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Former Marine kills would-be robber
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | May 30, 2006 | BILL MONTGOMERY, BETH WARREN

Posted on 05/30/2006 3:38:28 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A former Marine who police say killed a woman that attacked him during a gang robbery attempt told reporters Tuesday he acted only to save his life.

"My first instinct was to run," said former Cpl. Thomas Autry, 36. "Those kids were younger than me. They caught me and cornered me. It was about life preservation."

"I'm sorry this whole thing happened. I hate this world has gotten to the point where it is predatory," said a shaken Autry.

The pack of would-be robbers, including a 17-year-old woman, might have mistaken the tall, thin, waiter for an easy mark, said police. But, the bandits picked the wrong victim, said Atlanta police homicide Detective Danny Stephens. The former Marine, cornered by his pursuers on Penn Avenue at 4th Street, fought back with a pocket knife in a deadly melee that left the young woman dead and a man in his late teens seriously injured at a hospital.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; autry; bang; marine; selfdefense; threepeat
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I heard this on Howie Carr's show earlier today. The woman was pregnant. The former marine did what he had to do to survive.
1 posted on 05/30/2006 3:38:30 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Outside of painting the man as a gun crazed military veteran, what does his being a retired Marine have to do with the price of tea? (another MSM slur on our military)
2 posted on 05/30/2006 3:41:41 PM PDT by llevrok (The next greatest generation is now.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

OK, this is the fifth posting of this story--we get it, OK?


3 posted on 05/30/2006 3:41:46 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I agree and some people should learn not to pick on people because of what may happen to them. God Bless this Marine.


4 posted on 05/30/2006 3:42:08 PM PDT by JOE43270 (JOE43270, God Bless America and All Who Have and Will Defend Her.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

"When told that many in the metro area consider him a hero for his actions, Autry disagreed."

That is the sign of a TRUE hero, whether he knows it or (most likely) not.

Compare and contrast: Sen. John "I'm a HERO who served in VIET NAM" Kerry /spit


5 posted on 05/30/2006 3:42:36 PM PDT by piytar
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

He did a fine job....
Too bad our "Judicial System" has allowed these bastards to remain on the street --- long past their eternal dirt nap time...

Semper Fi


6 posted on 05/30/2006 3:43:24 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

The article said that the female attacker wasn't pregnant, according to the autopsy results.


7 posted on 05/30/2006 3:43:25 PM PDT by SIDENET (I like liberals...they taste like CHICKEN.)
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To: randog

I didn't see it with the AJC title nor selected keywords.


8 posted on 05/30/2006 3:43:52 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Basically, it's Bush's fault. If they didn't have Marines, he'd have been a good effete victim, like the Democrats want.


9 posted on 05/30/2006 3:55:57 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Not to mention the fact that many of us haven't been here all day long watching the threads as they are posted.


10 posted on 05/30/2006 3:58:13 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: SIDENET
when I 1st read the story on this early AM, it referred to the female perp as "young girl" , which I immediatley recongnized as media spin for "tramp who hangs out with gang members".
11 posted on 05/30/2006 4:02:03 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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To: llevrok
"Outside of painting the man as a gun crazed military veteran, what does his being a retired Marine have to do with the price of tea? (another MSM slur on our military)"

You are absolutely correct--just another "slur."

I'll tell you something else, it will only get worse.

Don't know how old you are, but form the mid 70's thru--at least--the 80's, anytime a Vietnam Vet did anything that was illegal, 90% of the time, the story reported that: "Vietnam Vet Rapes Teen;" "Vietnam Vet Robs Bank;" Vietnam Vet Caught Dealing Drugs," etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.

At least this guy did something good.

Thanks to Kerry, his ilk and the MSM, we were so stigmatized and scorned, considered ALL unstable and worse; coupled with this type of news reporting, that many of us (myself included, when after being graduated cum laude and realizing because of my service in Nam, I could not so much as get a job interview) removed any mention of our service in Nam from our resumes (and right away had 6 interviews and 2 job offers) and began to not let anyone know we had served our country honorably in Vietnam.

12 posted on 05/30/2006 4:03:42 PM PDT by namvet66
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

"Grabbing the knife from his backpack, Autry managed to kick the shotgun from the man's hands and stabbed the woman in the chest"

RIGHT ON!


13 posted on 05/30/2006 4:08:55 PM PDT by VU4G10 (Have You Forgotten?)
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To: VU4G10

this may have actually been Chuck Norris.


14 posted on 05/30/2006 4:14:03 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
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To: randog
OK, this is the fifth posting of this story--we get it, OK?

I didn't see it. I was at work.

"OK"?

15 posted on 05/30/2006 4:15:32 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: Cobra64

How many copies of the same story do you need to read?


16 posted on 05/30/2006 4:17:34 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: Rakkasan1
this may have actually been Chuck Norris.

Yeah, mebbe..... LOL!

17 posted on 05/30/2006 4:18:28 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: llevrok
Just need to boycott the AJC, NY Slimes and other papers.

When I lived in Atlanta, I would occasionally buy an AJC - so that I would something to put under my car when I changed my oil.

Not very good as toilet paper, but it is okay for catching dripping oil - especially the Sunday edition.

Just pick up the papers when you are done, and throw them away...

After all, the paper is just trash - why not use it to keep oil off the pavement/streets. A trashy paper has some use - provided you think of throwing it away...

Of course, they do cut down trees to produce it... So there is a waste... Seems the environmentalists should start boycotting papers like the AJC, WaPo, NY Slimes, etc...

18 posted on 05/30/2006 4:19:31 PM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Again? He's been whacking those robbers all day.


19 posted on 05/30/2006 4:19:34 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: randog

This is the latest update which includes the information from the Fulton Co. Medical Examiner's Office that the woman wasn't pregnant--big news.


20 posted on 05/30/2006 4:20:28 PM PDT by Atlantian
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