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vailpass · 05-30-2006, 01:49 PM

I love it.

Former Marine fends off Atlanta robbers

ATLANTA (AP) -- A former Marine used a pocket knife 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, had been 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 of the attackers had a shotgun and another had a pistol, Stephens said.

The suspects caught up with Autry, who yelled for help and pulled a knife out of his backpack. He kicked the shotgun out of one of the attacker's hands and stabbed both a 17-year-old girl who jumped on him and a man who also attacked him.

The suspects fled in their car but police found them later at a hospital where the girl was pronounced dead. The man stabbed in the incident was in critical condition, Stephens said.

Autry's attackers will face robbery and aggravated assault charges and are suspected in other robberies over the past week, Stephen said.

Stephens credited Autry's military training with helping him fend off the group.

"I would say he had to do what he had to do to stop the threat," Stephens said. "You can tell his training kicked in and he knew what to do."

Autry, 36, suffered a cut to his hand and a bruise on his chest, Stephens said.

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Duck Dog · 05-30-2006, 03:22 PM

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The suspects fled in their car but police found them later at a hospital where the girl was pronounced dead.

Semper Fi, bitch

ct · 05-30-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DubbleDownBKU

In a twisted way, he actually probably saved an innocent baby.

A most excellent point!!

vailpass · 05-30-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Someone is going to claim he killed an innocent baby.

The lack of a criminal conviction, or even accusation, usually prempts any civil action. Given the facts of this case that would seem doubly true.

Even if someone wanted to pervert the justice system by attempting to bring suit in this case there is one key element that is missing. An element without which there is not a plaintiff's attorney in the country willing to suffer the slings and arrows of this or any civil suit:
Deep pockets.

KCChiefsMan · 05-30-2006, 05:24 PM

thats awesome! I wish I could kick ass like that if I needed to!

Garcia Bronco · 05-30-2006, 06:33 PM

It was a shrewd move to stab the woman first...this probably demoralized his enemy.

redbrian · 05-30-2006, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ImAWalkingCorpse

That is very good. I wish the girl wouldn't have died maybe she would have had a chance to learn her lesson. But ohh well.

Occupational hazard, part of the risk for being a street thug.

listopencil · 05-30-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by shakesthecat

It's only too bad he didn't kill all of them

Yep.

OldTownChief · 05-30-2006, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

It was a shrewd move to stab the woman first...this probably demoralized his enemy.

The woman was clinging to his back like a monkey.

penchief · 05-30-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

This will put the liberals in a bind...People who cherish partial-birth abortions on one hand will have trouble bitching about this scenario on the other hand even though they love coming to the aid of the "downtrodden" (murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc)...

What a load of crap. Why would you even suggest that anybody would want to come to the aid of murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc.? That's getting pretty ridiculous.

By the way, I liked the story, too.

Pitt Gorilla · 05-30-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hawkchief

When should we expect the riots to start in Atlanta over this?

Why would there be riots?

Immaculate · 05-30-2006, 08:42 PM

That's justice.

jettio · 05-30-2006, 09:36 PM

That is more of a sad story than anything to celebrate.

Link to the story and videos.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9290011/detail.html

The fella that defended himself has a lot better perspective on the tragedy of the event than the sad posts in this thread.

Not surprising that vailpass would start a thread that becomes a racist pow-wow, where people mistakenly assume that the ex-marine is caucasian and where there is endless stoopid crap about riots and black protests.

And people really need to be a lot less stupid about when people bring lawsuits. No lawyer would take a case under the apparent facts that the guy acted in self-defense.

Potential defendants in civil cases can demand to have a jury decide a case. There is no way a jury would find against a guy that defended himself. As a matter of fact, there is no way that the case could even get to a jury.

The only court case out of this will be for the robbers, and depending on the felony murder rule in Georgia, they could be put away for a real long time.

**Rausch** · 05-30-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jettio

That is more of a sad story than anything to celebrate.

Link to the story and videos.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9290011/detail.html

The fella that defended himself has a lot better perspective on the tragedy of the event than the sad posts in this thread.

Not surprising that vailpass would start a thread that becomes a racist pow-wow, where people mistakenly assume that the ex-marine is caucasian and where there is endless stoopid crap about riots and black protests.

Who said the Marine was white?

I'm guessing the thugs were brown and red from the fear-induced-colon-puking and general ruination of their asses...

jettio · 05-30-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

Who said the Marine was white?

I'm guessing the thugs were brown and red from the fear-induced-colon-puking and general ruination of their asses...

Not only are you too stooopid to see the obvious, you actually seem to think that the guy defending himself had a great time.

He did not lie in wait with the intent of putting "general ruination" on anyone, and your remark is not funny. It is sick.

Seems that fear and resentment of criminals has poisoned your soul. Damn shame really.

Monkeylook4food · 05-30-2006, 10:17 PM

Does anybody remember back when Jettio was funny?

05-30-2006, 01:49 PM
vailpass Psycho Bag Of Squanch Join Date: Sep 2001 Casino cash: $9594244	U.S. Marine 1, Punk Gangsta' Thugs 0 I love it. Former Marine fends off Atlanta robbers ATLANTA (AP) -- A former Marine used a pocket knife 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, had been 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 of the attackers had a shotgun and another had a pistol, Stephens said. The suspects caught up with Autry, who yelled for help and pulled a knife out of his backpack. He kicked the shotgun out of one of the attacker's hands and stabbed both a 17-year-old girl who jumped on him and a man who also attacked him. The suspects fled in their car but police found them later at a hospital where the girl was pronounced dead. The man stabbed in the incident was in critical condition, Stephens said. Autry's attackers will face robbery and aggravated assault charges and are suspected in other robberies over the past week, Stephen said. Stephens credited Autry's military training with helping him fend off the group. "I would say he had to do what he had to do to stop the threat," Stephens said. "You can tell his training kicked in and he knew what to do." Autry, 36, suffered a cut to his hand and a bruise on his chest, Stephens said. http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/sto...5-30-11-23-01; © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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jettio MVP Join Date: Sep 2002 Casino cash: $4874930	That is more of a sad story than anything to celebrate. Link to the story and videos. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9290011/detail.html The fella that defended himself has a lot better perspective on the tragedy of the event than the sad posts in this thread. Not surprising that vailpass would start a thread that becomes a racist pow-wow, where people mistakenly assume that the ex-marine is caucasian and where there is endless stoopid crap about riots and black protests. And people really need to be a lot less stupid about when people bring lawsuits. No lawyer would take a case under the apparent facts that the guy acted in self-defense. Potential defendants in civil cases can demand to have a jury decide a case. There is no way a jury would find against a guy that defended himself. As a matter of fact, there is no way that the case could even get to a jury. The only court case out of this will be for the robbers, and depending on the felony murder rule in Georgia, they could be put away for a real long time. __________________ Where Ignorance is Bliss, 'Tis Folly to be Wise. __
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