Grey Panthers?

[R. Richard]

Norwegian Senior Roughs Up Purse Snatcher

Fri Nov 19, 4:59 PM ET Strange News - AP

OSLO, Norway - A purse snatcher in a small Norwegian town picked the wrong 88-year-old woman to rob, since she was with a tough younger man at the time.

And her 78-year-old friend end up sending the thief to the hospital, and then to jail this week, the local newspaper Moss Avisen reported Friday.

The report said the thief was on a bicycle when he snatched the purse in Raade, a small town about 30 miles south of Oslo.

The 78-year-old man reacted instantly, grabbing hold of the purse and struggling with the 30-year-old thief.

During the struggle, the senior citizen dragged the young man off his bike and onto the asphalt.

The stunned thief got up — bleeding profusely from a cut on his head — and staggered off, still clutching the woman's wallet which he had pulled from the purse.

Police quickly located him and took him to a hospital, where he needed seven stitches.

The suspect was detained pending indictment on the purse snatching, police said.

Neither the woman, her defender or the would-be purse snatcher were identified.

 

[Bandit1]

Norwegian Senior Roughs Up Purse Snatcher

Fri Nov 19, 4:59 PM ET Strange News - AP

OSLO, Norway - A purse snatcher in a small Norwegian town picked the wrong 88-year-old woman to rob, since she was with a tough younger man at the time.

And her 78-year-old friend end up sending the thief to the hospital, and then to jail this week, the local newspaper Moss Avisen reported Friday.

The report said the thief was on a bicycle when he snatched the purse in Raade, a small town about 30 miles south of Oslo.

The 78-year-old man reacted instantly, grabbing hold of the purse and struggling with the 30-year-old thief.

During the struggle, the senior citizen dragged the young man off his bike and onto the asphalt.

The stunned thief got up — bleeding profusely from a cut on his head — and staggered off, still clutching the woman's wallet which he had pulled from the purse.

Police quickly located him and took him to a hospital, where he needed seven stitches.

The suspect was detained pending indictment on the purse snatching, police said.

Neither the woman, her defender or the would-be purse snatcher were identified.

Here in the US the 78 year old man who
reacted so appropriately to the thief would have been castigated in the press and probably charged with assault. Then sued by the thief for causing the injury which required him to get the stitches.

I say good going old timer!

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Re: Re: Grey Panthers?

Here in the US the 78 year old man who
reacted so appropriately to the thief would have been castigated in the press and probably charged with assault. Then sued by the thief for causing the injury which required him to get the stitches.

I say good going old timer!

More likely than not, there would have been a gun involved, and no bike to pull him off of. Nice to hear the old man kicked some ass though. I'm not a proponent of violence, but still...

Q_C

 

[Bandit1]

Re: Re: Re: Grey Panthers?

More likely than not, there would have been a gun involved, and no bike to pull him off of. Nice to hear the old man kicked some ass though. I'm not a proponent of violence, but still...

Q_C

I recently spent some time in the Cheyenne WY jail for defending a female employee who was being groped on a public street right in downtown Cheyenne.
The guy who did the groping was never charged. But I was.
In Wyoming it seems that if you are Native American or of mixed blood then you are automatically in the wrong.

Oh, and as to why the female employee didn't defend herself, she had a baby in her arms at the time the drunken bastard stuck his hand down the back of her pants.

 

[R. Richard]

I was delighted to see the story. The reason I posted it was that I believe the more people who know of people 'who obviously cannot defend themselves' kicking ass on predators, the better.

As to the situation in the USA, the only advice I can give you is an old saying out of the 60s: "Do unto others, then split!"

 

[LadyJeanne]

Ya know, I grew up in Chicago and had a necklace ripped off my neck by a running bandit, a purse snatched, my house broken into once, and my car stolen twice (same car; the boys in blue found it the first time as the thiefs were out joy-riding).

With all the crazy people out here in California, I feel MUCH safer.

 

[R. Richard]

I used to collect money for the man on the South side. That part of Chicago was not a really fun place. In general, you would be better of in most parts of CA.

I used to collect money for the man in what they call 'rolling 60s Crips' territory in the South Central part of LA. That part you also want to avoid.

JMHO.

 

[LadyJeanne]

I grew up on the far South Side - practically in Indiana. My high school was full of, er, scary stuff, but nothing ever happened to me there. Nor did anything ever happen when I lived in Hyde Park.

Nooo, all my mayhem happened in civilized Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville.

I think I'll stick to NorCal. Lot sunnier and warmer here, too.