What would you do? Husband and wife attacked by teens

[Street Rat]

It is pretty sad to see what some teens are capable of these days. It's hard to think about what you could legally do in a situation like this. I'm not saying what this guy did was wrong, but I try to be aware of what kind of environment I am in as to how I would handle a certain situation. I remember going to a dollar movie many years ago at I-240 and Shields, it only took me one time to realize what those kind of kids would be capable of and how they act in the movie theatre, but had something like this happened then, what would have been the best way of escape?

Marine Home From Iraq War, Wife Allegedly Assaulted Outside Florida Theater by Teen Mob

He made it home from the Iraq war just in time for Christmas. She was looking forward to a night out with her husband after so much time apart.

But a group of teenagers had other plans for Federico and Kalyn Freire, who were assaulted outside a Florida movie theater after asking the teens to be quiet during a movie on Christmas Day.

Federico Freire, a 28-year-old Marine, and Kalyn Freire were attacked after the couple attended a showing of "Little Fockers" on Saturday in Bradenton, Fla.

"The saddest part about it was that this was our first date night together in a long time," Freire's wife, Kalyn, said in an interview Wednesday with FoxNews.com. "We were just looking to spend some time together."

Freire, a Florida native stationed at Camp Pendelton in California, said he and his wife asked a group of "obnoxiously loud" teenagers talking on cell phones to "be quiet" during the 8:20 p.m. movie.

"This was my first time back in town from my tour in Iraq," he said.

Freire told FoxNews.com that news outlets reporting he was home on leave from Afghanistan were incorrect, and that he had served a combat tour in Iraq and currently was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Freire said that when the disturbance escalated and the group began cursing, his wife called the manager, who asked several of the teenagers to leave the theater.

The couple said they thought the fracas was over until they walked out of the theater and were assaulted by a mob of menacing teenagers.

"On our way out of the movie theater, my wife gets surrounded with about 10 to 15 girls that were about to attack her," Freire told FoxNews.com. "As soon as I saw this I immediately ran and got her out of harm's way."

Freire said he was kicked and punched as he and his wife tried to run from the group.

"I leaned down to grab my purse and there were literally 100 teens around us," Kalyn Freire said, "While the manager was in the corner with his mouth open and not doing anything."

Freire said one bystander stepped forward and told the couple to follow him to his car, saying he could scare the crowd off with a gun. But before the two reached the man's vehicle, one of the teenagers said, "I'm going to knock your wife out," before punching Freire's wife to the ground, the couple said.

Deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene and arrested two 15-year-old brothers and charged them with misdemeanor battery.

According to a police report, three others -- 16-year-old Ishmael Dunbar, 17-year-old Reginald Gardner and 20-year-old Destiny McNeil -- were arrested and charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer and trespassing.

"All available units were requested to respond to disperse the crowd for officer safety and to restore order," the police report said. One teenager was stunned by a Taser.

Authorities said the fight attracted about 300 bystanders

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[BIG_MIKE2005]

LOL, beat you to it just by a couple minutes

 

[Street Rat]

LOL, beat you to it just by a couple minutes

YOU SUCK!!!!

I'm going to start another one, and you don't know what it's about....

 

[BIG_MIKE2005]

LOL, alrighty then

 

[Street Rat]

Lock it up then admin....

 

[Bierhunter]

Amazing how those 300 bystanders couldn't help a couple a people in distress. Society sucks.

Too bad a bunch of those bystanders didn't at least have a pepper spray party with those teens. Probably turn them from loud mouth punks to whiny babies real quick.

 

[redneck1861]

Amazing how those 300 bystanders couldn't help a couple a people in distress. Society sucks.

Too bad a bunch of those bystanders didn't at least have a pepper spray party with those teens. Probably turn them from loud mouth punks to whiny babies real quick.

Yeah that spray is no joke, I have only been hit with pepper spray a couple times, but the real bad stuff is OC

 

[DeerAssassin]

I would've whipped out my Mac-10 and showed them the new meaning of "pepper spray"!!!

 

[TJay74]

With the way Florida's law is written you could of have easily defended yourself with lethal force and been fine.

I am sorry, but 10-15 on 2 are odds that dont present well to being able to make it out of the situation without some bodily harm.

 

[Kingmarine]

When I first got back from Iraq, I really had a hard time maintaining control in any crowded area. I would have snapped if someone had tried to hit my wife.