Rutledge refused to be a victim.
In fact, he was mad.
When the gunman held the gun up Rutledge said, “Why you wanna rob me? Why don’t you get a job? What I got, what I get, what I spend in this store, I earned it! I said if you gonna shoot me then shoot me. I got a wife and three kids that you’ll have to take care of.”
The gunman apparently got scared and took off, tho was apprehended along with two others.
Rutledge just doesn’t understand the mentality of people like Malone. “What is wrong with them? I got drafted to go to Vietnam, I didn’t have a choice. They got all the opportunities in the world now to make something of themselves but they don’t want it,” he said.
In hearing this story, I think about so many different things.
First, Rutledge is black, and his robber was black. So those of you wishing to inject race or racism as the root of all conflict are just out of luck here… sorry Jesse Jackson, sorry Al Sharpton, go pander somewhere else. Or better, how about you come and support Mr. Rutledge?
But it also demonstrates that race isn’t the issue. It’s an issue of people who work and earn their keep in this world, that are productive, and just don’t like people who come along and wish to take it from them… that expect a handout, or are unwilling to earn their keep, or are otherwise unproductive in society. And yes, the parallel between this robbery and the robbery going on by our government and so much “liberal compassion”, desire to “redistribute wealth”, and so on well… it’s about the same, both in behavior and in the anger it produces in the victim.
The there’s the coda to the article:
It should be noted this is not how the Chattanooga Police Department recommends you react in a similar situation, but in Napoleon’s case it seemed to work.
If you watch the video, it’s slightly different saying “it’s nice to see the good guy win for once”. Folks, if you want to keep seeing the good guy win, then the only way to do it is to stand up to the bad guy. Handling things the way the Police say will always let the bad guy win. No the good guys won’t always win, but if you always permit yourself to be the victim, you’ll never have a chance to be the victor.
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Predators tend to go after the weak and shy away from the strong. Most criminals I’ve run into were cowards who tended to fold if it looked like they might get hurt.
Personally, I’d like to buy Rutledge a beer and shake his hand.
But I’m sure the Chattanooga police wouldn’t want you to do that. 😉
Seriously tho… most criminals are just looking for a cheap score. They don’t want a fight, they don’t want to die, and they do expect most people will NOT fight back. They have their “script” and when someone goes off script, like Rutledge did, well… the criminal doesn’t know how to handle it and everything breaks down, like we got here.
I completely agree with you. This entitled, I deserve it mentality people have is crazy. What’s crazier is the government is facilitating it. Great Post.