insomnomaniac

Don't do this in Boston

It's a good thing this happened in Atlanta.

ATLANTA A group of robbers in Atlanta picked the wrong victim.

Police say former Marine Thomas Autry fought off four attackers last night with a pocket knife. They say he killed one and seriously wounded another.

Detective Danny Stephens says Autry was walking home from his waiter job when attackers armed with a shotgun and a pistol chased him. The detective says Autry pulled the knife out of his backpack when the group caught him.

Stephens says the 36-year-old's "training kicked in and he knew what to do." He kicked the shotgun out of one attacker's hands and stabbed a 17-year-old girl who jumped on him, as well as a man who also attacked.

The suspects fled, but police say they found them at a hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead.
Stephens says they face robbery and aggravated assault charges and are suspected in other robberies over the past week. Autry will not be charged.

In Boston, or anywhere in Massachusetts for that matter, this Marine would not only be charged, he'd be accused of some kind of hate crime I'm sure. Meanwhile, the thugs who attacked him would be defended, candlelight vigils would be held in their honor, and there would be strident cries for better "Knife control" to prevent anyone else from surviving such an attack wantonly killing misguided youths ever again.

All I can say about this Marine myself is "HOO-RAH!"
[Thanks to Lee for the link.]

Posted by insomnomaniac at May 31, 2006 11:02 PM | TrackBack