Story 3 Robbery Victim

Michele Schipper, a robbery victim, had a good sense of self-defense when it comes to fighting back.

 


 Yesterday, Michele Schipper, was taken by surprise when getting out of her car where she was 

approached by a 6 foot, tall man. He told her to give him her purse. Just before the man was close

enough to grab the purse Shcipper quickly turned around and kicked him. 

            Schipper said, “I was afraid he wouldn’t stay down, that he would find retribution,” she continued, “ When he was down, I gave him a roundhouse to the nose. I just hit him as hard as I could, an undercut as hard as I could.”

            With 3 big hits to the man she could see blood spurting, her only thought was to get away. She ran to the local motel from down the street and called the cops. Unfortunately, when cops arrived the robber was gone.

           

            The robbery occurred around 4 p.m.. Unfortunately there were no other witnesses around at the time of the robbery. Schipper explained that she believed the robber came from behind a dumpster, and had just been waiting there since no one else was around.

            Schipper had never taken any kind of self-defense class or anything of that kind. When she grew up she liked to wrestle with guys, and her friends.  Also, her dad had been into boxing and weightlifting, which kept Schipper busy by playing with the equipment, giving her strength and power.

            “It just came instinctively,” Schipper said, “It really only lasted a second.”  Schipper would have had only lost $10 out of her purse. She defines herself as indignant, and that she was.