(RUS) Woman Beats up, Disarms Gun-Toting Policeman in Drunken Brawl

[Drizzt]

Woman Beats up, Disarms Gun-Toting Policeman in Drunken Brawl

Created: 29.08.2005 12:22 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 12:22 MSK

MosNews

A police officer was badly beaten by a woman who rushed to help her friend wounded minutes earlier by the man in a drunken brawl. The officer was hospitalized with numerous injuries.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Moscow, a spokesperson for the Moscow prosecutor’s office told Interfax news agency.

Preliminary reports said that a police officer had been drinking alcohol in the company of two women. At some point he quarreled with one of them and fired several shots at her from his pistol wounding her in the leg.

Seeking to avenge her friend another woman attacked the policeman, hit him several times and took his weapon away from him.

The man was hospitalized with a fractured jaw bone and head injuries. The wounded woman was also rushed to a Moscow hospital.

Moscow prosecutors are investigating the incident.

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/29/policeincident.shtml

1. Shouldn't have been drinking while he was carrying
2. Obviously, having a gun won't necessarily keep you from getting you tail handed to you....

 

[VARifleman]

Too bad she didn't beat him harder...

 

[Dr.Rob]

and he should know better than to anger a Russian girl.

 

[GunnySkox]

That's the style, Russian Lady, drop a train on 'em!

~Slam_Fire

 

[RyanM]

Gotta love the phrasing "seeking to avenge her friend." Makes it sound like vigilante justice, rather than defense of a (presumably) innocent third party.

 

[ExtremeDooty]

I hope the blissninnies don't read this.

See how easy it is to have your gun taken away from you?

 

[Stauble]

ive always admired and felt sypathy for the russian people

i just hate thier government and all that wear a uniform

 

[max popenker]

Stauble, you might be surprised how many Russian people hate American government and americans in uniform (especial those who bombed Belgrad or Baghdad...)...

 

[The Viking]

Goes to show that only the police are qualified to have and use firearms eh?

 

[Godfather]

Drunk+gun=drunk+car

only less fatal.

 

[c_yeager]

Gotta love the phrasing "seeking to avenge her friend." Makes it sound like vigilante justice, rather than defense of a (presumably) innocent third party.

Russia has a different perpective on how this works. I would image that the phrasing was used to jazz up the article. They dont have the same PC culture regarding this and "avenging her friend" wouldnt likely be seen as a crime anyways in this context.

 

[Standing Wolf]

The man was hospitalized with a fractured jaw bone and head injuries.

Heck, I'll bet he doesn't even mind the hang-over.

 

[slzy]

Greetings Max. is russia and the united states working as closely together as they could be,considering that muslim groups are irritating both countries,and if not,why?

 

[gripper]

Max,after Beslan;there couldn't possibly be any sane people who opposerooting out and dealing with the Islamicist extrmists,like the Chechnyan or Ingusetian factions ....or are there??This is not to say that "the cops/Militia/OMON always get it right" ,either;after all,look at the way they botched the Beslan( and others) situation.
And,YES,there is MUCH to admire about Russia,both past and present;just don't go referring to US troops doing the right thing as people to be "hated" for "bombing Baghdad"...it could easily be misconstrued.

 

[GRB]

Max did not say Americans are people to be hated, just in essence that many Russians apparently do hate Americans in uniform. Maybe he feels the same way but I do't think he was justifying such sentiment based on what he said.

I kind of think she should have shoved the gun up the cops behind once she had taken it away. As for the way the article relates her motives as being an avenger instead of a defender, maybe they got it right either based upon her statements or based upon witness statements. Either way, she seemingly did the right thing especially if it was defense of another and of herself.

 

[TMM]

2. Obviously, having a gun won't necessarily keep you from getting you tail handed to you....

that is, IF you drink. i don't drink, mainly because i'm 15, but i probably won't drink much when i'm 21 or older, either....

~TMM

 

[White Horseradish]

I kind of think she should have shoved the gun up the cops behind once she had taken it away.

The account of this that I read on a Russian news site said that she broke his jaw with the pistol. The gun, btw, was reported to be a Makarov.


There is a surprising amount of anti-american sentiment in Russia. I've yet to figure out why people who have not been directly affected by anything US did are so angry. My working theory is that, just as in many other places, in Russia anti-americanism is purposely cultivated by someone because it profits them in one way or another.

 

[max popenker]

on Russia and anti-americanism

Ok, boys, first I must admit that i do NOT hate USA; however, i may not like certain aspects of foreign politics of USA, as well as certain aspects of US culture.. But I still like american people like you, and that's why i'm so frequent here.

About general anti-americanism in Russian society, i think this have rooths in the past.
Remember when USSR was "the empire of evil"? But for us Russians USSR was our belowed home; and when it fell down, we fell sorry, and many still do. It is generally accepted idea that US government and its services like CIA put a lot of effort into defeating the USSR, and this isone of the basic roots of the anti-americanism here.
Another aspect is the foreign policy of USA; you of cause may think differently, but the reasons USA bombed Yugoslavia are so elusive...
And that Al-Quaeda, that was founded and taught up by CIA to fight Russians in Afghanistan... Now it fights Americans in Afghanistan, ain't that ironic?

the key problem, however, is that many 40+ years old people used to live in bi-polar world, where's there always the "other side" to hate and blame for problems. For many, "Imperialistic USA" still is that "other side".

 

[ExtremeDooty]

As a 40+ American, I can still remember Kruschev screaming "We will bury You" speaking of the US. It's also funny that you can remember the CIA but not the KGB.

The real Kicker is when somebody from the former USSR and an alleged student of history refers to America as "Imperialist." You might want to go back to some real history books and read about how Russia became the USSR.

It is generally accepted here, that Communism caused the fall of the USSR.

 

[max popenker]

ExtremeDooty, at the end it is all about the side of the Iron Curtain you was brought in. Every event may have more hat one (and two) points of view, most of them mutually exclusive.

Yes, USSR was in some respects "imperialistic"; But what bothers (and scares) me much is some clear similarities between the late 70s-80s USSR and current USA. these may not be obvious for your Americans, but they are there.
Such as, say, less that bright country leaders, war in Afghanistan w/o much prospect of a clear victory, a problematic economy, a cultural stagnation...

That really scares me because i've seen how USSR ended up...