Robber's day ... is that something akin to St. Patricks Day, or Remembrance Day? It seems only fair that the robber's get their own day...
My bad jokes and similar bad taste aside, this 84-year-old guy really made my day. Sweet!
California -- A teenager may have been fooled by his intended victim's appearance. The would-be robber threatened an 84-year-old Santa Rosa man with a knife Wednesday afternoon, saying he wanted the man's wallet, according to pressdemocrat.com.
The elderly target put his grocery bags down. He then informed the young man he had been threatened by knives and bayonets before -- having fought in three wars as a U.S. Marine. He made it quite clear that the teen would be sorry if he came too close.
When the would-be robber stepped toward him, he proved his point by kicked the young criminal in the groin, according to police.
The teenager, who was estimated to be 15 or 16 years old, was reportedly left doubled over on the sidewalk around 1:15 p.m.
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Soldier killed
In Scotland, s killer has been jailed for nine years and seven months for fatally stabbing a soldier who returned home after surviving two tours of duty in Iraq, according to theherald.co.uk.
The 23-year-old soldier was celebrating Hogmanay in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, when he was stabbed with a martial arts butterfly knife. The Lance Corporal in the Royal Highland Fusiliers was killed after he went to check his cousin was safe after fighting broke out.
The 25-year-old killer then stabbed the young soldier in the groin before running away. The victim died in hospital after the knife attack despite efforts to resuscitate him.
The 23-year-old soldier was celebrating Hogmanay in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, when he was stabbed with a martial arts butterfly knife. The Lance Corporal in the Royal Highland Fusiliers was killed after he went to check his cousin was safe after fighting broke out.
The 25-year-old killer then stabbed the young soldier in the groin before running away. The victim died in hospital after the knife attack despite efforts to resuscitate him.
Friday, September 28, 2007
I wonder...
Inrich.com reports about a 31-year-old former Sheriff's deputy and US Marine.
While out on bond, he broke into his wife's house October 30, 2006 and assaulted her at gunpoint while their infant daughter was there.
Authorities say the man, armed and wearing a mask, attempted to subdue his wife with duct tape. She fought back and broke free, at which point the gun fired and the man was struck in the right bicep.
Maybe, just maybe, this should indicate that being a man - and even having more than average training and preparation - proves no guarantee that a woman can not outsmart or outfight you...
If you need another 3500 examples (now soon 4000), you can read more about it here.
While out on bond, he broke into his wife's house October 30, 2006 and assaulted her at gunpoint while their infant daughter was there.
Authorities say the man, armed and wearing a mask, attempted to subdue his wife with duct tape. She fought back and broke free, at which point the gun fired and the man was struck in the right bicep.
Maybe, just maybe, this should indicate that being a man - and even having more than average training and preparation - proves no guarantee that a woman can not outsmart or outfight you...
If you need another 3500 examples (now soon 4000), you can read more about it here.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
A "toy"?
You may have heard about the British woman who was shot and killed by police recently. She was waving a "toy" gun around ...
Story:
They're so realistic, the U.S. military uses them for simulation training, but they're all the rage during adolescent play.
Toy guns that are marketed to "make you feel like you're 'packing' the real thing," airsoft guns are also fast becoming a problem - actually mistaken for the real thing - and have many fearing big problems could follow these small-pellet shooting guns.
Airsoft guns are BB-style toy guns that use plastic pellets actually much larger - so less likely to break skin upon impact - than regular BBs. They're sold, over the Internet and in retail stores in some states, in many models, including pistols and rifles, that look just like the real thing.
An alarming concern is when the toy guns are mistaken for the real thing in dangerous situations.
Last month, a Framingham teenager fleeing police tossed an airsoft gun on the ground during chase, and police thought it was an actual weapon. No one was injured. Earlier this month, police nearly shot a teenage boy in California when they found him and two others playing with the toy guns on an elementary school playground, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
Source
Story:
They're so realistic, the U.S. military uses them for simulation training, but they're all the rage during adolescent play.
Toy guns that are marketed to "make you feel like you're 'packing' the real thing," airsoft guns are also fast becoming a problem - actually mistaken for the real thing - and have many fearing big problems could follow these small-pellet shooting guns.
Airsoft guns are BB-style toy guns that use plastic pellets actually much larger - so less likely to break skin upon impact - than regular BBs. They're sold, over the Internet and in retail stores in some states, in many models, including pistols and rifles, that look just like the real thing.
