND a knife to a gunfight.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:42:29 AM PDT
by
ko_kyi
To: tiredoflaundry
Nah... You don't bring a mugger to a Marine fight. The Marine brings the fight to the mugger!
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:44:13 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
To: A.A. Cunningham; Little Ray
Incorrect. Murtha, Dellums, Garwood, Lonetree, Dennehy, Oswald, Glenn, Massey, et al, are ex-Marines.
Except for Murtha...
Good points. Let me revise. Generally speaking, with a few exceptions, once a Marine always a Marine.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:44:13 AM PDT
by
ml1954
(NOT the BANNED disruptive troll who was seen frequently on CREVO threads.)
To: Wolfie
"...There's no such thing as an ex-Marine..."
There is, now. It's name is Murtha.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:44:22 AM PDT
by
CGVet58
(God has granted us Liberty, and we owe Him Courage in return)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
"I guess they picked the wrong guy to rob this time."
I had three thugs jump me outside NAS, Millington one night. I guess they were going to beat and rob the sailor boy for fun. They were so busy with me that they didn't notice the four Marine friends of mine from school coming up behind them. Guess who got their ass kicked?
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:44:23 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: mhking
I guess some people CAN bring a knife to a gunfight...and win too!
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:45:09 AM PDT
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: R. Scott
I guess a US Marine can show up at a gun fight with a knife! I'd like to get a look at this Marine's "pocket knife".
I expect it was something a bit nastier than what I carry as a pocket knife.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:45:38 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
To: R. Scott
They got good donuts there? ;-P
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:45:50 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
To: RabidBartender
ROFLMAO!
$20 Says it was Jack Bauer's Dad.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:48:44 AM PDT
by
Anvilhead
(Why is it that people who purport to be noble never are?)
To: tlb
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:49:58 AM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
To: Mr. Jeeves
"They make her sound like an eight-year-old when she's probably a 17-year-old tattoo-covered gangbanger."
No, she had to be at least 20. If she was 17,18,19 the MSM would have called her a teenager.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:51:05 AM PDT
by
fredhead
(The greatest privilege of citizenship is to be able to freely bear arms under one's country's flag.)
To: mhking
He says that when he got to 4th Street and Penn Avenue, five people jumped out of a Cadillac with guns. He says he kicked the guns out of their hands, and fought back with his very own pocket knife.Wow! He's one bad MOFO.
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:54:04 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: JoeSixPack1
I didn't want you to miss this one. Semper Fi!
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posted on
05/30/2006 5:58:38 AM PDT
by
BraveMan
Comment #58 Removed by Moderator
To: tiredoflaundry
This blows holes in the old saying, "You do not bring a knife to a gunfight"! Not really. The saying just needs an asterisk, with a small-print caveat: "Not Applicable to U.S. Marines, either active-duty or reserve/retired."
To: mhking
Way to go guy !!!!!!
Sending huge ATTA BOY.
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posted on
05/30/2006 6:01:34 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me)
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