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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:43 AM Original message |
Elderly Woman Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy who was Constantly Harassing Her |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's one way to respond to bullying, once the bullies cross a certain line. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hard to condone her shooting him, but I can certainly empathize |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. The kid's been charged, but not the woman. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Good... Some DA was using common sense |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
149. THANK GOODNESS! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
163. Yup....the result of the combined failure of social and parental controls. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
164. It's sad that the kid's family is refusing too hold him at fault for anything |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
168. It was self defense, what do you want? NT |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. That would be the best outcome |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
159. actually, I am on her side. older woman living alone and some |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You're not really suggesting that shooting a 12 year old kid |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. As I wrote previously, bricks can kill. Once you attack with deadly force, you are in a gunfight. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
82. It has to be you, not the house |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. "...the boy threw the bricks and broke Matthews' windows" |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
158. Exactly. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
171. Successfully, no less - the article says she was struck by one. (nt) |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #82 |
100. HAHAHAHAHAHA |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
121. She did call 911. Cops came, kids ran, cops left, kids came back. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #121 |
162. Hey !!! You read the article ! That's no fair. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. nobody is suggesting that |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. No shooting is not appropriate but |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Police are calling it self-defense. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I would agree |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
122. It was. |
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Tuvok Obama (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. It wasn't necessarily for throwing that one particular brick, |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Did you READ the story? |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
135. Me, too! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #135 |
166. the thing that's really sad is that even this probably won't stop them. Their parents |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
165. Yep. I'm anti-gun also, but when someone tries to burn your home down and |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Well he certainly wasn't using the brick to build her a new sidewalk. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. a 12 year old is old enough to know better. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. He brought a brick to a gunfight |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
58. "A" 12 year old, normally no. "That" 12 year old - he bought his ticket |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
84. In self-defense, no |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
101. a brick can kill. As can fire -- the punk burned her grill up last year and |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
111. For throwing a brick *at someone*, absolutely. n/t |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
137. Wow, do you HAVE a grandma? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
140. I think she did what was necessary. nt |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
142. Fortunately in this case, the justice |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
153. Do you think that a thrown brick is not deadly force? n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
160. actually, you are forgetting that this kid was burning her stuff |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
157. How odd, the last time I heard a brick with enough force upside the head could kill. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'd like to know how it came to this...how the cops did nothing...how the kids |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And of course, how did those kids get their hands... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Sounds like it was going on for a long, long time...n/t |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Google Tracey Thurman. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. An extreme response which I don't condone.. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
113. She Should Hvae Shot the Parents, too |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. There's still time for that |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #113 |
134. Agree |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
147. I have to admit that was the first thing I thought of. (n/t) |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
124. People are forced to do extreme things in extreme situations. This was not |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. I see they also set her garage on fire.. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. That kid is |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Good idea |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
156. This. I agree with all of this. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. garBage...not garage |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
83. We don't know who is guilty of that |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. The law allows defensive use of deadly force even before someone who attacks you is arrested |
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merqz (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
172. most likely because of his age |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Cops charged the kid and released the elderly lady. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
87. And therein lies the problem. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. By tomorrow this will be spun as another "home invasion" successfully... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And quite accurately so |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Isn't that what happened? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Would we feel better about it if she were injured or killed by a brick |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. +10000 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
103. How is that not what this is? NT |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. The boy's family says he's completely innocent, of course. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Exactly |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
93. NMS Syndrome. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
98. See, as the mother of a (now-grown) son, I just don't get |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
105. well, the parents can say whatever they want about their precious little hellion |
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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good for her |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. This behavior should not have happened |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. I've been on the receiving end of bricks thrown through windows. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. the good news |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. "I call him the little bad boy" |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. I most definitely am not OK with the woman not being charged. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. You're half right |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. the threat of harm needs to be imminent... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Bricks flying through one's window seems like an imminent threat to me |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The brick was thrown and then the police were called and came and then |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. "The brick"?!? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Try this |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. That is more information than in the article from the OP |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
128. Let's play out the scenario. Police charge her. Find me a jury that will convict her. |
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merqz (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #128 |
