Police: Nurse, 51, kills intruder with bare hands

[sparky]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

were you raised in a barn? it's cookies and milk.

cookies and tea? yuck.

Raised in a barn ? Last time I was in a barn I wouldn't call what happenned getting raised. Not really, anyway.

I thought tea and cookies was very English and dignified sounding. Something one would offer a gentle and esteemed guest in one's home. Perhaps with some finger sandwiches.

"Put down that hammer you beast ! You simply must have some Earl Grey tea. I think you'd love these butter cookies my Aunt Sadie sent me from Leeds."

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by sparky

I am sure, as she found an intruder in her home wielding a hammer, that she should have quickly surmised that the most important thing to do was to subdue him with his safety and well being in mind. Yup. That would be my first instinct. That should have been her priority. Make sure the armed, uninvited intruder and attacker was taken from her home alive and well. If possible he should be unharmed. And given cookies and tea.

What a crock. If that was her attitude, she'd be dead, and he'd likely be scot free. Anyone who thinks differently is likely to be a murder victim. The guy was an animal and got what he deserved. That woman did society a favor.

He'd been charged with attempted murder in the past.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by markolas

This thread is gonna go down in flames quick, methinks.

She did what she felt she had to do, but killing is always a non-virtue, and she will reap the karmic consequences of doing so. Even if it was the only thing to do, from the Buddhist POV, all beings have the Buddha-nature, and the killing of any living thing should never be celebrated.

I don't think anyone is celebrating this. It is remarkable though.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by sparky

Raised in a barn ? Last time I was in a barn I wouldn't call what happenned getting raised. Not really, anyway.

I thought tea and cookies was very English and dignified sounding. Something one would offer a gentle and esteemed guest in one's home. Perhaps with some finger sandwiches.

"Put down that hammer you beast ! You simply must have some Earl Grey tea. I think you'd love these butter cookies my Aunt Sadie sent me from Leeds."

......

[gldstwmn]

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...gion-apnewyork

Police: Wheelchair-bound NYC woman shoots mugger
September 8, 2006, 10:02 PM EDT


NEW YORK -- Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target.

But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the wheelchair-bound 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

Johnson said she was in Harlem on her way to a shooting range when the man, identified by police as 45-year-old Deron Johnson, came up from behind and went for the chain.

"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."

Deron Johnson was taken to Harlem Hospital with a single bullet wound in the elbow, police said. He faces a robbery charge, said Lt. John Grimpel, a police spokesman.

Margaret Johnson, who lives in Harlem, has a permit for the weapon and does not face charges, Grimpel said. She also was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...gion-apnewyork

Police: Wheelchair-bound NYC woman shoots mugger
September 8, 2006, 10:02 PM EDT


NEW YORK -- Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target.

But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the wheelchair-bound 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.

Johnson said she was in Harlem on her way to a shooting range when the man, identified by police as 45-year-old Deron Johnson, came up from behind and went for the chain.

"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."

Deron Johnson was taken to Harlem Hospital with a single bullet wound in the elbow, police said. He faces a robbery charge, said Lt. John Grimpel, a police spokesman.

Margaret Johnson, who lives in Harlem, has a permit for the weapon and does not face charges, Grimpel said. She also was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released.

Pity her aim wasn't as good as her intent.

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Originally Posted by sammigold

Good on her!!

If we did that over here we would be in BIG trouble...

Yes, apparently here we would be violating their rights.

[Livia]

The nurse - I keep picturing Kathy Bates in "Misery."

The woman w/ the gun - awesome!

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by Livia

The nurse - I keep picturing Kathy Bates in "Misery."

me too!! although if annie wilkes had caught someone in her house, she probably wouldn't have killed him right away ...

[sammigold]

Originally Posted by sparky

Raised in a barn ? Last time I was in a barn I wouldn't call what happenned getting raised. Not really, anyway.

I thought tea and cookies was very English and dignified sounding. Something one would offer a gentle and esteemed guest in one's home. Perhaps with some finger sandwiches.

"Put down that hammer you beast ! You simply must have some Earl Grey tea. I think you'd love these butter cookies my Aunt Sadie sent me from Leeds."

I think in England it is Tea and Scones with Jam & Cream....
but the cookies sound good they sound a bit like Shortbread..Yum!!!

[Neb-Maat-Re]

Originally Posted by sammigold

I think in England it is Tea and Scones with Jam & Cream

Taht'd be a Devonshire Tea, then.

Mind you, if you went to Devonshire...