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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 04:59 PM Original message |
Joe Horn Cleared for Killing Neighbor's Burglars |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, here we go, back to the wild west. Where we can kill people for anything and get away with it |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. With the Supreme Court's ruling, a lot of cases will be brought up |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He's not the first murderer to come out of Texas...if you get my drift. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. And he did it with forethought. First degree murder, if you ask me. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. quit ignoring the facts |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. A civilian ordered them to "freeze" and he shot them in the back. The 911 call proves that he |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
103. Guess they should've froze! n/t |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Guess You Ought To Acquaint Yourself...... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #106 |
127. Seconded! nt |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #106 |
152. Which part of it would apply to this case? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
109. Gee, PROJECT much? nm |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. Gee, are all LEO's liars? n/t |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
126. A civilian "ordered" them to freeze? |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
133. Which fact are you ignoring? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #133 |
199. Your point is moot, the operator in this case is not a LEO n/t |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #199 |
206. Neither was the man who shot two people in the back. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Sorry, but you have gone off into the ditch of illogic on this point |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. He is a murderer. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
104. is, is not, is, is not, is, is no.......... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. He's a cowardly, backshooting little murderer...and you're his self-appointedDU fanboy. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #111 |
144. Is, is, is, is, is, is and is. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It sucks, doesn't it? How much better if we just repeal all the laws against burglary! |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. How about we just kill all burglars? Because that's what this is about. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Burgulary appears to be trending downward |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Over the past 30 years sure. But our recession hasn't been going on that long. |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
83. Kill all the burglars? Not a bad idea. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
107. As If You Have A Positive Value To Society |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. You People Making A Hero Out Of This Crazed Old Vigilante.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
175. i hate to say it, but i support make l in this |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. you commit crime you pay the price. pretty simple. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What about the crime of double homicide? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The grand jury decided he can't even be indicted. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That is what is so unbelievable. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. what should he be indicted on? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Pre-meditated murder, times 2. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. The police detective who watched the entirety of the situation disagrees with you. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I think the detective is wrong. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. dude you werent there. everybody is entitled to their own opinion but you were not there. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. Um...You weren't there, either. nt |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. which is why I am providing the information given by the officer at the scene. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #90 |
129. Information you got by NOT being there? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #129 |
201. No, info from DA & LEO's published in a zillion newspapers |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
145. But I heard the 911 call. And I heard a man with a thirst for blood. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #145 |
148. Thank you. |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
159. Question.......... |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
77. Please explain your personal experience in the case. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
97. Shooting dead two individuals in the back, IMO, desrve some kind |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
165. You have not addressed my inquiry. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
131. Differing perceptions |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Um... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Retrospect is fun |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #138 |
147. He didn't know his neighbor wasn't there. So what? |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Homicide is not always an illegal act |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. some information from the plains clothes detective who witnessed it. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Well, ain't that something? These two did get into Horn's yard? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I don't think they were shot and killed in his yard, though. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. read the fricken report instead of making stuff up please. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Gimmie a link, I'll read it. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. They were shot on his property and they died on his property... |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. They ran at him, then ran away, then he shot them in their BACKS. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. you are putting words in the mouth of the detective on scene..lets let him describe it. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Why didn't the detective get out of the car when arriving on scene? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #81 |
136. When guns are being waved about... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #136 |
200. Stupidest thing I've ever read here. |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
95. How is Pelosifan putting words in the detective's mouth??? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
204. It's part of preventing retaliation and/or possible further felonious acts |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Thanks for the link. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
105. It's really just common sense |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. He put himself out in the yard, to encourage them. What weapons did they brandish at him? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. call me crazy but, um, THE CROWBAR THEY USED IN THE BURGLARY? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Right, and then running away when they saw his SHOTGUN? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
94. Don't like it? Don't steal! LOL! |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
160. Exactly. The murder of two people. And he get's to live. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That doesn't make any sense even for a social-path |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. in your world, we don't need LEO's |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. We need to look at the factors behind criminal activity |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. It's called "too lazy to get a job" |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
84. That's more rightwing drivel from you, Tejas. nt |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #84 |
99. call it what you want, not here to waste time on your criminal-apologist crusade n/t |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #99 |
123. What liberal causes DO you advocated, Tejas? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
154. *PLONK* |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
124. And exactly what is your world, Tejas? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And you think dealing with an insurance company is easy? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
181. here's a man who has never tried to collect on his insurance |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. stupid criminals |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Vigilante justice is ALWAYS wrong. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. uh-huh... and maybe you should read the actual facts of the case instead of responding emotionally. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. They were both shot in the back. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The police detective who watched the entirety of the situation disagrees with you. n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. From the car, without taking ANY action. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Hear hear. |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
78. Your statement implies that you witnessed the event yourself. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Okay. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #80 |
140. Wow |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #140 |
155. Walk a mile or two in his shoes. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #140 |
202. More repetition. |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
166. Why should the police officer have intervened? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. ah, and the RACIST posts begin |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
117. If they had been two white boys robbing homes |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
130. I agree wholeheartedly with tekisui. Racism does exist in this country, Tejas. nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
137. I do see a racial angle here |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
85. I read the actual case and the guy defied the dispatcher and did what he wanted to do. nt |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. You've read the case presented by the DA? the Grand Jury transcripts? WHERE???? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #85 |
139. "Defied" the dispatcher? |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #139 |
174. Oh really? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. Are you under the mistaken impression that dispatchers are officers? |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #178 |
