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Redondo Beach, CA

Redondo Beach beating victim was no Marine

He claimed to be a Marine -- a decorated veteran of two tours in Iraq, wounded as he dodged roadside bombs that killed his buddies and leaders.

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#1
May 1, 2008
 
Wow, what a loser this kid is. Get a job!
steve USC
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#2
May 1, 2008
 
i knew that story was fishy from the get go and all those idiots who posted on the original story that said gangsters from carson and hawthorne are to blame ...like i said what gangbanger is hanging out at midnight on the strand with a skateboard.....hi five to all the peeps who knew this dude was lying
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#3
May 1, 2008
 
this kid should move out the area, people will ridicule him to the fullest trying to pretend to be a marine. i guess his parents shoul have paid more attention to this poser. i hope i never see you in lineup.
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#4
May 1, 2008
 
I thought that our police dept was keeping the gang members from "loitering" on the Esplanade.
Clearly after this Marine was beaten severly; our police aren't doing their jobs to protect the innocent.
Why not post either a policeman on foot or a volunteer "policeman" to keep watch on this area?
I have applauded our policemen and firemen.
However, I think on a Saturday night 11 ish pm.
That this horrible incident should have been prevented. Someone should be on watch on our beaches.
Frankly, the city should implore its' citizens to do the neighborhood watch.
That would assist the police and greatly help to protect our neighborhood. People just won't pick up the phone to report anything. Very sad!!!!
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#5
May 1, 2008
 
OOPS, I guess I missed the article that disproved the guys story about being beaten up.
Hopefully, I'll read about it in tomorrows newspaper.
I apologize to our police dept if in fact this man was a fraud.
steve USC
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#6
May 1, 2008
 
this is the best i cant get enough of this story - this is a good example of why we should not always jump to conclusions and wait for the whole story to unfold.....way to go to all you people who blamed the cops for not being there stating that they were at the donut shop...this so sweet makes my teeth hurt....a gangster with a skateboard ..... thats like a brain surgeon with with a ak47
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#7
May 1, 2008
 
Like I said, there are white gang bangers around the beach area. They are surfers and skate boarders!!!

The fact that this guy lied about being in the Marines was a little strange, but the gang bangers who assaulted him could very well have assaulted someone else. Who ever they are, I hope they get caught and prosecuted.

Good and bad people come in all colors.
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#8
May 1, 2008
 
Just a wild guess but,,,,,,he probably injured his head, when he fell off his skateboard, while high on pot, and fishing for women.
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May 1, 2008
 
Bubbles wrote:
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Surfers and skateboarders go around asking people where they are from?
absolutely! they do it too!
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#12
May 1, 2008
 
Former Trader Joe's employee? Probably jumped by some disgruntled homies that used to work at Crate and Barrell. Could have been hit over the head by a small scented candle.
Another fine job of investigative reporting.
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#13
May 1, 2008
 
Sounds to me like he was probably 'cruising' the Esplanade looking for 'Friends' near the restrooms and someone didn't like his advances.
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#14
May 1, 2008
 
I was skeptical when he said he was deployed for 15 months in Iraq. Most Marines don't get that long of a deployment? Or if they do it is a special circumstance. Well, I hope the media has learned it's lesson from this too. Check out your sources of a story before you print it!!
Proud military mom.
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#16
May 1, 2008
 
This guy should be Webster's Dictionary definition of a loser. He wouldn't be believable if he said the sun came up in the east. He should be in rehab right now.
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#17
May 1, 2008
 
Another upstanding resident/student from Redondo.
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#18
May 1, 2008
 
I heard this guy works for Janice Hahn as a gang interventionist.
Smelled fishy
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#19
May 1, 2008
 
Yep, something smelled odd with this story from the beginning. It just wasn't normal. First, a 5' 0" Marine? That's very, very rare. Secondly, a Marine would have a little more disciplane that this punk described as his actions during the "event" that took place on the "Esplanade" At least he came through earlier, rather than later after he could have duped good folks of $$$.
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May 1, 2008
 
Community Member wrote:
Like I said, there are white gang bangers around the beach area. They are surfers and skate boarders!!!
The fact that this guy lied about being in the Marines was a little strange, but the gang bangers who assaulted him could very well have assaulted someone else. Who ever they are, I hope they get caught and prosecuted.
Good and bad people come in all colors.
These white gang bangers hanging out at the beach area a menace to society! Oh wait, those guys are "head bangers" not "gang bangers"...never mind.
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#21
May 1, 2008
 
This is what happens when you have a newspaper that runs loose with it's stories to be sensational first and right second.
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#22
May 1, 2008
 
funny stuff!
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#23
May 1, 2008
 
Hey, if lying about being a Marine is good enough for Dan Rather...it's good enough for this loser.
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