(American) Robbery Victim Knifes His Attackers

Robbery Victim Knifes His Attackers | WKBW - TV Buffalo, New York/a>

Fifty-year-old Buffalo, NY native Bobby Lipscom, beset by two attackers during his 1am 'walkabout', pulls a pocketknife and does his Benihana thing on them.











After the twenty-something shredded wannabes scuttle back into the shadows, the cops wander onto the scene prompted by a 911 call, and pick up the pieces.

There's a poignant after-action report here:

Police arrived and arrested 22-year old Corvair Harge and 21-year old Jason Tyus. The two men face charges for second degree robbery, but first they're healing from their stab wounds. Both were at ECMC Saturday night, one in critical condition and the other in stable condition. Lipscom did not need any medical treatment. Police says his attackers likely did not think he had a weapon. "Probably to a certain extent he probably did surprise his attackers by having the box cutter knife," says DeGeorge.

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One wonders what the gun-control laws are like in Buffalo. Well, it's New York State, so they are probably draconian. (Could someone please look this up for me? It's late, and I'm tired.)

Here's the really, really good money quote:

Police say they have no plans to charge Lipscom for stabbing the two suspects.

(Actually, he didn't 'stab' them; he slashed them. Repeatedly.)

Good on you, Bobby! Sorry you missed the jugular, but it was a nobel effort.

Think about this in contrast to Our English Friends. If this happened in London, England rather than in America, our hero would be doing hard time and the "fun-loving lads, who were just out for a bit of a lark, loik" would have been allocated government funding to sue him.




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