Posted on 04/20/2011 11:11:52 AM PDT by rawhide
ATLANTA -- Two Delta Airlines employees were attacked on a MARTA train
MARTA police said they were investigating the incident. A witness said he watched the violent attack unfold Sunday.
"We were intimidated. Everyone was terrified. People were trying to run, but there was nowhere to run," the man, who requested anonymity, told Channel 2's Erica Byfield.
Around midnight, a MARTA train pulled up to the Garnett Station in Downtown Atlanta, authorities said. The witness said up to 30 people boarded the southbound train.
"Once the doors opened, it was like a bum rush of people," he told Byfield. "The next thing you know, they started just beating him. There was blood everywhere. People were hollering and screaming," he said.
A MARTA police report identified two victims as Delta Airlines employees. The report said one victim had a soda can smashed in his face and his wallet stolen, while the other was punched repeatedly in his face.
The witness said the attackers were teens chanting "B. F. P. L."
"I don't know if that's a gang," the witness said.
By the time the train made it to West End stop, some riders were desperate to get off, but the car doors would not open, the witness said.
"So basically we were just trapped," he said.
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You sure about that? It said from Garnett Station to West End which is headed to the airport. Next station north of Garnett is 5 Points I think.
Garnett’s on the east-west line, and the airport’s on the north-south line.
Dude, I’ve ridden Marta for the last 8 years, and I have had ZERO run ins. I’ve only seen two.
OK I suck. Garnett IS on the North-south line.
I only work in .40 cal. 9mm is underpowered and .45 gives too few rounds.
Actually, most of Atlanta is still just fine. There are some very good suburban communities fairly close in - full of decent working class and middle class people, black and white. You just have to know where they are.
The Peachtree Street corridor is still o.k. in the daytime (and even at night, within reason, i.e. don't be prowling around after midnight), and yes, there are still many very pretty girls working in the offices along Peachtree.
West of Connector isn't that bad anymore. Since the gentrification from 14th and Howell Mill down to Coca-Cola and the Aquarium, the bad actors have mostly moved further west. They still come over and mug Georgia Tech students because they know they are not armed. My grandfather (Tech '18 EE) would not recognize the wussy, screaming liberal, politically-correct administration at Tech today. But he would have a thing or two to say to them.
I was thinking more of the area from Ponce south into the Renaissance Parkway, Boulevard, and Auburn area. Much worse than the Tech/Williams St. area IMHO.
I'll keep my eye peeled for the next FR get-together.
If they were going to, or from ATL, they probably couldn’t carry, even if they had a permit.
A lot of workplaces won’t tolerate armed employees, either. For instance, at my job, they’d lose it completely if someone carried concealed on site.
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Oh, yeah, good point about that area. Not a place someone traveling through would be likely to end up in. And yes, from the north Connector West roughly to the railroad tracks isn’t bad, but across the tracks all bets are off. And of course I-20 West from the Connector to the Perimeter - fuggetaboutit!
The media wasn't in favor of it, of course.
I don’t get it. Is he singing about his car?
After a lawsuit several years ago, employers in GA are not allowed to prohibit licensed owners from having arms in vehicles even on company property nor can they search the vehicles except under four narrow circumstances.
The problem with public transportation is that it’s public.
Uh....I think you got that backward, my friend. The .45 has long been valued for its stopping power.
The 9mm has higher velocity and energy.
It’s sort of like the 9mm is a high speed knife and the .45 is a high speed metal dowl.
Ah yes, the "disappearing coverage" phenomenon. The breathless coverage of how the sky will fall if the bill passes, and then when it passes, absolutely no mention of it at all. And no follow up later when against all urine soaked mattress predictions, the world doesn't end, concealed carry holders don't gun down hoardes of Mexicans and blacks in the streets, etc.
They probably just happened to be at the wtong place at the wrong time. Maybe an hour before or after...
Two through the chest stops 'em cold...I don't want them advancing towards me even in slow motion. Ever see that study on how quickly an attacker with a knife can close a 21ft distance? Remember that a dying man can still harm you...a dead one cannot.
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