An alarming concern is when the toy guns are mistaken for the real thing in dangerous situations.
Last month, a Framingham teenager fleeing police tossed an airsoft gun on the ground during chase, and police thought it was an actual weapon. No one was injured. Earlier this month, police nearly shot a teenage boy in California when they found him and two others playing with the toy guns on an elementary school playground, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
Source
Thursday, December 28, 2006
"To be expected"
Suzanne Swift went AWOL in January to avoid deployment with a battalion in which she underwent repeated incidents of sexual harassment and abuse. Now she is being thrown in the brig while only one of her three alleged transgressors has received so much as a letter of reprimand.
Swift’s former lawyer said that when Swift was targeted for sexual harassment by her platoon sergeant in Kuwait in February 2005 and was then manipulated into having sex with another superior in Iraq later that year, she did not file a formal complaint out of fear.
Her alleged assailant in Iraq "made it very clear to her that there would be real repercussions if she reported it, and she believed him," the lawyer said.
A study headed by Anne Sadler, coordinator of the post-traumatic stress clinical team at the Veterans Administration hospital in Iowa City, found that Swift’s experience was not uncommon.
That nationwide survey, which included women whose terms of service fell between 1961 and 2003, found that more than three-quarters of the respondents reported experiencing sexual harassment during their military service; a third suffered one or more completed or attempted rapes.
However, only 26 percent of the rape survivors reported it through official channels while in active duty. The most common reasons given were fear that the report would negatively impact the survivor’s career or make things worse. A belief that nothing would be done and fear that they would be blamed by their co-workers were also prominent concerns. A shocking 19 percent thought that "rape [is] an expected part of military service."
Source
Swift’s former lawyer said that when Swift was targeted for sexual harassment by her platoon sergeant in Kuwait in February 2005 and was then manipulated into having sex with another superior in Iraq later that year, she did not file a formal complaint out of fear.
Her alleged assailant in Iraq "made it very clear to her that there would be real repercussions if she reported it, and she believed him," the lawyer said.
A study headed by Anne Sadler, coordinator of the post-traumatic stress clinical team at the Veterans Administration hospital in Iowa City, found that Swift’s experience was not uncommon.
That nationwide survey, which included women whose terms of service fell between 1961 and 2003, found that more than three-quarters of the respondents reported experiencing sexual harassment during their military service; a third suffered one or more completed or attempted rapes.
However, only 26 percent of the rape survivors reported it through official channels while in active duty. The most common reasons given were fear that the report would negatively impact the survivor’s career or make things worse. A belief that nothing would be done and fear that they would be blamed by their co-workers were also prominent concerns. A shocking 19 percent thought that "rape [is] an expected part of military service."
Source
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Recipe for success?
I'm not quite sure if this is such a good idea. On the other hand - doing nothing has many times shown to be an even worse idea.
Story:
Burleson, Texas -- Youngsters in a suburban Fort Worth, Texas, school district are being taught not to sit there like good boys and girls with their hands folded if a gunman invades the classroom, but to rush him and hit him with everything they've got -- books, pencils, legs and arms.
"Getting under desks and praying for rescue from professionals is not a recipe for success," said Robin Browne, a major in the British Army reserve and an instructor for Response Options, the company providing the training to the Burleson schools.
That kind of fight-back advice is all but unheard of among schools, and some fear it will get children killed.
But school officials in Burleson said they are drawing on the lessons learned from a string of disasters such as Columbine in 1999 and the Amish schoolhouse attack in Pennsylvania last week.
Source
Story:
Burleson, Texas -- Youngsters in a suburban Fort Worth, Texas, school district are being taught not to sit there like good boys and girls with their hands folded if a gunman invades the classroom, but to rush him and hit him with everything they've got -- books, pencils, legs and arms.
"Getting under desks and praying for rescue from professionals is not a recipe for success," said Robin Browne, a major in the British Army reserve and an instructor for Response Options, the company providing the training to the Burleson schools.
That kind of fight-back advice is all but unheard of among schools, and some fear it will get children killed.
But school officials in Burleson said they are drawing on the lessons learned from a string of disasters such as Columbine in 1999 and the Amish schoolhouse attack in Pennsylvania last week.
