Posted on 05/09/2013 4:31:05 AM PDT by Daffynition
MAY 8--The Cleveland man credited with helping free female captives from a house of horrors is a convicted felon whose rap sheet includes three separate domestic violence convictions that resulted in prison terms, court records show.
Charles Ramsey, whose 911 call and subsequent TV interviews have made him a microcelebrity, was once a repeat spousal abuser whose marriage ended in divorce following a 2003 felony conviction for battering his wife.
Ramsey, 43, has said that when he heard captive Amanda Berry screaming and trying to escape from neighbor Ariel Castro’s home on Monday, "I figured it’s a domestic violence dispute.” Ramsey has also reportedly said that he went to help Berry because he “was raised to help women in distress.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...
Charles Ramsey tells Anderson Cooper in an interview:
When he asked him about the reward that the FBI is offering, he showed himself to be even more respectable and humble by matter of factly saying:
“I tell you what you do, give it to them. ‘Cause if folks been following this case since last night and they’ve been following me, you know I got a job anyway.”
**they should give the reward to the kidnapped girls, now women, he rescued. **
Ramsey is smart. Street smart. Good on him.
Wish the media would spend as much resource/ink into investigating the Cleveland police department as to why so many clues that fell in their laps, fell through the cracks.
“Help himself.”
Maybe there was an invasion of grace?
Just amazing how effective the media has been at getting information in this case. Amazing (Benghazi, Boston terror attack, etc., etc.)
So... all over the media is Ramsey’s past as a domestic abuser.... Yet, they have to be dragged kicking and screaming to cover the atrocities of one Kermit Gosnell.
Remember the homeless dude with the golden voice who was “discovered” on YouTube, cleaned himself up and is now the voiceover for Kraft Mac and Cheese?
Sometimes all you need is one break.
The guy was at no risk, and all he did was dial 911. Just doing the right thing doesn’t make you a hero.
My Uncle, during the depression, at the age of ten struck out from the back porch every day to feed his family when my grandfather was disabled for a few years after an accident. During WWII he was a waste gunner in a PBY in the Pacific. He shot down the enemy, and was himself, shot down. He rescued sailors from the sea and and was also rescued. He was a hero, and he never breathed a word of it to me. Ever. One of the finest examples of a man and a hero that I have ever known.
I couldn't agree more. The fact they actually visited that residence, knocked on the door and when no one answered, they simply walked away is damning.
He didn't know he wasn't at risk, and he helped Amanda Berry out of the house. Then he called 911. It's a little more than as you describe.
That said, your uncle sounds like an awesome man and a great American. God bless him.
Forgiveness is a Judeo-Christian virtue, practiced based on sincere repentance and the reform that naturally follows repentance. I don’t see how a journalist could understand that concept.
Nobody’s perfect. He did the right thing here. Others did not.
"...During WWII he was a waist gunner in a PBY in the Pacific..."
...and my Dad a pilot in VP-11's "Black Cat" Squadron, and was both a rescuer and rescuee. Since he's just turned 96, he's spoken of being a WWII survivor of a PBY crash.
In 1943, a "naked savage" came cautiously out of Papua's jungle to the beach where the PBY crew stood, and asked my Dad, "You talk Jesus-talk?"
I agree, sometimes on break is all you need, but a vague thought keeps returning to me.
The thought of a man who got the can of Whoop-ass opened on him by police and received over a million dollars for it.
That man Rodney King had a perfect break, he used drugs and tossed away his break.
Hopefully this fellow does better.
I sent him $5 and a note that says, “I’m buying you a beer.” I don’t care what his history is. He did the right thing at risk to himself. If Mr. Castro had been home perhaps Mr. Ramsey had got a bullet for his efforts. If the lady turned out to be simply crazy or working some game of her own he could have been charged with trespassing and property destruction. Allayall should buy him a beer.
In an earlier interview with local channel , Mr Cordero went into a bit more detail about Ramsey’s role, saying that by the time Mr Ramsey arrived, Amanda was already ‘outside with the girl’.
‘But the truth who arrived there, who crossed the street, who came and broke the door, it was me.’
For his part, Mr Ramsey didn’t mention Mr Cordero by name but did say that when he heard the woman screaming he saw his neighbour run across the street and so he went along to see what was going on.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3017381/posts?page=14
I think the facts are in dispute. I’ve been reading the “facts” about Bengazi for a long time but only yesterday found out the truth.
The more the media sets out to destroy good Samaritans (and he may very well be one), the less likely it will be for people to help others.
The guy was at no risk, and all he did was dial 911. Just doing the right thing doesn’t make you a hero.
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Calling Charles Ramsey a hero does nothing to diminish your uncle’s memory. At least it shouldn’t.
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