Girl beats off muggers with marching band baton

[Are_grits_groceries]

Don't mess with a marching band girl, especially one armed with a baton. A 17-year-old high school marching band student beat up two assailants who tried to mug her as she walked to school in this high desert community about 40 miles north of Los Angeles, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

The girl punched one of the men in the nose, kicked the other in the groin and beat both with her large baton before she ran away on Friday morning, officials said.

"The moral to this story is don't mess with the marching band girls, or you just might get what you deserve," said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Michael Rust.

He said two men approached the girl from behind, grabbed her coat and demanded money. Deputies searched near Quartz Hill High School for the muggers, looking for a man who was holding his bloodied nose and the other limping.

No arrests have been made, but Rust said it appears the girl made her point to her assailants.

"Final score: Marching band 2, thugs 0," Rust quipped.

http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/768811.html

Don't mess with a drum major.

[HelenWheels]

1. Good for her

I love it

[Deep13]

2. Perhaps "beats off muggers" isn't the best way of putting it. nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. LOL! nt

[drm604]

6. That was my first thought when I saw the subject line.

I guess you and I think alike, unfortunately.

[DBoon]

4. this should be posted in the gungeon

"if marching batons are outlawed, only outlaws will have marching batons"

[Tim01]

5. Children shouldn't have to defend themselves from muggers in our society.

Sadly, what I want, and how things should be, doesn't matter. Things are what they are.
This kind of thing could make her stronger, or scare her for the rest of her life. I'm glad she got out and I hope she is alright. She did well, it could have been much worse.

[TorchTheWitch]

7. Why the hell weren't they arrested?

Just because she kicked their asses doesn't mean they didn't commit a crime!

[drm604]

13. Because they haven't been able to find them. n/t

[IDemo]

8. To the tune of "We Will Rock You" n/t

[JVS]

9. *snicker*

[lunatica]

10. Don't tutch the girl in the marching band

She only looks cute...

[zbdent]

11. and one time at band camp ...

this girl beat off a guy with her flute ...

:evilgrin:

[Ilsa]

12. BRAVA! Band students are smart! They do better in math. I heard that something like 90%

of software engineers in Silicon Valley are (were?) practicing musicians.

It doesn't surprise me that this drum major turned her symbol of leadership into a weapon to defend herself. BRAVA!

[Javaman]

14. I can't help but visualize her in the big drum major hat wearing the

giant Linda Evens shoulder padded uniform with gold tassels a flying.

[bridgit]

15. Good for her!