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Carlitos Brigante

(26,494 posts)
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:47 PM Jan 2022

Teen powerlifter tackles man attacking her mom during New Orleans trip. 'His mistake'

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/01/05/he-messed-with-wrong-family-hawaii-teen-takes-down-mugger-big-easy/

Tupea, along with her parents, was walking down the Central Business District to grab dinner in New Orleans while on vacation Tuesday, Dec. 28, when she says a man accosted her family, HawaiiNewsNow reported. Tupea said the man punched her mother in the face, dislocating her jaw.

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She ran after the accused attacker once he decided to flee, according to Tupea, and he then turned around and hit her, too. Tupea said she reeled from the punch, which left her with a black eye, NOLA reported, but still continued to pursue the man.

Once she caught up with him, she dodged his tackle and pinned him down under a car, trapping him, according to HawaiiNewsNow. The man pleaded with her to let him go, Tupea said, but she told him she wouldn’t.

“He asked me to let him go, but I kept telling him that he messed with the wrong family,” she told HawaiiNewsNow.


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Teen powerlifter tackles man attacking her mom during New Orleans trip. 'His mistake' (Original Post) Carlitos Brigante Jan 2022 OP
Awesome youngun! Lunabell Jan 2022 #1
Fuckin' A! Ilsa Jan 2022 #2
Good deal, and she didn't have to carry a gun to protect her family. Hoyt Jan 2022 #3
Here's another article with the video. He was a rough-looking purse snatcher, a 'career criminal'. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #4
Ah! I was wondering what the context was. This is a better link. nt Carlitos Brigante Jan 2022 #5
Asshole coward thinks he can attack a woman easily. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #6
What happens when that fucker sues her? Orrex Jan 2022 #7
Go go girl!!! vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #8
She's 15 and deadlifts 319lbs Aviation Pro Jan 2022 #9
That is a very good deadlift. JanMichael Jan 2022 #10

Orrex

(63,172 posts)
7. What happens when that fucker sues her?
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 09:18 PM
Jan 2022

He will argue that he fled the scene and that the victims were no longer in danger, but she chose to pursue.


Regardless, I'd like to hire her as my bodyguard.

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