Iraq War Veteran, Wife Assaulted Outside Florida Theater by Teen Mob

[Executioner]

To bad this guy did not have a few more Marine buddies with him...

He was an Iraq war veteran home on leave 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 out 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 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 harms 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.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29/ir ... -teen-mob/

[normalicy]

Dang, how do you assemble that many people for a fight?

[wesg]

Is this how we treat the men and women defending our country ?
This makes me sick to my stomache, evey teen involved should spend time behind bars, of age or not !

[Executioner]

Since I like going to movies, I've been seeing this kind of behavior, but mostly during the evening hours. The best time to go to the movies is when they first open up, usually around noon time. I hardly ever go in the evenings due to the idiots that have to talk, bring babies, use cell phones, etc.

There was only one time where I actually turned around and told a bunch of teenagers to shut up that were behind me. Again that was at night. After I did that, I received some applause from the people around me. After the movie was over, they finally began to talk..."I did not think that we were talking that loud."

I agree with you wesg. What a shame that these turds don't have any respect for men and women who defend our country.

[RubberDuckie]

I disagree. they should not have to spend time behind bars, that would only send them down the wrong path. I do however think they should spend some time with this guy back in Iraq on his next tour. Maybe that will teach them some respect, it obviously is not coming from the parenting they are getting.

[MidnightSin]

Not defending the teens in any way. But how were they supposed to know he is a vet.

It shouldn't matter if he is or not. You simply don't treat people that way.

My father taught me to respect my elders and that is what these brats need to be taught.

[normalicy]

Most of our theatres are located in malls around here & if you're not over 18, then you're not allowed in the mall after like 5 or 6pm without an adult over 25. So, fortunately, that's not so much of a problem for us.

[b-man1]

disgusting.