Posted on 09/06/2013 5:48:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
His act of bravery earned him brutal beating from a trio of physically imposing bullies, including a fracture under his eye, stitches all over his face — including in his tear duct — and a concussion.
But Wen Jones, 43, said he’d do it all over again.
The former marine and father of two observed a 14-year-old boy and his 55-year-old father getting harassed and abused by three 20-year-old men at a Florida beach.
The boy’s father, LeRoy Wright Jr., told the men to leave, but Jones sensed the bullies were about to attack.
“I couldn’t stand there and watch this older guy and kid get beaten up,” Jones told the Sun-Sentinel of the May 19 incident near the restrooms and showers at Juno Beach Park.
“I walked over, said, ‘Hey guys, calm down.’ The next thing I know, I’m in the middle of a melee. I got tangled up with one the biggest guys and he beat me in the back of the head until I was unconscious. When I came to, I was being beaten in the face.”
Three months after the attack, Jones still struggles a bit with foggy thoughts after his concussion but doesn’t regret his actions.
“I’m not happy to have been injured pretty severely, but at the same time, I ask myself, would I do it again?” he tells the Sun-Sentinel. “You know, it was the right thing to do, so I probably would.”
Cody Moore Roon, Tyler Dylan Carswell, and Eric Michael Deiter, all from Palm Beach County, face aggravated battery charges because of the severity of the injuries they inflicted upon Jones, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
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I condone it and think its high time
I see an exception like this fine
But that is what it is. ....a tiny exception
Black on white predatory crap ain’t new
some of y’all amaze me truly
As in clueless or maybe isolated
I am southern
Just drove back and forth across this formerly great place
After Amarillo most all I saw were minorities ..except blacks....strangers and pure fat white trash....pasty covered in ink
So I can see why so many freeper have no faith in wood culture anymore
Sux really
As opposed to say plum pudding or pumpernickel
Kinda free with white slurs to be so PC otherwise h
Too bad you can’t blame Dixie...I mean palm beach is what it is
Shame it wasn’t Clewiston or Belle Glade..lol
Wow- God bless this man.
It’s fairly obvious that a growing number of young punks have absolutely no fear of the legal system anymore.
Why should they. They play the full deck: The race card (when they can), the broken home card, the poverty card, et fricking cetera.
If they are minors, they wave that around, too, even to the point of bringing charges against an intervening adult for child abuse.
They are the vanguard of an army armed with disproportionate self-esteem, few moral underpinnings, no conscience, an entitlement mentality, and no qualms about using violence.
Here's what happened to me before I did.
That’s why one should pack heat!!!
One good thing about being our age is we can sidle up and get in one good punch if needed. Sometimes what happens after is not as important as just standing up to bullies. God bless this man for getting involved. Too bad he wasn’t packing.
“Cody Moore Roon, Tyler Dylan Carswell, and Eric Michael Deiter, all from Palm Beach County, face aggravated battery charges because of the severity of the injuries they inflicted upon Jones, the Sun-Sentinel reports.”
Aggravated battery?!? They kept beating an unconscious man in the head. That is attempted murder.
Yes, but much harder to get a conviction on that charge.
I suppose, but they could always charge them with attempted murder and the lesser included charges as well, then at least the jury would have the choice, not the bet-hedging prosecutors.
Because a marine is no different than an Army, Navy, Air force, Coast Guard or ordinary civilian..........
Any argument to the contrary is just typical chest thumping........
And this story proves it.......
Where were the 55 and 14 year old males?
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That’s what I was wondering.
God bless this Marine. Prayers up for a full recovery.
Despite everything, there are still men who are gentlemen, who are brave, who are resolute, and who are kind. Thank God for them all.
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Needs repeating.
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