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.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsbtv.com ...
And some folks wonder why anybody would need "high capacity" (standard capacity) magazines.
“This would not happen in Texas.”
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Never!
Police seek leads after deadly mob attack
Texas — Police pleaded for witnesses who saw an angry mob fatally attack a man in a car that struck and injured a toddler.
Police said Thursday they had no additional information in the investigation into the death of David Rivas Morales, who had been defending the driver from a crowd beating.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19332252/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
It’s legal now.
Just don’t let the cops see you carrying.
Not kidding on both.
To venture onto a MARTA train at night is risky at best and foolish at worst.
When I was in high school my friends and I once played hooky and rode the north-south line all day long. This was the mid-80’s. I haven’t set foot on a MARTA train in at least 10 years.
The demographical majority have always made it VERY clear to those of us of European descent that we are in their territory and are not welcome.
Rawhide - remember Bernie Getz.
I am still scratching my head over anyone being intimidated by the Black Panther thugs in Philly during the last election - that primed the pump no doubt...
Carry on MARTA, with a valid Georgia Firearms License/Georgia Weapons License has been legal since 2008, IIRC...
rather be a breathing felon than a dead sheep.
>>As good an argument as I’ve ever seen to get your CCW.<<
No, that’s as good an argument as I’ve ever seen to get your Congressman to fight for Constitutional Carry. Americans are getting too damn comfortable with begging for their rights. Get off your knees!
Big Fat Polish Lady........That’s racist
A .45ACP travels a bit slower than a 9mm, besides they make HPs for .45s as well, nasty as they come...
Great post, and your tag line is one of the best I’ve ever seen!
A volleyball acquaintance of mine intervened when he saw a young man beating up a young woman. In the course of the man to man altercation, my acquaintance threw the assailant off of a building.
Which resulted in my acquaintance’s Felony conviction for Assault.
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. A good lawyer could very likely get you off of the charges. Don’t say anything but “I was afraid for my life.”
People ran, and so did the MBTA workers. No one helped us. "
That's got to change.
people in Atlanta don’t know how to defend themselves? Get a firearm and learn how to use it...or be content with being a victim.
When I travel through Atlanta by auto I never stop anywhere within its metro area. Just make sure that I don’t have to get gas there. Another consideration, aside from the obvious, is that my carry permit is not good in Georgia.
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