The tragic face of defenselessness

WBNS 10TV (CBS Columbus) is reporting that a Columbus man heading out for a Saturday morning jog took a severe beating from three other men more than half his age.

Police are looking for any possible witnesses to help catch the three robbers. 10TV is not reporting the victim’s last name, and OFCC is not reporting his first.

"These dummies are going to kill me for nothing,” the victim told the news channel.

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As can be seen in this image from 10TV, the elderly victim's face was still black and blue Tuesday night from the beating three days before.

The man was jogging near Champion Avenue and Long Street at about 5 a.m. Saturday when 10TV says he suddenly became a target.

"I was just coming down the street, and the guy asked me if I had a cigarette," the victim told 10TV, before adding that he barely had time to respond “no” before he was jumped.

"And then, before I knew it, two other guys grabbed me like this started beating me all over,” he demonstrated for the cameras.

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According to the news report, the robbers stole his money. The beating left him with two black eyes, some fractures, stitches in his ear and broken dentures.

The victim told 10TV he is angry to have been attacked so brutally "because it wasn't necessary. All he had to do was go in my pocket.”

10TV says police hope someone saw the attack on the street and can help identify the robbers. In some ways, the victim told reporters he wants to find his attackers before detectives do.

"I want him to know how that feels -- to be hit in the head like that. I want the same stick, and let me hit him.”

Anyone with any information about this assault is being asked to please call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS.

Commentary:
Over and over, police spokespeople advise citizens asking for self-defense advice that, when attacked by a criminal, they should just "give them what they want".

And over and over, criminals show that they need no reason (and often do not wait for resistance) before becoming brutal, merciless, and inhuman.

Over and over, gun ban extremists claim that the best defense against attack is to call 911 and wait.

And over and over, bodies are broken and lives destroyed by criminals who stubbornly refuse to wait for police to arrive before terrorizing their victims.

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