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Archae

(46,340 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:06 PM Feb 2015

Woman kills friend with crockpot over politics...

I wonder what her Free Republic or DU handle is?

Or maybe the argument was actually over Olive Garden or cornflake breading?

Woman Charged With Murdering Her Best Friend With Slow Cooker During Political Argument

There's a reason we shouldn't be talking about religion and politics in polite company. It stirs passions and strong emotions. For one Michigan woman, those emotions and a slow cooker ended the argument with the murder of her best friend.

The Detroit News reports:

A Detroit woman was ordered Thursday to stand trial in the killing of her friend beaten with a slow cooker after the two argued about politics.

Tewana Sullivan, 50, who is charged with murder, cried at her preliminary hearing as she heard graphic details about the fatal Oct. 22 assault on Cheryl Livy, 66, with a kitchen appliance.

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/woman-charged-murdering-her-best-friend

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Woman kills friend with crockpot over politics... (Original Post) Archae Feb 2015 OP
damn! marym625 Feb 2015 #1
Haaaha.. no shit! misterhighwasted Feb 2015 #7
Our thread winner right off the bat. Brigid Feb 2015 #15
Thanks! marym625 Feb 2015 #21
So did the crackpot crack her crockpot koncking her kook friend? n/t brewens Feb 2015 #2
Say that 10 times fast meow2u3 Feb 2015 #3
What a crock! Major Nikon Feb 2015 #4
Sad... haikugal Feb 2015 #5
+1 marym625 Feb 2015 #10
If only she had been armed..with her own crockpot. OCCPot Laws are needed (seriously) misterhighwasted Feb 2015 #6
They'll pry my crockpot out of my cold, dead hands....nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #9
when crockpots are outlawed, only outlaws will............. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #11
Jeebus...this reminds me of the insanity stew that DU served up over pressure cookers..... msanthrope Feb 2015 #12
Messy. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #8
If the victim had a handgun she could have saved herself groundloop Feb 2015 #13
If the victim had had her own crock pot, the outcome might have been different. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #20
I would guess there was copious amounts of non-herbal drugs involved. alphafemale Feb 2015 #14
She had over a .4 bac sunnystarr Feb 2015 #16
that second link sure makes a political point (against the left) Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #23
Anger management problem? Helen Borg Feb 2015 #17
Death by Crockpot...oh, my... classof56 Feb 2015 #18
Image what she could have done with a blender packman Feb 2015 #19
I don't really find anything funny about this story. Sorry. nt ScreamingMeemie Feb 2015 #22
Dang - remind me not to talk politics in the kitchen. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #24
And yet some maniacs here on DU want to legalize pot. Orrex Feb 2015 #25
Instead lets continue a completely failed war on drugs, 100 years not enough? NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #26
What a crock. Orrex Feb 2015 #27
Crock? Pot? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #28
Thanks! Orrex Feb 2015 #29
You'd better believe it ... sunnystarr Feb 2015 #30
Sigh. This case proves that pot kills. Orrex Feb 2015 #31
sorry I can't chuckle at this sunnystarr Feb 2015 #34
Good thing she didn't use a pressure cooker, Snotcicles Feb 2015 #32
"He who can pick up a frying pan owns death." William S Borroughs Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #33

marym625

(17,997 posts)
1. damn!
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:14 PM
Feb 2015

That's seriously twisted. She just went nuts.

Good thing crock pots can't go through the Internet.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. when crockpots are outlawed, only outlaws will.............
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 01:02 PM
Feb 2015

well, you get the gist.

I have one of those deadly weapons sitting the cupboard as we speak.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
12. Jeebus...this reminds me of the insanity stew that DU served up over pressure cookers.....
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 01:08 PM
Feb 2015

a classic thread, destined for moon bombing....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023385470#post34

groundloop

(11,521 posts)
13. If the victim had a handgun she could have saved herself
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 01:20 PM
Feb 2015

The victim obviously didn't have a handgun on her person or else she could have defended herself. Since it's obvious that any household appliance can be used as a deadly weapon we all just need to go out and purchase more guns with which to protect ourselves.



OK, this is seriously messed up. This is a damned good reason that many people DON'T need to have weapons.

I just can't fathom how someone can be so messed up that they'll lose control over a political discussion. Just walk away.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
20. If the victim had had her own crock pot, the outcome might have been different.
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 02:53 PM
Feb 2015

What a tragedy. That took a whole lot of anger to actually kill someone with a crock pot.

RIP to the victim.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
14. I would guess there was copious amounts of non-herbal drugs involved.
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 01:28 PM
Feb 2015

As well as untreated mental illness.

Very sad.

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)
16. She had over a .4 bac
Sat Feb 7, 2015, 01:53 PM
Feb 2015
Last month, McWilliams said Sullivan's blood alcohol level the day of the assault was 0.41 -- five times the legal limit for driving in Michigan, which is .08. There was no alcohol in the victim's blood.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/slow-cooker-beating-death-followed-fight-about-politics-lawyer-says/


We can make an almost safe assumption that Sullivan was a strong Democratic supporter based on race. Cheryl Livy, the victim, was white. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/02/woman_ordered_to_stand_trial_for_murder_after_argument_over_presidential_politics.html

How incredibly sad.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
24. Dang - remind me not to talk politics in the kitchen.
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 12:26 PM
Feb 2015

Things used to get heated in our house when we were younger, but at least it never got physical.

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)
30. You'd better believe it ...
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 01:28 PM
Feb 2015

If she had been smoking or ingesting pot instead of drinking alcohol her friend would still be alive.

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)
34. sorry I can't chuckle at this
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 01:44 PM
Feb 2015

Seeing pictures of both women and reading the back story just makes it too sad and so senseless. I just can't find humor in the loss of a beautiful life.

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