[SmithL]

Marching Band is a full-contact sport?

Things have changed since I last marched.

[gwilhelm56]

**Final score: marching band 2, thugs 0.”**

And the school managed to keep it’s designation as a GUN FREE ZONE???

Give that young lady a MEDAL!!!

[ClearCase_guy]

[Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Michael Rust] says there's a clear message to take from the encounter:

"Citizens should arm themselves."? No? He said something different?

[llevrok]

Had she gone to 4-4 time instead of 3-4, they’d be dead.

[J40000]

YES! I tell my kids all the time that no matter how big a creep is, EVERYone can be hurt if hit in the right places.

You GO, girl!

[VRWCmember]

Hey, if marching band were easy it would be called football; and if color guard were easy it would be called “drill team”.

[VRWCmember]

The muggers are just lucky she didn’t use her saber on them.

[bgill]

Woo hoo! Band nerds rule! You go, girl!

[Responsibility2nd]

“Girl beats back muggers with marching band baton”

As headlines go, this is all well and good.

But this one. This one slippped by the editors somewhow...

Girl beats off muggers with marching band baton

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_MARCHING_BAND_BEATING?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT