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Thursday, August 31, 2006

The Peaceful, Tolerant Left

National Guardsman Brutally Attacked

PARKLAND, Wash. -- The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon.
The soldier was walking to a convenience store when a sport utility vehicle pulled up alongside him and the driver asked if he was in the military and if he had been in any action.
The driver then got out of the vehicle, displayed a gun and shouted insults at the victim. Four other suspects exited the vehicle and knocked the soldier down, punching and kicking him.
“And during the assault the suspects called him a baby killer. At that point they got into the car and drove off and left him on the side of the road,” Detective Ed Troyer with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
The suspects were driving a black Chevy Suburban-type SUV.
“This is something new for us, we have not had military people assaulted because they were in the military or somebody's opposition to a war or whatever,” Troyer said.
The driver is described as a white male, 25-30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, heavy build, short blond hair, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and armed with a handgun.
The vehicle's passengers are described as white males, 20-25 years old. Some of the suspects wore red baseball hats and red sweatshirts during the attack.

3 Comments:

  • Updated story notes that the Guardsman's story keeps changing and that it doesn't mesh with other eyewitness accounts.

    Maybe Durham strippers don't have the corner on the market on dissembling to the cops. Just sayin.

    By Blogger bridgett, at 7:28 PM  

  • Yeah, I saw that. It makes me wonder about something: The story is that they called him a babykiller. Do hippies still USE that phrase? Does anybody? That seems odd. I would think a hardcore leftist would more likely call him a fascist or some such.

    By Blogger Exador, at 5:26 AM  

  • I'd put my money on drunk frat boys. No one under the age of 50 uses "babykiller," which is a leftover from Nam. The target of the peace-left is Republican politicians; the overwhelming majority of people I know actually feel sorry for the soldiers because they're being terribly misused. Fascist would be the epithet of choice. Or Nazi.

    By Blogger bridgett, at 7:39 PM  

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