Would-be Robber Taken Out by Store Customer(MI)

fox17online.com ^ | 23 March, 2012 | Jason Volentine

[marktwain]

People who fight back reduce the robbery rate.

[cripplecreek]

[madison10]

Great job, Zach!

[G Larry]

Why do they label the good guy a “vigilante”?

Why not “helpful customer”?

[MudPuppy]

why refer to our hero as a vigilante and not a concerned citizen or Army Veteran??
We have a “suspect” criminal and a “vigilante” hero....

[cripplecreek]

Why do they label the good guy a “vigilante”?

I think its a fine and descriptive word. Screw what the left thinks.

[Valpal1]

"It's kind of my hometown. I live right next to the place, you know, I'm in there everyday. I think if it was the other way around, if I worked there and the guy at the register was there, he would have done the same thing," said Thome, who's also an Army veteran who did a tour of duty in Iraq. Say what you will about the wars, but it's given us a whole generation of these guys.

[rawhide]

Video here: http://www.fox17online.com/videogallery/68980102/News/store-customer-puts-stop-to-robbery-—3.22.12

[goat granny]

I would add a little to your response, People who fight back reduce the robbery rate *when the papers report it* which you find more papers are reporting it. :O)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Zack is typical of the young men I met at my grandson’s basic training ceremony, they are an impressive bunch to be proud of.

[gitmo]

Why do they label the good guy a “vigilante”?

The article didn't label him a vigilante, it said "a vigilant, mixed-martial arts trained customer".

vig·i·lant   [vij-uh-luhnt] adjective

1. keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.

2. ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.

[South Dakota]

People who fight back sometimes get shot too.
I remember reading about a champion karate guy what had a guy grab his wallet.
The karate guy chases him down and the robber shot him dead

[melancholy]

The vigilante held the suspect on the ground until police arrived to make an arrest.

Terribly BAAAAAAAD vigilante! If you protect people, even without lethal force, YOU'RE A VIGILANTE!

Said the great MSM.

[Standing Wolf]

People who fight back reduce the robbery rate.

Amen, marktwain—and every time we, the people don't fight back, we merely encourage the predators to enlarge the scope and severity of their predations.

If that robber had tried that in my neighborhood, he'd be lucky to end up wearing hand cuffs instead of a toe tag.

[NMCicero]

This young man saw a situation where someone’s life and property were in immediate danger and he put himself in harms way to help another person and he did so in a measured, appropriate way.

Great job Zach!

I think his parents have a lot to be proud of right now :)

[cripplecreek]

Last fall near me a legally armed man (notice I didn’t say victim) stabbed his attacker. Said he didn’t want to escalate the situation.

If it were me I would have given the paper something to report and said “Shootin a man is easy, I just wanted to know what it felt like to slip a knife into one.”.

[Netizen]

Why do they label the good guy a “vigilante”?

The article didn't label him a vigilante, it said "a vigilant, mixed-martial arts trained customer".

The vigilante held the suspect on the ground until police arrived to make an arrest.

[Hot Tabasco]

People who fight back sometimes get shot too.

That's one of the hazards I guess......But in times of stress, folks attempting to do the right thing don't have negative attitudes.......

[American in Israel]

People who fight back reduce the robbery rate.

A statement that is a good example on how to handle our government.

[Graybeard58]

why refer to our hero as a vigilante and not a concerned citizen or Army Veteran??

Vigilante is not a bad word. Under the described circumstances, I'd be proud to be called a vigilante.