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BRIDGE CELL HELL [New York City]
The New York Post ^ | April 12, 2004 | By ALEX GINSBERG, JAMIE SCHRAM and AMIT SRIVASTAVA

Posted on 04/12/2004 5:58:10 AM PDT by jjm2111

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:20:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A mugger yesterday fired two bullets into a defiant student who refused to turn over his cellphone, cops said. Even after Marcin Muchalski, 26, had been shot once, he grimly hung onto his phone and continued arguing with the gunman, who had accosted him as he bicycled over the Williamsburg Bridge.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cellphone; gun; gunfreeny; mugger; robber
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Welcome to gun-free New York City. With our strict gun laws no one is allowed to own a gun, so therefore this is no crime.
1 posted on 04/12/2004 5:58:11 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: jjm2111
I don't know...

75 percent of me admires this guy's stones, but 25 percent of me is dying to crack a lame Polish joke.

Glad they caught the perp, although I doubt he will get much in the way of jail or prison time.
2 posted on 04/12/2004 6:01:57 AM PDT by Ronin (When the fox gnaws, smile!!)
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Phew, yeah jjim good thing no one has guns in NYC. This could've gotten ugly.

I'm glad rigorous training and licensing programs are working so well.
3 posted on 04/12/2004 6:01:57 AM PDT by Gefreiter
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To: Gefreiter
Mandatory jail sentence in NY for gun possession, he'll get out in 60 days.
4 posted on 04/12/2004 6:11:00 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Condie don't let us down, sock it to them!. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
Well for possession, but won't they at least TRY to bag him for attempted murder? I mean, he shot this guy not once but twice.

I'm no lawyer, I'm just thinking out loud here.
5 posted on 04/12/2004 6:20:32 AM PDT by Gefreiter
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To: Ronin
In NYC you cannot use a gun to defend yourself, but the use of a gun to redistribute wealth will help in mitigating any responsibilty for attempting to right society's malfeasance in pursuing class warfare.
6 posted on 04/12/2004 6:22:40 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Ronin
100% of me says this shows you the kind of stones the Polish really have. This is a real hard working immigrant, the kind that made this country strong. He's not about to let some lazy shiftless welfare queen take even one dime from him, even with a gun.
7 posted on 04/12/2004 7:02:32 AM PDT by van_erwin
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To: van_erwin
That's what mace and other things are for. Cayenne pepper for example when blown into another's face is a very nice defense mechanism.

I have to say, and I've been chastised by my friends for "being Polish" as well, but I also think I'd try to do something. It's tough to shoot someone who has his thumb two inches into your eye socket.

I don't think I'd think quickly enough to avoid getting my thumb stuck. Then I'd throw the SOB over the side of the bridge and continue on w/ my evening. Go calm down while watching the Habs get pummeled or something.

8 posted on 04/12/2004 7:07:22 AM PDT by wingster
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To: van_erwin
Someone in NYC needs to keep an eye on this case. I'd bet Julius Griffin is a free man within 12 months.
9 posted on 04/12/2004 7:10:33 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: jjm2111
Yeah, let's give guns to foreign students.
10 posted on 04/12/2004 7:10:50 AM PDT by wtc911 (Europe without God plus islam = Eurabia)
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100% of me says this shows you the kind of stones the Polish really have.

I have no doubt. In WWII, when the Nazi's blitzed them, the obsolete Polish Cavalry knew what they were facing against the German's armoured divisions as they sat on their mounts. They still charged them down. Some people speak of it as if the Polish were stupid. I think it is a mark of outstanding courage, honor and devotion of one's life to confronting their nation's enemy. These men died with honor.

We are talking "Royal Stones" here.

11 posted on 04/12/2004 7:16:06 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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The Poles actually did pretty well against the Germans considering:

1. It was a "sneak attack"
2. Germany is much larger, more industrialized and with more population.
3. The Polish army was not as modernized but they were upgrading at the time of the war
4. The Poles gad to maintain defenses on three fronts - German, Soviets and Slovakia.
12 posted on 04/12/2004 7:23:56 AM PDT by 2banana
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To: wingster
>It's tough to shoot someone who has his thumb two inches into your eye socket

Sorry to say it,
but smart money has the guy
on the left winning . . .


13 posted on 04/12/2004 7:24:39 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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100% of me says this shows you the kind of stones the Polish really have. This is a real hard working immigrant, the kind that made this country strong. He's not about to let some lazy shiftless welfare queen take even one dime from him, even with a gun.

An additional or alternative rationale -- having finally programmed all of his family and friends' phone numbers into that phone, he may have said to himself, "Dang, I ain't goin' through all that hassle again!"

14 posted on 04/12/2004 7:31:40 AM PDT by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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The guy takes a .38 slug in the leg, point blank, then upon being shot in the arm, runs fast enough so a guy with a mountain bike can't catch him? Hmmmm
15 posted on 04/12/2004 7:32:49 AM PDT by bk1000 (error 404- failed to get tag line)
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To: theFIRMbss; wingster
"The race does not only go to the swiftest, nor the contest to the strong.

But that's the way to bet."
16 posted on 04/12/2004 7:33:40 AM PDT by RonF
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To: van_erwin
I agree.
17 posted on 04/12/2004 7:39:09 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: Ronin
Something about "Tank, Tank, Tank..."

Geez, Poles are tough.
18 posted on 04/12/2004 7:39:38 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing Kerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: wtc911
"Yeah, let's give guns to foreign students."

No, they're much better in mugger's hands.

19 posted on 04/12/2004 7:39:53 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: theFIRMbss; wingster
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Ecclesiastes 1:11

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong--but that is the way to bet it.
Damon Runyon

20 posted on 04/12/2004 7:40:54 AM PDT by RonF
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