Memphis gun dealer Dale Mardis pleads guilty to murder in hate crime

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Memphis gun dealer Dale Mardis pleads guilty to murder in hate crime

By Lawrence Buser

March 21, 2011

After 10 years of proceedings in three different courts, a gun dealer on Monday admitted for the first time that he killed Shelby County Code Enforcement inspector Mickey Wright, whose body has never been found.

Dale Mardis, now a gray-haired man in a wheelchair, has been the prime suspect in the long-running mystery and is even serving a 15-year prison term for a no-contest plea in the case in state Criminal Court.His guilty plea in federal court added no new details to the case, but it was gratifying to Wright's family just the same.

"I'm so relieved he finally told the truth," the victim's widow, Frances Wright, said outside the courtroom. "All these prayers have paid off."It's been 10 long years. I'm just so thankful that we all stuck to it and didn't give up. Mickey has been crying out for justice."

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http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/mar/21/memphis-gun-dealer-pleads-guilty-murder-hate-crime/

[rrneck]

1. Proof the system works.

Don't fuck with it.

[rl6214]

2. Last time I checked, murder was against the law

Hasn't changed at all has it?

Thanks for your help with the news.

[one-eyed fat man]

3. Million Mom murder and mayhem

After helping to organize the Million Mom March, and even speaking at the event, Barbara Graham was convicted of shooting an innocent man. Now he is paralyzed for life. When police searched her home, they found three handguns and a Tec-9 "assault weapon." She received a life sentence on nine charges, including illegal possession of a firearm (guns are, for all intents and purposes, illegal to own in D.C.).

Annette Stevens president of Springfield, Illinois chapter of the Million Mom March was arrested for possession of an illegal gun that had its serial number ground off, and drugs. She plead guilty on the drug charges in exchange for dropping the gun charges.

In case you missed it, HECTOR MARROQUIN, the founder of a gang intervention program called NO GUNS, was arrested last week for being in possession of a firearm. As a convicted felon, he isn't allowed to have a gun. And even if he was allowed to own a gun, as head of an organization that calls itself NO GUNS, it would have looked hypocritical anyway.

Hector Marroquin Sr., 49, of Downey was taken into custody when police raided his home looking for his son, Hector Marroquin Jr., a reputed gang member nicknamed "Little Weasel," Hawthorne police Lt. Tom Jester said.

Marroquin Jr., 31, was wanted as a suspect in a home-invasion robbery that terrorized a Hawthorne woman and her infant in December, Jester said.

Josh Sugermann of the VPC holds a Federal Firearms license in Washington, DC. The VPC lobbied to have "kitchen table" gun dealers (dealers who didn't have store fronts open to the public) forced out of business back in the 90's. His license is current, but he is not open to the public.

and my all time favorite, Carl Rowen, the Washington Post columnist who said, "Anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jail- period!" When he was arrested for shooting, with an illegally possessed and unregistered handgun, a kid skinny dipping in his Washington DC swimming pool he howled long and hard. Hi vehemently insisted was a victim of racial discrimination because he was being persecuted for "defending himself." How did he claim a naked kid reached for a hidden weapon with a straight face?

[Glassunion]

4. Is there some magical force that certain occupations cause

individuals to do bad things?

If we stack up anecdotal evidence and try to paint with a broad brush...
All of those in the employ of the Catholic church are pedos...
All of those in the employ of law enforcement are racial profilers...
All of those in the employ of politics are corrupt criminals...
All of those in the employ of the postal services are mass murderers...
And apparently all of those in the employ of a firearms dealer are murderers as well...

Please explain how one had to do with the other?