185. Re-read my post - where I live, most of the dispatchers are deputies/firemen/emt's |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #85 |
153. I guess we should start arresting people when they refuse to give CPR at the instruction of dispatch |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
156. Astonishing |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Did ANYONE think he would be held responsible?? |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. why should he be? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. whatever |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. They were not shot for stealing |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. Right, they were shot because of the ego of a yahoo with a shotgun. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
93. Nope, shot because the spine of the gunner wasn't weak when his life was threatened |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #93 |
161. How was his life threatened? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. "Texas? or Florida?". |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Castle Doctrine doesn't apply to your neighbor's home. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. This case had nothing to do with "your neighbor's home |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. maybe you should get the facts straight...the convicted criminals charged him on his own property |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. Charged in reverse? Odd choice. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
91. Hey, nobody said those two were geniuses LOL! n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Next time I'm on the interstate, and some speeder comes up behind me quickly |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
142. Were they on the neighbor's property, or his property, when he shot them? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. Good. Two less home burglers in the world. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. 1 was a previously deported cocaine dealer, came back illegally |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Wish we could have killed him for that, too. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. If my neighbor caught him or anyone robbing my house, yes. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I'd much prefer my stuff being stolen to someone dying because of an asshole next door. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Apparently you think only burglars break into houses? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. And are you saying that these were not burglars? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
88. my "idiotic point" is that there are (in case you've been under a rock) |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
110. And we should just kill them all because of what MIGHT happen. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I'd much rather the asshole robbing my house died. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Not trying to make you feel sorry for them. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. There are legal & legimate reasons for taking lives. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. THe problem I have is playing |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Good point. |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Please explain... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. I am against deadly force, unless one's life is at risk. |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
171. What of situations of reasonably perceived risk? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
100. "limits/consequences" - there are, they're called laws |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Yes, because grand juries are infallible sources who never let personal bias affect judgment |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #100 |
125. The Castle Doctrine LAW does not apply to neighbors! You're wrong. nt |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Yeah, really. Too bad we can't kill criminals for every crime they commit. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Now you're getting silly with an extreme example designed to be emotional |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
115. Both vandalism and theft are crimes against property. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Wait'll next Halloween! Charging short people wearing masks, carrying bags! |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #75 |
112. And they come right to the door in GANGS wearing MASKS! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
86. So he deserved to be shot in the back? nt |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. Under the law, he was a felonious threat n/t |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #102 |
121. They were threatening his neighbor, NOT HIM. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #121 |
193. Facts, please use them: They were a threat to him in his own yard |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Civilian administered capital punishment for EVERY crime!!! |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Careful, someone might take you seriously |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
122. They'd take him seriously in the Gun Forum. nt |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Only a question of time when the operative phrase "he believed" |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
72. I want Joe as a neighbor! |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
163. You are really disgusting, but then you must already know that. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #163 |
198. Seriously, he would be good to have around. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
82. He shot them in the back. They were no threat to him or his property. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #82 |
101. So the Grand Jury no-billed him because of.....? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #101 |
118. Becuase they're rootin-tootin' gun-lovin' Texans. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #82 |
150. Wow. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #150 |
188. Those people are as sick as Joe Horn, IMO. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. I want to think they're mostly trolls. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
98. If the two had gotten away |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
114. One of the things that helped Horn's case was that he tried to get the police to stop the thieves |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #114 |
119. He wanted permission to kill from the police, but... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #119 |
151. There are far too many insane, irrational people here. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #119 |
157. You mean any zany reading of the article. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #157 |
167. When did Horn demand they stop? "BOOM, YOU'RE DEAD" is hardly a warning |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #167 |
187. I agree that Joe Horn said and did things that made his intentions suspicious |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #187 |
189. I'm just not sure that he confronted these guys with the right mindset |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #189 |
205. His state of mind does matter |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #119 |
194. The 911 operator was not a LEO, your argument is baseless. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
120. blood lust |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
128. What a sad, sick society we're living in |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
132. Awww, poor thieves... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
135. They called it Lynch Law when the KKK did the same thing. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #135 |
141. The "same thing"? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Alleged crimimals. Most people get a trial before being executed. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
146. Two robbers enter a 61-year old man's yard, |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
149. I wonder if |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #149 |
169. Someones life was in danger in your scenario, it would be more plausible |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. No, my scenario was post-child-rape |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. I agree completely |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. I don't even own a gun. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #180 |
186. I know what you mean |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
158. I encourage anyone who feels that justice was not served, to do something about it |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
162. What should he have done? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #162 |
168. If it had been me instead of Joe Horn, I believe I would have stayed inside of my house |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. Used to be that neighbors helped one another out. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #170 |
172. I am accustomed to living under California law |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #172 |
183. Not only that, you never, ever, ever brandish your weapon if you're not sure |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
164. Normally, I would err on the side of the shooter, but the tape compels me otherwise |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #164 |
176. I largely agree with your assessment of Joe Horn's mindset |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. From the official transcript on one of the linked sites, it says "Boom, you're dead" |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. I've listened to it a few times |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. It's tough to make out |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #184 |
195. Maybe he was saying w00t. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #164 |
191. "How he is being heralded as a hero is beyond me." |
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handydandy (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
192. Thank God |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #192 |
197. Wow, gone so soon? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
196. I left Houston in 1983 and never looked back |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #196 |
203. How likely is it that group bias by the grand jurors, DA, and the police witness came into play? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-02-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #203 |
207. In this case, group bias is just a manifestation of the culture |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-03-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #207 |
208. Thanks |
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209. Kick |
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