Posted on 03/31/2015 12:58:39 PM PDT by lowbridge
A heroic act of a D.C. man may have helped save a woman who was being raped.
The man picked up a stick and a brick and repeatedly hit the suspect, who was later caught by police. This all unfolded early Tuesday on 16th Street, Northwest.
Ketrell Ferguson says he doesn't want to be called a hero, but by any measure of the word that's exactly what he is to a woman who was being sexually assaulted.
“I just cracked him as hard as I could, and when I cracked him he got off here and he started running,” said Ferguson.
Court documents accuse 23-year-old Alemen Gonzalo of both sexual abuse and kidnapping.
“I could see there's a struggle going on. I thought it was two men on the ground struggling trying to rob him or whatever,” said Ferguson.
Ferguson says when he realized it was a woman on the ground being attacked, he decided right then to save her.
“I picked up a stick and a brick, and I went down there walked soft as possible,” said Ferguson.
Identified as a witness in police reports, Ferguson started hitting the suspect again and again-- until he ran away.
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Another of those wonderful "unaccompanied children."
Walk softly but carry a hard brick........
Yea, but isn’t this one of “God’s Children” or whatever McCain called them?
Walk softly and carry a big stick...
Wow, the hero could be Obama’s son.
Its hard to get a license for a brick in D.C.
He hit him until he ran away which means to me that he didn’t hit him hard enough.
“I picked up a stick and a brick, and I went down there walked soft as possible,” said Ferguson.”
They’ll get him for stalking.
“After his arrest, the suspect in this case was taken to Washington Hospital Center to close head wounds that he received during the incident.”
Had to stitch his head closed.
Any more, and he’d get arrested in D.C.
According to Jeb, the guy was just committing an act of love.
Sticks and bricks will soon require a background check for anyone planning to use them.
In some states they’d probably prosecute the hero
Sticks and bricks will break my, oh never mind....
Its hard to get a license for a brick in D.C.”
...LOL!
They are called Ferguson gift cards.
An heroic act by a young black man who looks like a hipster. Well done, young man!! Beat that creepazoid like a bad dog!
And 16th St NW? Ordinarily one of the better main streets where a woman should feel safe walking around.
Good on this guy!
Excellent point!
Though OTOH it’s probably a lot of fun to get to express anger in a perfectly righteous manner.
Should have hit him harder.
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