Everyone knows the whole “You have the right to remain silent…” speech intoned on every cop show ever. That warning arose out of a SCOTUS case called Miranda v. Arizona, and now, if the cops fail to give the Miranda warning during custodial interrogation, any statements made by the defendant during said interrogation may not be used as evidence against him. This is sometimes called a Miranda violation.
Well, the story in the link below has nothing to do with any of that, except for the name of the defendant. Anthony Miranda picked the wrong guy to rob. His “victim” was an presently unnamed martial arts expert and ultimate fighter that turned the tables and kicked Miranda’s ass…
Oh, I don’t know, it’s not really all that bad when you come down to it. I mean, there’s a small patch of skin on his upper right forehead that isn’t all banged up at all.
Related story about another foolish criminal: An acquaintance was (and probably still is, if he’s still alive) a rather large man. Over six feet tall, very bulky. He was taking martial arts instruction to try to get into better shape. One evening, leaving the studio, he suddenly felt something poke him in the back and heard a demand for money. Well, one of the things martial arts teaches you is not to try to fight a gun, so he was about to comply. Suddenly the pressure on his back was gone. He turned around to find his martial arts teacher standing over the unconscious body of the would-be robber. “Just walk away,” the teacher said. And they both did.
And that, while we’re on the subject, the police caught a suspect in Miranda’s death who subsequently invoked his Miranda rights. At least that’s what I’ve read and Miranda’s wikipedia entry backs it up.
I absolutely love the idea that shooting himself in the foot (literally) resulted in a charge being brought against him, which was in fact an instance of shooting himself in the foot (figuratively).
