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Man, 68, Teaches Teen Robbers a Lesson
Forbes | AP ^ | 10/23/06

Posted on 10/23/2006 10:32:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker

Two robbers who thought they had an easy mark in a 68-year-old Omaha man were surprised on Sunday. Police said Earnest Coleman was sitting in his car outside an Omaha grocery store when a young man jumped into the passenger seat with a gun and demanded Coleman's money.

Coleman responded by grabbing the robber and his gun, and exchanging blows. A second robber came to Coleman's window and hit the elderly man, police said.

Undeterred, Coleman pulled that man into the car and began to hit him, too. The two robbers then ran away - without Coleman's money and without the gun.

Police are reviewing surveillance footage from security cameras, a spokesman said.

The robbers appeared to be teenagers, Coleman said.


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1 posted on 10/23/2006 10:32:55 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

He should get an award. I can not stop laughing.


2 posted on 10/23/2006 10:34:28 PM PDT by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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To: LibWhacker

Don't bring a gun to a fistfight!;)


3 posted on 10/23/2006 10:35:02 PM PDT by Frank_2001 (Vote Republican on Election Day!!!)
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To: LibWhacker
The robbers appeared to be teenagers, Coleman said.

Awwwwwh. Poor little loser criminal-wannabees never got to play tag or touch football during recess, and now when someone smacks them, they cry and run away.

4 posted on 10/23/2006 10:39:21 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: LibWhacker
Excellent!

Hopefully he belted them hard enough that one day they might thank him for it.

5 posted on 10/23/2006 10:40:10 PM PDT by mitch5501 (typical)
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To: LibWhacker

Well done Mister! You should have shot the bastards as they fled.


6 posted on 10/23/2006 10:41:10 PM PDT by Jaysun (Idiot Muslims. They're just dying to have sex orgies.)
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The perps Ran home to Mama,
And are currently seeking an attorney to sue the victim.

News at 9:00 on CBS.

/MaxMax


7 posted on 10/23/2006 10:42:50 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: LibWhacker
Talk about losing street cred.

"What you mean grandpa took your gun?"

"Yeah, well, he wasn't just a .... "

"He took your gun! TOOK.....YOUR.....GUN! How the hell did he get your gun? You turn punk all of a sudden or what?"

(Cue laughing gang members)
8 posted on 10/23/2006 10:44:46 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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"Awwwwwh. Poor little loser criminal-wannabees never got to play tag or touch football during recess, and now when someone smacks them, they cry and run away."

Now, now. These poor boys are victims and need our understanding - not judgement. We must find out WHY they held up the elderly man and then give the appropriate counseling, schooling, financial aid, etc. they need.

OK, I'm gonna gag now.


9 posted on 10/23/2006 10:45:09 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: LibWhacker

ping


10 posted on 10/23/2006 11:03:06 PM PDT by trailboss800
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To: mitch5501

He just may have saved their lives...if they learned their lesson, of course.


11 posted on 10/23/2006 11:05:28 PM PDT by scott7278 (The War on Terror includes defending the homefront from the MSM.)
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Must be something in the Geritol. :^)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724474/posts


12 posted on 10/23/2006 11:09:03 PM PDT by Samwise (All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
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To: LibWhacker

I LOVE a story like that! Makes me smile. =)

I knew an older guy a few years ago... I sang at a function he hosted. He was small in stature. One night, he was walking in a not-so-friendly area in another town. He was such an easy target for 3 young, tough guys. Old, small, and well dressed.....this was gonna be easy. The tough guys even had knives. The small, elderly gentleman landed them all neatly in a pile until the police arrived. He was a Tae Kwon Do master, born in South Korea, and had been teaching in Missouri for over 20 years.

I still know the South Korean National Anthem, which I sang at a multi-national tournament where this elderly gentleman broke a brick over my very long hair without breaking a single strand.

If you choose to judge a book by it's cover, you might not get what you expected. =)


13 posted on 10/23/2006 11:21:44 PM PDT by Just Lori (Thank you, United States Air Force! Sixty years of awesome service!)
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"undeterred, Coleman ,i.pulled that man into the car and began to hit him, too."

That's one tough senior citizen!

14 posted on 10/23/2006 11:29:08 PM PDT by DemforBush
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My dad is in his 60's and I wouldn't mess w/ him. He's been weightlifting for decades now. Here's some other 60-somethings I wouldn't get mad.


15 posted on 10/23/2006 11:41:04 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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Ugh. Srewed up the post...Those are some other 60-something I would want to make mad :o).


16 posted on 10/23/2006 11:42:03 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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To: LibWhacker

Democrat yutes.


17 posted on 10/24/2006 12:51:21 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Peace begins in the womb.)
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Better respect your grandpa, son. Or you'll get a whippin'! Sure hope those young fellows learned their lesson.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

18 posted on 10/24/2006 12:55:18 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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19 posted on 10/24/2006 12:55:39 AM PDT by hamboy
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"Well done Mister! You should have shot the bastards as they fled."




but not in the ass, I heard Border Patrolers got 12 years for that


20 posted on 10/24/2006 3:14:34 AM PDT by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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