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Shotgun-wielding Avondale man saves wife after she is attacked while walking dog
al.com ^ | December 9, 2014 | Carol Robinson

Posted on 12/09/2014 10:18:35 AM PST by boycott

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A woman who just finished walking her dog in Avondale this morning was attacked when a man apparently followed her home and forced his way inside.

The woman wasn't injured, and was rescued when her husband awoke.

Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said the incident happened at 4:56 a.m. The woman was walking her dog in the 3800 block of Fifth Avenue South.

When she finished and opened the door to her apartment, the assailant forced his way in behind her. He pushed her down and covered her mouth with his hand to keep her from screaming.

The husband was in the bedroom asleep, and heard his wife yelling. He rushed out to the living room, and the two men got into a fight, Edwards said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; avondale; banglist; dog; shotgun; wife
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Here's another article on the same crime:

http://www.myfoxal.com/story/27585140/police-husband-fights-burglary-suspect-who-attacked-his-wife

" .... and when she returned to her apartment, an unknown black male forced his way in behind her."

Hands up! Don't shoot!

1 posted on 12/09/2014 10:18:35 AM PST by boycott
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To: boycott

Where was the dog?


2 posted on 12/09/2014 10:19:21 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: boycott

Basically, the worst possible area of Birmingham to live, and you could write up three or four robbery articles like this daily from the area. Nothing new.

It’s the one town in the state that you need to stay on the interstate and never leave via any exit...even for gas.


3 posted on 12/09/2014 10:22:22 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: boycott

These thugs are making all black men look bad. Because of a few, the many will suffer.


4 posted on 12/09/2014 10:23:14 AM PST by ForAmerica (Texas Conservative Christian *born again believer in Jesus Christ* Black Man!)
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To: pepsionice

The Mobile area, Montgomery, and Huntsville also have areas that I wouldn’t stop to get gas.


5 posted on 12/09/2014 10:24:40 AM PST by boycott
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To: boycott

She needs to get a bigger dog; or a Chow Chow or two.


6 posted on 12/09/2014 10:25:28 AM PST by LambSlave
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To: pepsionice
Basically, the worst possible area of Birmingham to live, and you could write up three or four robbery articles like this daily from the area. Nothing new.

It’s the one town in the state that you need to stay on the interstate and never leave via any exit...even for gas.


When we drive through on our way to Florida traveling NE to SE (skipping Atlanta) it seems like we have to drive through some tough places. Is there a better way through town? I have stopped for gas there once, felt good to be packing.

7 posted on 12/09/2014 10:25:53 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: ForAmerica

These thugs are making all black men look bad. Because of a few, the many will suffer.


There are a lot of very good black men. No doubts about that. Unfortunately, violent crime is far to common among blacks.


8 posted on 12/09/2014 10:27:00 AM PST by boycott
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To: ForAmerica
These thugs are making all black men look bad. Because of a few, the many will suffer.

The 80% that make the other 20% look bad.

9 posted on 12/09/2014 10:27:15 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: boycott; pepsionice

I use that crime show “The First 48” as a guide of cities to avoid...and Birmingham’s a pretty prominent player there.


10 posted on 12/09/2014 10:27:55 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: ForAmerica
These thugs are making all black men look bad. Because of a few, the many will suffer.

Damn right, and it should be that way! According to the Blacks and the Dems
all whites are racist for being White. It's the perfect recipe to keep Blacks
on the Democrat plantation for votes. Create resentment and keep Blacks from being
hired and on the Gov dole. If Blacks are smart they're sure Stupid for falling for this crap!

11 posted on 12/09/2014 10:29:18 AM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: boycott

A future martyr for the cause of Thugocracy I guess


12 posted on 12/09/2014 10:31:21 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: ForAmerica

It is more than a few.


13 posted on 12/09/2014 10:32:09 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: from occupied ga; kevslisababy

See comment #9...perfect! :)


14 posted on 12/09/2014 10:32:21 AM PST by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: ForAmerica

Young black males commit a huge percentage of the violent crimes in this country


15 posted on 12/09/2014 10:32:21 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: from occupied ga

I don’t think it is 80% bad, 20% good. Maybe it is 5% bad, 95% good. But 5% is a large number.


16 posted on 12/09/2014 10:33:06 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: boycott
Shogun-wielding Avondale man

At least that's how my eyes read it the first time, and the picture of a man swinging Tokugawa Ieyasu around his head in preparation for assaulting the burglars temporarily entered my mind...

17 posted on 12/09/2014 10:34:33 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ForAmerica

IT all depends on the population mix of any given area, but I have encountered many more scary whites and non-blacks than I have blacks. Just in my own personal experience.

Wonder what color the dog was.


18 posted on 12/09/2014 10:34:52 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: pepsionice

I drive through there when I go that way to Virginia, and I have always made sure to never need to get gas while in the area.


19 posted on 12/09/2014 10:38:49 AM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Maybe it is 5% bad, 95% good

Blacks at 12.6% of the general population constitute 60+% of the prison population. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime.

20 posted on 12/09/2014 10:41:00 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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