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[–]flynnzo 57 points58 points ago

Fwd Fwd Fwd RE Fwd Re RE

Thanks, Grandma!

[–]youngavlol 6 points7 points ago

Actually, I live in Augusta. Here is the actual original article.

EDIT: Also the writers are black so I don't think it's racism.

[–]dshaw42085 6 points7 points ago

I also live in Augusta, so I can second that. I actually went to high school with the Marine that got stabbed.

[–]BenjaminGeiger -1 points0 points ago

The racist part is giving the guy a stereotypically 'black name'.

[–]AngrySmapdi 4 points5 points ago

Not sure why you were downvoted. It's the same thought I had when I saw his name was "Tyrone Jackson" now.

[–]itlookslikerain 1 point2 points ago

Guys still black so... I don't know?

[–]BenjaminGeiger 1 point2 points ago

The fact that the guy is black is irrelevant to the story.

But if they had left his name as "Tracey", it's possible that, without the photo, someone might have (gasp) imagined him as a white guy, and we can't have that now, can we?

[–]JosiahBradley -1 points0 points ago

Who gives a fuck if its old or racist, it's funny. Welcome to the Internet.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Thank you. This story came up recently, and I said it would be unprofessional and unethical for marines to use their training and numbers to inflict severe bodily harm on an essentially defenseless criminal, and got instantly downvoted and hated on by the pro-marine crowd. I'm glad that the writer of this article had the sense to research it, and acknowledge how fucked it would be for marines to engage in such behavior.

[–]TheNerdWithNoName 2 points3 points ago

The guy had a knife that he stabbed one of the marines with. Not exactly defenceless.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

That's why I said essentially defenseless. Once he has been disarmed, he is defenseless, and it's no longer appropriate or ethical to physically assault him.

[–]ademiix 0 points1 point ago

Once he has been subdued he is defenceless and it's the responsibility of those who are detaining him to treat him in a humane manner.

[–]jon_jemima 6 points7 points ago

Wow, this is the fourth time I've seen this picture and I just got the joke! The other three times I just thought he actually was very clumsy and fell off the curb and injured himself.

I am not a smart man.

[–]pantysmarts 5 points6 points ago

I just forwarded this. How do I Applebee's gift certificate?

[–]RainbowGothBoy 9 points10 points ago

Shit Tyrone, get it together!

[–]dogs_are_best 9 points10 points ago

[–]BenjaminGeiger 0 points1 point ago

[–]Lolwutdafuq 10 points11 points ago

Repost Aswell

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[–]Lolwutdafuq 11 points12 points ago

Hmm, Touché.

[–]Jonfirst 1 point2 points ago

Damn I love this story every time I see it, but downvote for reposting every fucking month.

[–]cynicalsweetheart 1 point2 points ago

I don't even care that this is a very old repost or whether or not it's real. I love this story so much I wish it were true with every fiber of my being. (No, not the suspect/racism thing... I don't give a damn who it 'was', all I like is that if a marine got stabbed, his attacker got the SHIT beaten out of him.)

[–]howdy1212 5 points6 points ago

I'm from Augusta and something along these lines did happen a couple of years ago during Black Friday. A man did stab a marine outside of Best Buy and he was beaten up for it. The name, and the falling off the curb is made up (there isn't even a curb outside of the best buy where this happened).

[–]youngavlol 1 point2 points ago

there is a curb on the side but that was just richmond county doing what they normally do.

[–]Lhabs 0 points1 point ago

Does this remind anyone of the ending from To Kill a Mockingbird?

[–]hefnetefne 0 points1 point ago

Why would they lie about beating him up?

[–]ojomo 0 points1 point ago

Can someone summarize this into 3 words? I am too lazy to read it

[–]jiggygent 0 points1 point ago

Knights of new.. you failed me once again.

[–]flooid -1 points0 points ago

I'm pretty sure that this gets reposted just about every. single. day now.

[–]Sneaky_Witless -1 points0 points ago

Crazy part about it is they probably beat the Crap out of the guy while wearing dress blues. That's like fighting in a Tim Burton era Batman costume. Impressive

Edit: It originally sounded like Tracey was the one in Blues, that would have been a coincidence

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

Oh not this bullshit again.

Cue three hundred posts on how all American soldiers everywhere are crazy psychonutcases.

Tl;DR: Reddit hates the military because it's cool too.

[–]Contrapaul 1 point2 points ago

More like HOW HAS OP NOT SEEN THIS FAKE AS HELL STORY BEFORE. This EXACT image was posted like 2 weeks ago, and is totally fake. Snopes it.

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

You don't understand.

Fake or no, it mentions the military.

This will then draw out a roaring crowd of screamingly insane Redditors who think the American military is and always has been worse then a million kitten-raping Hitlers.

[–]BillTowne -1 points0 points ago

I realize this is a fake, but don't believe it was meant to be anti-military. I think it is a wish fulfillment fantasy where the bad guy gets what we think he deserves, and we image ourselves being man-enough to do it.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

You don't understand.

The military is -mentioned-. This is all it takes to summon the Reddit Tough Guys Who Hate America.

I wish I was kidding.

[–]catalyst24 0 points1 point ago

Awww. I upvoted this at first. But, fake... Sry.

[–]poniesNkitties 0 points1 point ago

OORAH

[–]silly_vasily 0 points1 point ago

oldest repost ever, made me laugh though again

[–]ademiix -1 points0 points ago

Yeah mob violence - awesome! /s

[–]derhund -1 points0 points ago

repost.... but still makes me laugh

[–]MrSelfdizstruct75 -1 points0 points ago

I laughed way to hard reading that.

[–]chrisj9 -2 points-1 points ago

This curb must have been like seven feet high!

[–]awsumwillo -2 points-1 points ago

damn it tyrone...

[–]andnowforme0 -3 points-2 points ago

ooh-rah!

[–]DonOblivious -3 points-2 points ago

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