Posted on 12/17/2004 5:48:05 AM PST by Constitution Day
Friday, December 17, 2004
Women spar with sword and machete
By J. Eric Eckard
A spat between two children turned into a neighborhood duel, police said.
Rocky Mount police accused two women of attacking each other Wednesday morning at a school bus stop one armed with a sword and the other with a machete.
"They were swinging the sword and the machete at each other," said Rocky Mount police Sgt. Gerald Pipkin.
Both women Latecia Damita Anderson and Yolanda Nicole Braswell were charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Anderson, 29, of the 700 block of Ravenwood Drive and Braswell, 19, of the 600 block of Ravenwood Drive were released from custody under $1,000 bonds apiece.
The battle stemmed from a previous incident, in which Braswell's younger brother apparently struck Anderson's child in the eye with a rubber band on Tuesday either at their school or on the bus, Pipkin said. Shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday in front of Braswell's house, Anderson was on her child's bus when Braswell approached the bus armed with a machete, police charge.
"Anderson got off the bus, and a nearby person gave her a sword," said Pipkin, adding that it wasn't clear who gave Anderson the sword.
The two alleged combatants squared off, swinging their weapons at each other until officers arrived at the scene, police charge. Neither woman was hurt.
A third suspect also was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Marvin Rushard Braswell, 18, who lives at the same address as Yolanda Braswell, was accused of "hollering, shouting and encouraging the fight," police charge. He was released under a $500 bond. It's not known how the two were related.
Hmm. Doesn't quite work...
Yeah, they could.
Then again, I wonder how you say Latecia and Yolanda in Bulgarian?
LOL.
Both women Latecia Damita Anderson [Death Adder] and Yolanda Nicole Braswell [Mojave Rattlesnake] were charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Er, is it *ahem* warm in here, or is it just me.
I am still trying to figure out why a bystander would have a sword. I mean, I don't know about you guys but where I live you see very few people carrying swords these days. Not like it is an everyday item of apparal. Maybe it was a setup. Someone heard the one gal was bringing a Machete so a friend brought a sword just in case. Always be prepared.
I want one! I WANT ONE!
I'm surprised she hasn't showed up on this thread.
Maybe she's out settling some scores at the bus stop. ;^)
"redneck action", Don't think so. Label me a racist pig, but sounds more like homegirls to me.
Latecia Damita Anderson and Yolanda Nicole Braswell
They don't sound redneck to me...
They sure act it!
Actions, not names, is the focus of my statement.
Regarding swords as "an everyday item of apparal(sic)" and the fact you don't see them in your neighborhood.
Perhaps you are living in a ghetto for the poor.
Clearly what we are seeing here is one of the great cyclical movements in history where the elite nobles of the culture express their status by the classic method of wearing and utilizing short swords.
However, in an inversion of gender roles in keeping with liberal philosphies, it is the females who become expert masters of the "code duello" --while the males look on passively in support, cheering their champion on with cries of "you go, girl" and "cut that ho three ways--horizontally, vertically and continually."
(Take me now, Lord, I've seen enough of the 21st century)
I guess words weren't sharp enough.
"Anderson got off the bus, and a nearby person gave her a sword," said Pipkin, adding that it wasn't clear who gave Anderson the sword.
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