Source
Friday, August 25, 2006
Surprised by the numbers
Surveys that showed almost 20 percent of female cadets at The Citadel said they had been sexually assaulted since enrolling surprised some of the military school's female grads.
The college this week released surveys taken last spring in which almost 20 percent of the female cadets and 4 percent of male cadets said they were sexually assaulted since enrolling. The news made headlines nationwide but the effect on recruiting women cadets is unclear.
Nancy Mace, the college's first female graduate, said the numbers were about on par with other colleges, but The Citadel is held to a higher standard "and that's the surprise here."
Source
The college this week released surveys taken last spring in which almost 20 percent of the female cadets and 4 percent of male cadets said they were sexually assaulted since enrolling. The news made headlines nationwide but the effect on recruiting women cadets is unclear.
Nancy Mace, the college's first female graduate, said the numbers were about on par with other colleges, but The Citadel is held to a higher standard "and that's the surprise here."
Source
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Pocketknife, tactical skills
I strongly advice you to read these two stories.
They're about the same incident - a former US marine being attacked by four robbers armed with a shotgun and a gun.
It shows how this brave man sees himself and carries himself with sorrow and dignity in light of the tragic outcome (one of the assailants were killed).
It also shows how he did everything "by the book" as far as self-defense goes: Trying to run, yelling "fire", seeking a lighted area, choosing the place for the stand-off, fighting multiple attackers, using hands and feet to create distance, seizing opportunities, etc.
And it also points to the potential danger of even a small blade like a pocket knife.
Story:
A 36-year-old former Marine cook used a pocketknife to fend off a group of would-be robbers, killing one and wounding another, police said.
Thomas Autry, who authorities said will not be charged, was walking home from his job waiting tables Monday night when four people got out of a car and chased him, Atlanta police detective Danny Stephens said. One attacker had a shotgun, and another had a pistol.
Source 1 - Source 2
They're about the same incident - a former US marine being attacked by four robbers armed with a shotgun and a gun.
It shows how this brave man sees himself and carries himself with sorrow and dignity in light of the tragic outcome (one of the assailants were killed).
It also shows how he did everything "by the book" as far as self-defense goes: Trying to run, yelling "fire", seeking a lighted area, choosing the place for the stand-off, fighting multiple attackers, using hands and feet to create distance, seizing opportunities, etc.
And it also points to the potential danger of even a small blade like a pocket knife.
Story:
A 36-year-old former Marine cook used a pocketknife to fend off a group of would-be robbers, killing one and wounding another, police said.
Thomas Autry, who authorities said will not be charged, was walking home from his job waiting tables Monday night when four people got out of a car and chased him, Atlanta police detective Danny Stephens said. One attacker had a shotgun, and another had a pistol.
Source 1 - Source 2
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Sudan
Four girls were attacked by two armed militias in uniform whilst collecting firewood outside the camp on 7 March 2006, around 11:30 a.m.
During the attack, one of the men assaulted one of the girls and attempted to rape her. When the girl resisted, the man began to beat her.
In defence, she grabbed the knife she had been using to cut the firewood and stabbed the attacker in the stomach. The four girls then managed to escape and returned to Seraif camp. Allegedly the girls reported the incident to police officers inside the camp who refused to file the case.
In the afternoon of the same day, police officers inside the camp were informed of the death of a stabbing victim - the man who was stabbed by the girl.
Following this news, the police officers immediately arrested the four girls on suspicion of murder. The girls were initially detained for five days and charged with murder.
Three of the girls were later released, but it is reported that Ms. Amouna Mohamed Ahmed (17), remains in detention and is awaiting trial for murder.
Source
During the attack, one of the men assaulted one of the girls and attempted to rape her. When the girl resisted, the man began to beat her.
In defence, she grabbed the knife she had been using to cut the firewood and stabbed the attacker in the stomach. The four girls then managed to escape and returned to Seraif camp. Allegedly the girls reported the incident to police officers inside the camp who refused to file the case.
In the afternoon of the same day, police officers inside the camp were informed of the death of a stabbing victim - the man who was stabbed by the girl.
Following this news, the police officers immediately arrested the four girls on suspicion of murder. The girls were initially detained for five days and charged with murder.
Three of the girls were later released, but it is reported that Ms. Amouna Mohamed Ahmed (17), remains in detention and is awaiting trial for murder.
Source
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