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Would-be thief gets a taste of small town justice [WA]
KXLY4 ^
| Aug 10, 2009
| McKay Allen
Posted on 08/11/2009 4:05:24 AM PDT by Daffynition
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Historic population
Population Statistics from the U.S. Census
* 1930: 471
* 1940: 475
* 1950: 457
* 1960: 463
* 1979: 426
* 1980: 373
* 1990: 336
* 2000: 380
To: Daffynition
That dumb@ss is lucky nobody had any hot tar and chicken feathers.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:12:06 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Daffynition
a. So in the middle of La Crosse's main street Lee sat hog-tied until the police arrived
20 minutes later. b. The sheriff said that they don't recommend citizens taking these kinds of measures to apprehend someone.
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riiiigghht!
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:13:32 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Obama's Logo = BARASTIKA)
To: tgusa
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:19:52 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
It's a shame. Most of us want to help someone in distress.
The problem is when someone comes up to me on the street with a sob story I just assume they're a lying piece of $#& con man and tell them to get lost.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:22:45 AM PDT
by
rockprof
To: Daffynition
The sheriff said that they don't recommend citizens taking these kinds of measures to apprehend someone but in this case it did help them collar a criminal.Of course the sheriff said that. There are two reasons:
1. Actions like this tend to result in real reductions in crime. That makes it harder to justify budget increases for law enforcement.
2. An officer spent at least forty minutes picking up the trash that would have been better spent writing tickets.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:24:46 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
To: magslinger
Number 1 is especially true. Things like this are TRUE deterrants to crime, yet are discouraged sometimes even by prosecution, showing how bizarre this country is becoming.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:36:39 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: magslinger
In a town with less than 500 people?
See post 1.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:36:45 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
To: DJ MacWoW
I’ll bet the sheriff makes an application for increased funds every year. Just like almost every other sheriff/police chief in the US.
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:50:29 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
To: magslinger
Ill bet the sheriff makes an application for increased funds every year. If prices of supplies, such as gas, increases. But your premise is based on big city stats. This place has 350 people. Kinda hard to to scam them, don't ya think? Ever lived in a tiny farming town?
Towm of LaCrosse
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posted on
08/11/2009 4:54:43 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
To: Daffynition
Well, Whitman is a Large county. A large one and it probably takes the Whitman Co. sheriff a good while to drive all the way out to Lacrosse from say Colfax (the county seat) or Pullman (home of washington state university).
This story reminds me of how the cowboys rope the little doggies at a rodeo and leave them hogtied. O.o
To: tgusa
Let’s save that for our politicians.
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:21:19 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: rockprof
The punk got a meal and his gas ....should have left it at that ...but he thought he was smarter than these small townfolk. Meh.
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:23:46 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: WashStateGirl
It’s nice to know there are still a few places across the fruited plain that exist where people still watch out for each other. Retro-50s.
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:26:31 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: rockprof
Its like this guy in penn station, he would get on the train and announce this big sob story about his pregnant wife. The next day he would pick a stop on that line and say he didn’t have enough to get home. Then I would offer to pay his whole ticket if he was willing to sit w/me. I saw him again on another train but this time in grand central same story. This time I says” what happened to the house in ******?”
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:29:27 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:29:59 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:39:39 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Daffynition
Is it about group-think and lynch mob mentality, or corruption, or ???
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:42:36 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Obama's Logo = barastika)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:45:10 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
I've been to La Crosse (just last winter).
It is much larger than those numbers you gave.
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posted on
08/11/2009 5:53:33 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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