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Driver intentionally hit, killed pregnant mom and toddler in Jefferson City [TN], police say
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 06/19/2019 | Travis Dorman and Brittany Crocker,

Posted on 06/19/2019 10:33:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Police identified the pregnant mother as Sierra Wilson Cahoon, 30, and her son as 2-year-old Nolan. They were the wife and son of Matt Cahoon, an assistant athletic trainer at Carson-Newman University, a Christian school that sits less than a quarter-mile from where the crash occurred.

Investigators believe Phillips hopped behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Impala and drove west down East Main Street around 3:30 p.m. Monday, twice swerving onto the sidewalk to intentionally hit pedestrians, according to Jefferson City Police Department Capt. Darrell Turley.

Phillips first hit Tillman Gunter, 61, who was taken to a local hospital with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening.

Phillips then traveled less than a mile to the intersection of Russell Avenue and West Main Street, where he swerved to fatally strike Sierra and Nolan Cahoon, police said in a news release.

"The preliminary investigation has revealed that this was an intentional act of violence toward randomly chosen pedestrians," the release reads. "Investigators have determined that Phillips did not know the victims."

Phillips told authorities "a voice told him he needed to go kill meth addicts so he began driving very fast," arrest warrants state. "He said the voice told him that the baby stroller had meth in it so he intentionally drove into (the mother and child) ... killing them both."

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


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KEYWORDS: crime; murder; tennessee
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To: GingisK

Society needs to return to the days of forced treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicts.


41 posted on 06/19/2019 12:00:56 PM PDT by reardensteel
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To: BenLurkin
Impressive cranium.

Too bad it was mostly filled with empty space.

"He liked Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama’s pages on Facebook."

42 posted on 06/19/2019 12:01:42 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: rjsimmon

I remember reading about mass shooters and the writer noted that a lot of them had faces that demonstrated they were crazy. This is a case in point.


43 posted on 06/19/2019 12:03:20 PM PDT by rcofdayton
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To: BenLurkin

Probably liberal version of car jihad.


44 posted on 06/19/2019 12:05:25 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: BenLurkin
More info on Phillips. This is from the article but was not posted here:
45 posted on 06/19/2019 12:09:33 PM PDT by upchuck (No muzzy is fit to hold public office - their cult (religion) is incompatible with the Constitution.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
De-institutionalization hasn’t worked well.

That's the biggest understatement of the past four decades. When will The Normals take control of society again and re-exert common sense? Why isn't locking up The Crazies even a legitimate topic of discussion? There's a reason so many of our cities have become third world shitholes.

46 posted on 06/19/2019 1:15:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rjsimmon

He could be the separated-at-birth twin of the actor who played Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad.

Ironically, the character is a meth dealer.


47 posted on 06/19/2019 1:24:41 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: rjsimmon

He could be the separated-at-birth twin of the actor who played Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad.

Ironically, the character is a meth dealer.


48 posted on 06/19/2019 1:24:41 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: reardensteel

I like the Viking treatment better. Just throw them from a cliff.


49 posted on 06/19/2019 1:48:16 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

Sick mother——er!! Run him over with a steamroller...


50 posted on 06/19/2019 2:33:13 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Spruce
"Hang him"

Too merciful... They need to draw & quarter him publicly... Preferably over a period of 3-4 days...

51 posted on 06/19/2019 3:25:39 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: ETL

Looks like a great family.

Summary execution and toss the body in a landfill.


52 posted on 06/19/2019 3:35:11 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: upchuck

This woman was pregnant, right? Three murders?!?!?!?


53 posted on 06/19/2019 3:38:18 PM PDT by xander (Textual correctness unlikely)
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To: wally_bert

Hope he has a lot of remaining family and good friends to support him through this unbelievable nightmare.


54 posted on 06/19/2019 3:43:51 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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To: Seruzawa

Amphetamines are legal, just go get an addy script.


55 posted on 06/19/2019 4:28:20 PM PDT by socalgop
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To: Impala64ssa
Not even close. The “deinstitutionalization” movement had been going on for years but it started in earnest in Alabama in 1970 when the state, in a cost cutting move, laid off several hundred state hospital employees including doctors and social workers. Conditions were basically custodial and there was no treatment going on.

The employees brought suit and Federal court found that if the state involuntarily confined someone not for a crime but for illness, that person had a constitutional right to treatment that would or could be reasonably expected to result in some improvement and eventual discharge.. The costs of changes laid out by the court to achieve compliance were prohibitive to the state; so they simply discharged hordes of patients into the street.

The case is known as Wyatt v Stickney 1971 and is a landmark decision that wound its way through the appellate system for the next 30 years.

The decision is correct. You can’t just deprive an innocent but sick person of his rights simply for the convenience of the state.

56 posted on 06/19/2019 4:35:37 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Sounds like a mental patient who should not be on the streets... Or was a drug abuser.

This issue of the Blaylock report quoted a study that said that if ALL marijuana use was stopped, that 13% of the schizophrenia cases would occur.

The issue goes on to quote medical studies that show mj use before the age of age 17/27 causes permanent damage that leads to mental illness whether use is continued or not.

The crap the liberals use to justify legalizing pot will lead to lasting problems with future generations.

57 posted on 06/19/2019 8:15:47 PM PDT by politicianslie (OPTIMIST-Glass 1/2 full- PESSIMIST 1/2 empty TO ENGINEER, Glass is twice as big as it needs to be!)
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To: politicianslie

there is a study to state anything anyone wants.
I wasn’t born yesterday. I have witnessed a lot in my life. From many angles. Blaming someone’s crimes, psychological problems, or any other troubles on marijuana is a complete misrepresentation. A lie meant to control and propagate your decision making. Just like blaming crimes on guns.


58 posted on 06/19/2019 8:29:43 PM PDT by TianaHighrider
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To: BenLurkin

Take him out and kill him. The law is not going to do anything.


59 posted on 06/19/2019 8:34:06 PM PDT by sport
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To: Impala64ssa
It’s time for a serious national dialogue on sensible car control.

Good one Impala...

60 posted on 06/19/2019 8:39:52 PM PDT by GOPJ (Send Congo (Ebola) illegals to Martha's Vineyard - let them kill liberals "elites" first...)
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