Marine at 'Toys for Tots' drive stabbed by theft suspect

[RamboLiberal]

A Marine Corps reservist helping in a "Toys for Tots" drive was stabbed Friday when he grappled with a fleeing shoplifting suspect, authorities in Augusta, Georgia, said.

Cpl. Phillip Duggan, 24, suffered a single stab wound. He was treated and released from the hospital later Friday, Sgt. Dan Carrier of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office said. "He's doing fine."

The suspect attempted to conceal property and was confronted by Best Buy employees, authorities said. An employee struggled with the suspect, who brandished a knife. The employees backed away from the armed man to prevent any injury to themselves or customers, Carrier told CNN.

Duggan and several other Marines wearing their dress blues were conducting the annual toy drive in the breezeway of the Best Buy when they heard the commotion and saw the suspect flee through the store entrance, Carrier said.

Duggan tackled the suspect and other Marines also moved to stop the suspect, who stabbed Duggan once in the middle of his back, close to his spine, Carrier said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/26/georgia.marine.stabbed/index.html?hpt=T2

[sakabatou]

1. Whoever the attacker is has to be a giant asshole.

[Incitatus]

12. Yeah, and pretty damn stupid to pull out a knife when surounded by marines. nt

[Arctic Dave]

2. I don't see myself risking my life for a corporations property.

Maybe the marine should have thought it through a little more.

[Dreamer Tatum]

3. Some people don't need to refer to Das Kapital to act

and I salute them.

[Cal Carpenter]

6. Wow

Way to go with the red-baiting, LOL. That was quite a stretch.

[WolverineDG]

7. Yup, supporting criminal activity--theft AND physical assault

is this still on DU?

dg

[Edweird]

5. Some might assert that risking one's life for corporations is a Marine's sole job.

[Octafish]

8. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC (Ret.) for one...

"War Is a Racket."

[Pavulon]

10. Lots of string theory here. Stabbing a marine during a robbery is not fighting the man(nt)

[Arctic Dave]

9. Ouch, that will leave a mark. Nt

[flvegan]

11. Obviously, you're no Marine.

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. I just want to burst out in song. "Tis the season to be jolly"

Nah, forget it.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. The marine did what marines do...

hope he wasn't hurt bad. But why the FUCK was an employee chasing a thief? That is one thing we used to drill into our employees heads- do NOT confront a shoplifter. If they ask for the money in the till, give it to them. That is what insurance is for (wounded and dead employees cost A LOT more)

[blondeatlast]

14. My guess? Seasonal employees. Pursuing a shoplifter past

the doors was a fireable offense at the chi-chi retailer I worked at for years. We literally were told to walk briskly while asking "may I ring you up here?"

It sounds stupid, but it protected employees (and we had a few rack- and smash-and-grabbers in the time I was there; organized stuff where people occasionally got hurt.