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Kick-boxer thwarts would-be robber
The Charleston Post & Courier ^ | September 25, 2001 | The Charleston Post & Courier

Posted on 09/25/2001 1:06:50 PM PDT by aomagrat

A knife-wielding robber picked the wrong victim Sunday when he tried to hold up a man who is a trained kick-boxer, North Charleston police said.

The victim, 24, told police he was walking to his Crossroads Drive apartment at 12:40 a.m. when a man with a knife approached him and demanded cash. The victim kicked the knife out of the robber's hand and then punched him about the body, a police report said.

The robber swung at the victim, but the man jammed the suspect's right elbow. The robber ran off holding his arm, claiming it was broken, police said.

Police are still looking for the robber.


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Armed robber gets broken arm. I like it.
1 posted on 09/25/2001 1:06:50 PM PDT by aomagrat
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Uh-oh. I hope the kick-boxer has a good lawyer. I smell "lawsuit" over the broken arm.
2 posted on 09/25/2001 1:09:39 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty
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When 'victims' win, EVERYBODY wins. Next time anit-gun people spout off, everybody should remember that.
3 posted on 09/25/2001 1:10:38 PM PDT by madison46
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and then punched him about the body,

Bwahahahahaha. I love justice.

/john

4 posted on 09/25/2001 1:11:41 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper
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The robber swung at the victim, but the man jammed the suspect's right elbow. The robber ran off holding his arm, claiming it was broken, police said.

Dollars to donuts the robber sues the man for damages.

5 posted on 09/25/2001 1:12:44 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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DOH!!
6 posted on 09/25/2001 1:13:17 PM PDT by Justin Thyme
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Know what I like? The paper labelled the "victim" correctly!!
7 posted on 09/25/2001 1:14:37 PM PDT by lawgirl
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The victim kicked the knife out of the robber's hand and then punched him about the body, a police report said.

Now, WHO'S THE VICTIM? :-)

8 posted on 09/25/2001 1:15:10 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier
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Where's the statement from the police public relations officer telling us that this was not the safe way to handle the situation?
9 posted on 09/25/2001 1:17:26 PM PDT by Jolly Rodgers
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The victim kicked the knife out of the robber's hand and then punched him about the body, a police report said.

That's strange. I would have punched him about the knife and the threat. That must have been some really offensive body.

10 posted on 09/25/2001 1:18:01 PM PDT by sharktrager
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Armed robber gets broken arm. I like it.

Robber Dis-Armed!!

11 posted on 09/25/2001 1:18:08 PM PDT by DrNo
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YO,Charleston Post & Courier! How can we look at this article objectively without printing the race of the two people involved?
13 posted on 09/25/2001 1:30:54 PM PDT by Mark
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Time to register shoes.
14 posted on 09/25/2001 1:45:19 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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To: madison46
A good example of the need for more stringent Foot Control
15 posted on 09/25/2001 1:48:07 PM PDT by Puppage
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LOL....hehehehe Good one
16 posted on 09/25/2001 1:52:01 PM PDT by madison46
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Looks like it happen in South Carolina...where liberals haven't turned people into a 'State of Cowards'
17 posted on 09/25/2001 1:53:54 PM PDT by madison46
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The knife was already gone, so standard boxing doctrine is to cut off the air supply by bruising the lungs and chest muscles, and breaking ribs. 'Tis kind of hard to continue the fight if you can't breathe.
18 posted on 09/25/2001 1:58:18 PM PDT by steveegg (Unfortunately, he didn't do a good-enough job on the ribs because the perp's still running)
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The robber swung at the victim, but the man jammed the suspect's right elbow

Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark.

19 posted on 09/25/2001 2:09:30 PM PDT by TonyInOhio
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but the man jammed the suspect's right elbow

I hate to be niave, but what, exactly, does that mean?

20 posted on 09/25/2001 2:23:48 PM PDT by lafroste
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