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Former Raiders defensive end gets life in prison for murders
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 23, 2016

Posted on 01/23/2016 9:48:52 PM PST by artichokegrower

Former Oakland Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the 1999 torture killings of two brothers and the 2001 slaying of another man.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: anthonywaynesmith; nfl; raiders
All a man needs is some opportunities in life, gain some fame, make some money, leave the ghetto, overcome white privilege and he will turn out alright.
1 posted on 01/23/2016 9:48:52 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

There’s that middle name “Wayne” again.


2 posted on 01/23/2016 9:50:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: artichokegrower

I will forever be baffled


3 posted on 01/23/2016 10:02:28 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: artichokegrower

As a Steelers fan all I can say is, yea, that’s about right.


4 posted on 01/23/2016 10:04:49 PM PST by glasseye
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To: knarf
The degraded Fall from fame

I UST'A BE

N' NOW YOU AIN'T


Even the Rolling Stones can get through the bullshit ... asshole !

5 posted on 01/23/2016 10:08:34 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: artichokegrower


I have no idea why people like football. For the life of me, I don't understand it.

A bunch of oversized illiterate goons playing a game designed for children.

Most of a pro football game is these retards just STANDING AROUND. There's only about 9 minutes of actual sports being played in a 3+ hour football game.

I DON'T GET IT.


6 posted on 01/23/2016 10:26:13 PM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
Modern day gladiators ... people haven't changed much ...

Fiery wrecks at the track, blood in boxing, broken legs in soccer .. etc

We've resulted very strangely since Dad made us

7 posted on 01/23/2016 11:25:04 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: glasseye

I followed the Raiders in the 60s & 70s and dumped
them when they moved to LA in the early 80s. When it
came to on the field thuggery the Raiders had nothing
on the Steelers in those days.


8 posted on 01/24/2016 12:06:25 AM PST by Sivad (Elect Hillary : Trump or Cruz haters stay home in November)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

They like watching 300lb fullbacks taching 200lb quarterback.


9 posted on 01/24/2016 1:26:06 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
I have no idea why people like football. For the life of me, I don't understand it.

I feel the same way you do - about all spectator sports.

I used to think that my not knowing the rules of any of these sports might be responsible for their lack of appeal to me - but then I noticed that I found racing sports equally soporific - and there, there is essentially only one rule: Get across the finish line first.

Though I won't go so far as to use the term "retards," I do have the impression that the intellectual development of many "pro athletes" is a little arrested.

Regards,

10 posted on 01/24/2016 2:03:00 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: knarf
Fiery wrecks at the track, blood in boxing, broken legs in soccer .. etc

I would hardly classify soccer as a "blood sport," and I seriously doubt that anyone goes to a soccer match in the hopes of seeing some carnage.

Still, it's one of the most-boring games I've ever seen.

Regards,

11 posted on 01/24/2016 2:04:49 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: dfwgator

What about stately Wayne manor? Oh, not middle......

;)


12 posted on 01/24/2016 2:28:51 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: alexander_busek

I think human collisions count as OOF worthy


13 posted on 01/24/2016 2:35:43 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: artichokegrower

The description sounds like a rap song.


14 posted on 01/24/2016 2:36:03 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: artichokegrower

After all the fame ,glory and money....turns out he’s just a thug!!!


15 posted on 01/24/2016 3:44:16 AM PST by ontap
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To: artichokegrower
sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the 1999 torture killings of two brothers and the 2001 slaying of another man.

15 years later? So much for that speedy trial thing.....

16 posted on 01/24/2016 3:48:14 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
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To: dfwgator

“There’s that middle name “Wayne” again.”

Oh dear, you are right! Evidently this name has the same deleterious effect on black guys as it does on white guys.

We better find out what the Spanish version of Wayne is, people need to be warned!


17 posted on 01/24/2016 4:38:10 AM PST by jocon307
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To: alexander_busek
I used to think that my not knowing the rules of any of these sports might be responsible for their lack of appeal to me - but then I noticed that I found racing sports equally soporific - and there, there is essentially only one rule: Get across the finish line first.

I would disagree with that assessment regarding motor racing in most forms. I would hope that motor racing is ultimately a test of engineering methodology in order to advance the science of the internal combustion engine.

I see your point though that as with everything in the post modern world we live in, the cult of personalities have taken over the science. That is why since 1970 - we've been appearing to de evolve as a species

18 posted on 01/24/2016 6:21:57 AM PST by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: alexander_busek
...I seriously doubt that anyone goes to a soccer match in the hopes of seeing some carnage.

Soccer carnage is a post-game event.

19 posted on 01/24/2016 7:12:40 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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