Grandpa ends police standoff by throwing suspect off the roof

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Published 09/14/2017 at 10:28

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“Burgess grabbed a neighbor’s ladder and climbed to the top of his single story home. He lectured the suspect before grabbing him. The two tussled for a bit before Burgess pushed the burglary suspect off the roof.”

Oh yeah, there’s video. Not any more. It looks like they pulled it.

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Replies (22)

Kinja'd!!! "Echo51" (echo2047)
09/14/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 2

Fixing stuff just like back in the day, where men where men, and disagreements were settled the hard way.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/14/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 2

...and because nothing is logical, Gramps will probably get dinged for assault.

At least that’s likely what would happen here. 404 Logic Not Found

Kinja'd!!! "CB" (jrcb)
09/14/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 3

While he probably shouldn’t have done that, it sounds like they need a better crisis negotiator.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
09/14/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 8

*Police take 5 hours trying to coax the man down*

Grandpa: “I ain’t got time for this bullshit.”

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/14/2017 at 10:49, STARS: 2

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Kinja'd!!! "My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
09/14/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 1

In other news, police officer loses job for allowing civilian to pass safety barrier.

Kinja'd!!! "Wacko" (wacko--)
09/14/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 2

OLD man Yells at cloud...

no wait now he’s climbing a ladder, he’s on the roof. Now old man pushes man off roof.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
09/14/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0

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The Grandpa won’t stop until you’re dead!

Kinja'd!!! "Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
09/14/2017 at 11:10, STARS: 0

where the video? did the news site take it down? i wanna see some justice, grandpa style

Kinja'd!!! "CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
09/14/2017 at 11:19, STARS: 5

The lecture part is my favorite. I just picture the old man wagging his finger, “If you were my grandson I would beat your living daylights out. How could you rob....”etc.

Kinja'd!!! "xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
09/14/2017 at 11:36, STARS: 1

Even Santa is saying off his roof...

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
09/14/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 0

You need Flash to watch this video.

Dammit!

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/14/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 2

Gramps will probably not face an assault charge but I guarantee that Mr. Burglar is going to sue him.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/14/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0

The fact that there is actually a precedent on this is disturbing to me. I just don’t understand.

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/14/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0

People (specifically the scummy kind of lawyers) love to sue over everything.

Kinja'd!!! "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
09/14/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1

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Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/14/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0

Yeah, I get that. Scum gonna scum. But I don’t understand how somebody WON in the first place.

“So what happened?”

“He deliberately pushed me off the roof”

“Why were you on the roof?”

“Trying to break in”

“Well, I’ve heard enough, clearly the guy who pushed you needs to give you money”

It’s like the burglar is guaranteed money. He could break in, take whatever he can find (which may or may not be worth the effort), and risk getting caught... or he can sue the guy he tried to rob because he got hurt due to the fact that the guy he tried to rob didn’t actually want to lose his stuff? DO THEY NOT REALIZE THEY’RE LITERALLY PLAYING INTO THEIR HANDS?

It’s a load of bullshit.

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/14/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 1

I don’t think anyone other than the lawyers have ever won a case like this. I’m pretty sure most of them get thrown out of court.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/14/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0

I thought they had, but you probably know more than me. I hope you’re right. The fact that these cases seem to happen with regularity make me want to throw up.

Fucking. Bullshit.

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/14/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 1

Looks like they pulled the video anyway.

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/14/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 0

Yeah, it looks like they pulled the video.

Kinja'd!!! "AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
09/14/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 1

Amazing. Found a video. It’s in the linked source article.

http://abc7.com/83-year-old-throws-man-off-roof-helps-end-la-puente-standoff/2410353/