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WATCH: Chick-fil-A employee tackles carjacker outside Florida restaurant, deputies say
WESH 2 News ^ | September 15, 2022 | WFLA Web Staff

Posted on 09/15/2022 1:16:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A Florida Chick-fil-A employee is being hailed as a hero after deputies said he stopped a carjacking outside the fast food restaurant.

Okaloosa County deputies said the young employee rushed outside the Fort Walton Beach area restaurant to help a screaming woman holding a baby after a man grabbed her keys and tried to take her car.

Investigators said the woman was getting the baby out of her car when a man identified as William Branch walked up to her wielding a stick and demanded her keys.

Branch then grabbed the car keys from the waistband of the woman’s pants, opened her car door and got inside the car, investigators said.

When the woman began screaming for help, deputies said the Chick-fil-A employee ran to intervene.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 1morefrkaren; 1moretime; carjacking; chat; chickfila; crime; florida; floridaman; fortwalton; fortwaltonbeach; localnews; okaloosacounty; rescue
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1 posted on 09/15/2022 1:16:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

they help people in FL because it’s a red state with red AG’s. If this happened in L.A., they would have a parade for the kidnapper.


2 posted on 09/15/2022 1:19:27 PM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

it wants you to remove your ‘ad blocker’ software, but if you hit ‘escape’ before the ad blocker notification appears you can read the article.


3 posted on 09/15/2022 1:19:42 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

(when a man identified as William Branch walked up to her wielding a stick)

As long as we allow sticks in our society this will continue to happen.

When are we gonna have commen-sense stick control with background checks?

C’mon man!

Talk about a stick up!


4 posted on 09/15/2022 1:19:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Mr. K

Very cool.


5 posted on 09/15/2022 1:21:46 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sure hope the Chick-fil-A guy got in a few good punches, knees, elbows.


6 posted on 09/15/2022 1:22:56 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Was her baby okay? Said in the process of getting the baby out when suddenly attacked.


7 posted on 09/15/2022 1:25:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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works on almost all of those type of sites


8 posted on 09/15/2022 1:26:17 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And some ambulance chaser will likely sue Chik-Fil-A for any injuries to the perp.


9 posted on 09/15/2022 1:26:20 PM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Kid needs a LIFETIME of free Chick Fil A.


10 posted on 09/15/2022 1:26:36 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If this has been a blue lefty state, the protecting employee would be in jail.


11 posted on 09/15/2022 1:27:57 PM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: ryderann

William Stick was wielding a branch?


12 posted on 09/15/2022 1:28:02 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: SaveFerris

ROFL! You win the thread.


13 posted on 09/15/2022 1:28:02 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd

😁


14 posted on 09/15/2022 1:38:20 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You protected me and my baby! Thank you!

“My pleasure.”


15 posted on 09/15/2022 1:38:21 PM PDT by Restless
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To: Mr. K; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
works on almost all of those type of sites

Good, no, GREAT to know!

16 posted on 09/15/2022 1:39:22 PM PDT by null and void (Never suspect dishonest men of making honest mistakes.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Perhaps William was a branch manager of the sticks.

Locally.......


17 posted on 09/15/2022 1:39:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If this was at a Popeyes, the audio would sound like “Owww...woah...OWW!!...Oww, oww, oww”


18 posted on 09/15/2022 1:43:09 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That was a good takedown.


19 posted on 09/15/2022 1:46:03 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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