NEW ORLEANS —
A mother and veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan said she had to do something she never dreamed of.

While stuck in traffic on Interstate 10 in New Orleans, she said someone tried to get in her car.

So, her training kicked in and she pulled out a gun.

Charise Taylor said the incident happened while her 2-year-old son was in the car.

"You shouldn't have to navigate your own city like a war zone. It's un-American,” Taylor said. “The crime is out of control and it's terrifying. At this point, having to use the same tactics in an American city that you use in Iraq and Afghanistan simply to navigate through the city it's scary and I'm not the only mom feeling this way."

Taylor said she was headed to pick up her husband on Friday.
She was stuck in gridlock traffic, she said a group in a truck motioned to her to get over.
So, she let them. Next thing she knows a man comes up to her passenger door.

"So, as he comes up he's close and he's pretty aggressive trying to get the car door open makes eye contact with me he's still trying to get it open a couple times," Taylor said.

Taylor said she picked up her gun.

“It’s locked and loaded," she recalled saying.

Taylor said she didn't fire but was ready to. She said the man eventually ran off. Taylor said what also has her on edge is police classified the crime as a disturbance.

NOPD issued the following statement:

“The NOPD is actively investigating a disturbance that occurred on Interstate 10 West at the Canal Street exit on February 11, 2022 at about 5:20 p.m. The incident classification is based on the available information regarding the incident at the time the report was written. We do not have any additional information to provide this time.”

"The emotions honestly your body takes in a different form I stayed in my body of course but everything transformed I'm trained to do this I've gone to classes I'm prior military if I have to pull this trigger that's what I have to do,” Taylor said.

LINK: https://www.wdsu.com/article/n...n-carjacker/39081164

A scared criminal will start to wonder every time he goes out if it will be his last day. This is a good thing.

Good for her and she is right. When we let the criminals do what they want without repercussions and our political "leaders" allow it/make excuses for it, how far off are we as other third world countries?. I wonder how many women,(or men), would have the ability/thought process to do what she did. Glad to hear she is ok.

"She said the man eventually ran off."

Eventually? The guy stuck around even though she pulled a gun?

She’s also a reporter for a local news station

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Originally posted by konata88:
"She said the man eventually ran off."

Eventually? The guy stuck around even though she pulled a gun?

Might've been thinking about calling her bluff. A certain demographic will do that most of the time.

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Originally posted by konata88:
"She said the man eventually ran off."

Eventually? The guy stuck around even though she pulled a gun?

That isn't unusual.

It isn't like TV or movies where they run away as soon as a gun comes out. They still go through the 4 stages (well, at least the 1st 3)before they get to acceptance

^^^ good point!

Fight crime; shoot back.

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Originally posted by konata88:
"She said the man eventually ran off."

Eventually? The guy stuck around even though she pulled a gun?

It's hard to run off when your already low pants are now around your ankles because of the weight of the crap that left your body when she pulled a gun.

Good for her. Might have saved her or her sons life.

Darn. Good story, but I was hoping for a happier ending with a mention of some thug being ventilated or making comparisons to Swiss cheese. Good on mom!!!

Mamma bear & her 2 yr. old cub, lucky man to get away.

I remember way back when I was much younger, this stuff didn't happen all the time like now. You know, back in 2018

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by konata88:
"She said the man eventually ran off."

Eventually? The guy stuck around even though she pulled a gun?

Might've been thinking about calling her bluff. A certain demographic will do that most of the time.

Maybe he didn’t see the gun. The article says she picked it up. Is it possible she did not escalate by showing it. Idk, just think it’s not clear.