I will engage in fisticuffs with you, good sir, just dont expect me to put down my beer.

  • “I will engage in fisticuffs with you, good sir, just don’t expect me to put down my beer.”

We don’t like to celebrate criminals. They are, after all, criminals. Ne’er-do-wells are ne’er-do-wells, nothing to trumpet.

However, when you read a sentence like this one from an Akron Beacon Journal story, you can’t help but give a mental slow clap for a quick second.

An Akron man held onto his beer while struggling with an officer trying to arrest him Tuesday night following a break-in at a Massillon Road convenience store, police said.

This article appears in Feb 8-14, 2012.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

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