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Man Dead After Being Hit in Head by Skateboarder in Act of Self-Defense at Santa Ana Starbucks
ktla ^ | Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost,

Posted on 11/24/2015 3:26:00 PM PST by BenLurkin

The man, who seemed to be on drugs, went inside and zoned in on a young skateboarder, the witnesses said.

The man approached the skateboarder aggressively, prompting the young man to stand up and whack the first man once in the head. The witnesses described the incident as self-defense.

"He just came abruptly into the store, looked at the kid, and said, 'Did I stutter?'" a witness told KTLA. "He took at step forward towards the kid as if he were going to attack him, and that's when the kid hit him with the skateboard."

"He did what anybody, I guess, would do when they feel attacked. They're going to protect themselves," the witness said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: skateboard; starbucks
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To: BenLurkin
This is why Skateboards should be outlawed... </s>
21 posted on 11/24/2015 4:00:01 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: BenLurkin

Being that it’s CALIFORNIA, I sure hope he has INSURANCE on that skateboard, or he’s looking at some HUGE legal fees.


22 posted on 11/24/2015 4:13:28 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

According to the article the junkie was taking swings at random passersby, starting pounding on the glass storefront, and then confronted the skateboarder.


23 posted on 11/24/2015 4:19:38 PM PST by wideawake
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To: BenLurkin

Prayers up for the young man. I doubt he got up that morning with any plans of killing someone. Very hard to live with, I’m sure, even if the skater had no choice.


24 posted on 11/24/2015 4:22:25 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: BenLurkin

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Too bad the kid has to live with this now.


25 posted on 11/24/2015 4:37:32 PM PST by Boris99
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To: CivilWarBrewing

“Perhaps this kid deserved to be approached.”

Say he skated rudely, flipped him the finger, and got away. He goes into Starbucks and sits. IT’S OVER.
The Ahole who came in was now the aggressor and was no longer acting in defense.

And now he got his bully lamp blowed out.


26 posted on 11/24/2015 4:39:37 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: Boris99

“Too bad the kid has to live with this now.”

I prefer to think of it as “having the opportunity to live with it”.


27 posted on 11/24/2015 4:41:21 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: Artemis Webb

It sounds as though the altercation started outside the Starbucks, out of the eyes of the witnesses.


28 posted on 11/24/2015 4:42:11 PM PST by Eva
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To: BenLurkin

The weirdo should have remembered the first rule concerning “skateboards”. Always wear your helmet.

Better luck next time!


29 posted on 11/24/2015 5:12:01 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

Dead by Skateboard...


30 posted on 11/24/2015 5:25:04 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: BenLurkin

Did I stutter? BONK. No, but you did ring a bit.


31 posted on 11/24/2015 6:30:09 PM PST by GingisK
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To: CivilWarBrewing

If you follow someone into a building and then act like you’re going to attack them it doesn’t really matter what they *said* to you outside.

If there was a problem outside the skateboarder disengaged and went inside and was followed. No matter what might have happened outside the dead guy was now the aggressor.

This is basic stuff.


32 posted on 11/24/2015 6:33:02 PM PST by Johnny Carcinogen
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To: Johnny Carcinogen

That isn’t how the Washington Post saw fit to report the shooting at the Black Lives Matter protest.

Counter protesters were videoing (and heckling?) the protesters and left. A group/mob of BLM protesters pursued the leaving counter protesters. Some reports said that at least one counter protester was assaulted and then the gun fire started (non-lethal injuries).

And on the comments sections of the major news sites (I don’t read FR at work) libs said that ‘proved’ Saint Trayvon was justified to assault Zimmerman in the name of ‘self-defense’.


33 posted on 11/24/2015 8:27:09 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: GingisK

“Did I stutter?”

Famous Last Words


34 posted on 11/24/2015 8:50:14 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Once rigor sets, he’s got himself a body-board!


35 posted on 11/24/2015 9:07:21 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: BenLurkin

From that site is another story.

Skateboarder Shot in the Head Near Azusa; Investigation Underway
http://ktla.com/2015/09/07/skateboarder-shot-in-the-head-near-azusa-investigation-underway/


36 posted on 11/24/2015 9:30:46 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: BenLurkin
"He just came abruptly into the store, looked at the kid, and said, 'Did I stutter?'" a witness told KTLA. "He took at step forward towards the kid as if he were going to attack him, and that's when the kid hit him with the skateboard."

That's an alternate scenario. Did that disrupt the space-time continuum?


37 posted on 11/24/2015 9:36:59 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: a fool in paradise

The rules are obviously different for protected classes and leftists.


38 posted on 11/24/2015 10:23:18 PM PST by Johnny Carcinogen
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