My aunt just sent this article. My cousin - Capt. US Army - is currently at DLI, though thankfully I don't think he was involved in this incident.
Kudos to our military men and women for leaving and attempting to de-escalate this situation. Too bad that wasn't good enough and it still turned violent.
My emotions run UBER HIGH
regarding words like "babykiller" directed at our troops. So I'm not going to comment on the "what if" this happened in Texas and one of the good guys was carrying. But I'm sure y'all can read between the lines and know exactly what I think this waste of human flesh deserved/deserves for his actions. Prayers to the young lady who was seriously injured.
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Pacific Grove Police: Military personnel assaulted at beach
BY KIMBER SOLANA • ksolana@thecalifornian.com • July 14, 2010
Pacific Grove police officers arrested a 20-year-old man who they say assaulted a group of military students late Tuesday night at Asilomar Beach.
Police said Tyler Tirado, of Monterey, had confronted the group of Defense Language Institute students, called them “baby killers” and struck a 20-year-old woman in the head with a beer bottle.
Officers responded around 11:50 p.m. on the 1800 block of Sunset Drive to reports of a woman with a one-inch cut to her scalp.
The victim and about a dozen of her friends, police said, were gathering on Asilomar Beach when they were confronted by another group who began making derogatory comments towards them.
To avoid any further altercation, officials said, the DLI student started to leave the beach.
As the victim’s group left, police said, Tirado threw a beer bottle and struck the woman. She was taken to the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula where she required staples to close the wound.
Using previous mug shots, Cmdr. John Miller said, Tirado was identified in a photo lineup as the suspect.
Police arrested Tirado around 9:30 a.m. today in Monterey. He was booked into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and assault on military personnel. His bail is set at $30,000.