173. Prosecutors are ethically prohibited from charging ANYBODY if |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. It was investigated, apparently... |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. that is information not in the article |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
95. did you miss the part where he was throwing bricks at her? |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Yes |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Why bother with police or courts at all then. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. She bothered with the police a lot, |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. As far as i can tell from the article she called them once. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #55 |
75. With all the damage he's & his litle gang have been doing |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
132. How do you figure |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Did you read the story? |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I read it thoroughly |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Kids threw bricks. Woman called cops. Cops came and left. Kids came back. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Probably not the case here, but... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. At 11:00 PM? My parents always made me write letters of apology and mail them. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
146. responsible parents don't tell their children |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
154. Self-defense is not vigilantism. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Called the police again? To what end - the miscreant's behavior |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. And shooting the kid is right answer? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. So it would seem. The kid has been charged, the woman has not. Must |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. How can you tell that someone is "in fact" in danger of being physically harmed? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
155. What proof do you require? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #60 |
90. You still have to call them again. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. She shot the boy because she felt he presented an imminent threat of injury or death |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
116. Yes Dear So the Cops Could Again DO NOTHING |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Throwing bricks is assault with a deadly weapon if she was in the house |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. And I'd be willing to bet this kid will either burn her out |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. The stress could very well do her in. |
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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
99. His goal was to get her extra crispy |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
35. Ohhhh Mr. Wilsonnnnnn! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. OK Javaman, you got me on that one |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
48. She must have been at her wit's end. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. The boy's grandmother said: |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. She left out part of it. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. Yikes! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. "he shooting happened said at about 11 p.m. Tuesday" |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
63. Good thing we still have money for guns |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
70. ''Before, they tried to burn her house down." That is a deadly threat! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
72. that's one way to teach him a lesson |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
74. We have an asshole kid like that here who kills cats, dogs and ducks. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. And what about the kids parent(s)? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #80 |
97. My neighbor who's dog was stoned by the kid told me the kid has foster parents |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #97 |
120. That little cretin needs to disappear |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. No, he probably belongs in a mental health facility. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. that's right - socio paths start out like that |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. But there is no "cure" for sociopaths...hence my original suggestion |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Only the .38 caliber one. n/t |
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left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
76. Harassment, vandalism, starting fires.. all anti-social behavior.. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
145. Sometimes that is the only preventive for that inevitable recidivism |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
79. How about calling the police, which is what happens in civilized society? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Please READ the article! She DID call the police. The police came. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Read the article, hell, just glancing at the thread header |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Then call them again. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. She DID call them again |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
117. bricks are deadly. fire is deadly. there was an imminent threat |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #79 |
104. Call the police, they might show up in four hours if you are lucky. |
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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
89. Asshole kid is going to be another Ken McElroy |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
94. He got what was coming to him. |
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Moostache (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
102. Sharon Angle's 2nd Amendment remedies in action? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. so you're saying we have no right to self-defense? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Actually, it's basic Castle Doctrine law in action |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #107 |
151. great post! I especially like this line: |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #102 |
112. Your list full of high-minded "should haves" is great and all, |
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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #102 |
114. Not many poor elderly women can get the time of day from city hall |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
138. 'misguided youth'?!?? wtf are YOU smoking? n/t |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
108. Time to brush up at the range |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Heh, I was about to post the same thing. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #108 |
133. Nah, she did the right thing. The boy won't mess with her ever again after being shot. |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. Wanna bet? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #139 |
148. There is a good chance he will return in the future ... |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #148 |
169. And stressfully adding |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #139 |
174. The odds are better than for alternative courses of action |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
109. Good for her (there may be no cure for sociopaths, but there are certainly necessary treatments) |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
118. Where's Fire_Medic_Dave when you need him? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. RRRRR. Clang! Clang! Clang! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. LOL! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. TS'ed. |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #127 |
161. What a shitty fuckin turd of a gimmick |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #118 |
130. . |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #118 |
175. Enjoying his retirement . n/t |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
125. If the kid had shot a bullet through the window instead of |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
126. Neither the police nor the parents did their jobs; 'no justice, no peace' was |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
131. . |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. Exactly |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #131 |
150. Whats wrong, at a loss for words? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. If only it was permanent. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
167. I do NOT blame her, actually...It's a sad statement on the lack of parental and societal |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
170. This was a drawn-out attempted suicide. (nt) |
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