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I am a pretty optimistic person and usually look for the good in all people, but not today. Let me tell you what happened to my wife and children last night.
We live in a pretty nice neighborhood that has a neighborhood pool. My wife (a school teacher) will take my children to the pool almost every day during the summer. For the past five years they have went with no incident. There is a rule at the pool that you must let yourself in (with the provided key) and not to let people past the gate whom you do not know. This is to keep people from outside of the neighborhood from using the pool.
Yesterday afternoon as my wife, children, friend, and her child were leaving the pool, two women and three men approached them and asked to be let into the pool. My wife explained that she could not and if they lived in the neighborhood then they will need to get their own key. No sooner had she gotten the last sentence out of her mouth than one of the ladies punched her in the face and started clawing at her. The friend pulled her off of my wife, but then was attacked by the other woman. At the point the friend identified herself as a state peace officer, which made the only fight her more.
Finally, a group of men from the pool made their way outside of the gate and ran the group off.
I am forever grateful for them stopping the event, calling 911, and even getting the license plate number of the car. More importantly they were able to protect my girls. All of this occurred because they wanted in the pool? Oh and to top it off, they took the phone of the friend with them. To recap that would be assault, assault of a Peace Officer, and theft from the same Peace Officer.
The more I think about it, the more mad I become.
We live in a pretty nice neighborhood that has a neighborhood pool. My wife (a school teacher) will take my children to the pool almost every day during the summer. For the past five years they have went with no incident. There is a rule at the pool that you must let yourself in (with the provided key) and not to let people past the gate whom you do not know. This is to keep people from outside of the neighborhood from using the pool.
Yesterday afternoon as my wife, children, friend, and her child were leaving the pool, two women and three men approached them and asked to be let into the pool. My wife explained that she could not and if they lived in the neighborhood then they will need to get their own key. No sooner had she gotten the last sentence out of her mouth than one of the ladies punched her in the face and started clawing at her. The friend pulled her off of my wife, but then was attacked by the other woman. At the point the friend identified herself as a state peace officer, which made the only fight her more.
Finally, a group of men from the pool made their way outside of the gate and ran the group off.
I am forever grateful for them stopping the event, calling 911, and even getting the license plate number of the car. More importantly they were able to protect my girls. All of this occurred because they wanted in the pool? Oh and to top it off, they took the phone of the friend with them. To recap that would be assault, assault of a Peace Officer, and theft from the same Peace Officer.
The more I think about it, the more mad I become.
