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The toast of the senior citizen circuit is Bill “Boom Boom” Barnes, age 72, whose appearance on the front page of The Press on Tuesday catapulted him onto a national stage, including a mention Wednesday on the Paul Harvey radio broadcast.
And word of what he did is spreading, with the release late Wednesday of a video that captured Barnes punching out a 27-year-old suspected pickpocket identified by authorities as Jesse Daniel Rae, of Newaygo County.
The best part of the article is by far the security video of this old guy just creaming the wannabe-thief. While you have to endure 2/3 of the tape showing just some annoying young dude in line acting totally weird and shady, when you see Barnes go from friendly old guy to Hammer of Justice, it’s worth it. It’s also fun to watch Barnes and the large store manager wrestle the thief out the front door. Here is another article about the incident.
It was a quick fight, but the thief was smart enough to turn away and protect himself from any crotch shots. However, Barnes did the right thing, launching some vicious shots to the head before going downstairs for a few kidney shots. Nice work!
Barnes said he’d probably do the same thing again under the same circumstances, if for no other reason than what he would face back home.
“I wouldn’t want my wife to give me hell for lettin’ that guy get my money,” he said with a smile.
/cry
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