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Mysterious Samurai Saves Police in UK
TV3 News NZ ^ | 16 February 2007

Posted on 01/17/2007 1:22:47 AM PST by burzum

A samurai sword wielding vigilante has come to the rescue of two Police officers when they were attacked by an armed gang in South Shields, England.

A group of men had forced their way into a house and were ransacking the place when passing plain-clothes officers were alerted by a woman inside screaming.

The criminals outnumbered them and were armed with a hammer, knives and chains and attacked the Police officers.

As one of them stabbed at a Policeman with his knife, a mysterious do-gooder appeared from nowhere and attacked him with a samurai sword.

One of the burglars began running away but was stopped by the stranger who struck him on the arm with the sword.

Two of the criminals were arrested, but in true hero style the samurai disappeared before police could speak to him.

A third man was arrested later and two more are still being hunted.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: akti; blade; blades; knife; knives; samurai; superhero; swordsman
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To: MARTIAL MONK

Doesn't make him gay, but...does raise certain...questions.

41 posted on 01/17/2007 2:13:34 AM PST by ExGeeEye (Thanks, non-R voters, for the next two years. Hope it's only two.)
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To: burzum
Samurai Jack?


42 posted on 01/17/2007 2:13:37 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (I'm pretty sure the phrase life is too short doesn't exist in Islam-Dennis Miller)
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To: burzum

The guy's watched Kill Bill too many times.


43 posted on 01/17/2007 2:17:45 AM PST by gotribe (There's still time to begin a war in Iraq.)
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To: Dave Elias

I think Superman decided he shouldn't interfere in human destiny too much or something like that. It would be too easy for him with his powers to become a dictator himself.


44 posted on 01/17/2007 2:19:07 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (I'm pretty sure the phrase life is too short doesn't exist in Islam-Dennis Miller)
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To: burzum

Moral: don't bring hammer, knives or chains to a sword fight. Or for that matter, to a gun fight.


45 posted on 01/17/2007 2:58:55 AM PST by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
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To: burzum
Whatever you do, don't say this to Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Flash, Aquaman, Wildcat, Wonder Woman, Sandman, Starman, Damage, Stargirl, Nightwing, Starfire, or any of their non-caped superhero brethren.

They might have to hurt you.

46 posted on 01/17/2007 3:12:20 AM PST by Stonewall Jackson (I see storms on the horizon.)
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To: Skywalk; DB; burzum; jan in Colorado

Now if I was one of these two unarmed cops, and this samurai guy saved my partner and I, there's no way I would arrest him for having a sword.

After words of words of gratitude, I would advise him to disappear before any backup cops (who may arrest him) arrive.

IMHO, A very likely scenario in this case.


47 posted on 01/17/2007 3:22:36 AM PST by USF (I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade ™ © ®)
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To: burzum

Oddly enough it's very easy to buy a Samurai sword in Britain. Nor is there a legal issue in owning one. This is the reason why home-defence and vigilante cases in the UK often resemble scenes from "Kill Bill"

Britain is the new Water Margin: no guns, but loads of cool martial arts!


48 posted on 01/17/2007 3:32:20 AM PST by agere_contra
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To: burzum

It's no big deal unless he were blind. Then I'm impressed.


49 posted on 01/17/2007 3:32:51 AM PST by steve8714 (Isn't Israel a sovereign nation? Why do they do what we tell them to do?)
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To: burzum
Has anyone pinged that Freeper who was into swords? Speed addict or something? He said he was a felon who couldn't own guns, but was into martial arts. He said the time it takes to cross a room with a sword is just a fraction of what it would take to draw a gun and fire.

Anyone know who he is?

50 posted on 01/17/2007 3:49:17 AM PST by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: FLOutdoorsman

He must have been out murdering or robbing and just popped in for some action because weapons are inherently evil and have no place in civilized society.


51 posted on 01/17/2007 3:58:18 AM PST by M1thumb
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To: Dave Elias; burzum; Pontiac
Ha! You guys have to see this Superman comic from 1940:

This was before Hitler invaded the Soviet-Union, and therefore Superman ARRESTS both Hitler and Stalin!

”image”

”image”

52 posted on 01/17/2007 3:58:33 AM PST by SolidWood (Sadr lives. Kill him.)
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To: burzum
Sounds as though Sean Connery kept a souvenir from the Highlander set, eh?
53 posted on 01/17/2007 3:58:52 AM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Squeako; speed_addiction
Hi Squeako-

Your intended pingee has been pinged. Ane he is a big motorcycle fan, too!

~ Blue Jays ~

54 posted on 01/17/2007 4:04:33 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Blue Jays
Looks like he got zotted. I Googled what I thought was his username (since there appeared to be none with the name I could find) and found a thread at ConservativeUnderground.

One quote was, "Because it came after he was called out and banned by Jim Robinson himself at FreeRepublic. I swear you guys are sounding like the DUmmies protecting their precious Will Pitt.".

So, I searched for the one you mentioned and followed a couple of posts. It appears to be the same guy. Zotted.

55 posted on 01/17/2007 4:20:33 AM PST by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: Squeako
Oops, I hate when that happens!
56 posted on 01/17/2007 4:28:27 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: burzum
if he didn't have a cape then he isn't a superhero. That's the rules.

Only supervillains have capes. Capes are vanity and fashion statements and endup getting sucked into a jet engine or caught on the rotors of a helicopter.

57 posted on 01/17/2007 4:30:25 AM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: USF
"After words of words of gratitude, I would advise him to disappear before any backup cops (who may arrest him) arrive."

Agree, but let's act like their supervisors and avoid asking the cops if that happened.

58 posted on 01/17/2007 4:32:33 AM PST by LZ_Bayonet
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To: burzum

Spiderman incognito.


59 posted on 01/17/2007 4:34:14 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: burzum; Millee
Just doing my job!...

You... got a problem with that?
60 posted on 01/17/2007 4:39:40 AM PST by Bender2 (I am off politics until Nancy moves to Tehran... There to be taken straight to the ever after!)
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