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Not defenseless after all.


One normally thinks of a wheelchair-bound person as relatively defenseless because of limited mobility, but a Harlem, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, grandmother proved that stereotype stereotype (stĕr`ĕətīp'), plate from which printing is done, made by casting metal in a mold, usually of paper pulp. The process was patented in 1725 by the Scottish inventor William Ged.  wrong.

Margaret Johnson, 57, was going to a firing range on September 8 to shoot her .357 pistol--something she has done for 25 years to relieve stress--when Deron Johnson
    Deron Roger Johnson (July 17 1938 - April 23 1992) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball. Born in San Diego, California, he played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City & Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White
     (no relation) grabbed her around the neck, likely trying to get her necklace necklace: see jewelry. . Margaret described to the New York Daily News New York Daily News

    Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S.
     what happened next: "I was afraid. I didn't know what he was going to do. I shot him and then I called 911." Her shot hit Deron in the elbow, and he fled. But his escape was short-lived. Police tracked him down and arrested him on a robbery charge.

    Margaret, an award-winning shooter, was not proud of what she did, but she noted that it was he who made the decision to attack her: "Actually I feel sick about the whole thing," but "picking on a handicapped woman is about as low as you can go. I feel sorry for him, but it was a choice he made." Deron had been arrested nine other times previously for various crimes and spent eight years in prison.
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    Title Annotation:EXERCISING THE RIGHT; Margaret Johnson
    Author:Williamsen, Kurt
    Publication:The New American
    Article Type:Brief article
    Geographic Code:1U2NY
    Date:Oct 30, 2006
    Words:198
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