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South Dakota man waits 50 years to get revenge on school bully by shooting him twice in the face
MSN ^ | October 4, 2025 | Charlie Jones

Posted on 10/19/2025 4:02:34 PM PDT by Trump20162020

A man waited more than 50 years to carry out his vengeance after being bullied at school.

South Dakota man Carl Ericsson never forgot how his bully Norman Johnson pulled a jockstrap over his head in a high school locker room when he was younger.

Retired Madison High School teacher and track coach Norman Johnson had answered his front door only to get shot twice in the face.

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


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; bully; bullying; fafo; grudge; homicide; southdakota
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To: Trump20162020

When my kids were little, I told them if you see a classmate being bullied, try and make friends with him. Or her.


61 posted on 10/19/2025 4:54:18 PM PDT by roving
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To: Trump20162020

62 posted on 10/19/2025 4:55:03 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: nikos1121

“””””I must admit, had I a untraceable gun at the time I was in HS”””””

What is an untraceable gun?


63 posted on 10/19/2025 4:55:19 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Trump20162020

This reminds me of an episode from The Mentalist TV series of ten-fifteen years ago. A long-ago high school prank in a locker room many years earlier led to ruined lives and a couple of deaths at a high school reunion.


64 posted on 10/19/2025 4:55:41 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

LOL. I just realized the pair were from Madison High School. LOL


65 posted on 10/19/2025 4:55:49 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“CantStandYa”——
Seinfeld


66 posted on 10/19/2025 4:56:16 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: ansel12

Back when I was in HS, many guns had registration numbers on them and you could trace them to where they were bought and by whom


67 posted on 10/19/2025 4:56:37 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: ansel12

Pre gun control act of 1968 obtained in a private purchase for cash. Could only be “traced” as far as where the manufacturer delivered it, even retail stores had no requirement to do checks or keep records of buyers.


68 posted on 10/19/2025 4:59:05 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Trump20162020

I once dreamed about going back and taking my revenge on my school bully, but then I hit puberty, discovered girls, and never thought about it again.


69 posted on 10/19/2025 4:59:38 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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To: nikos1121

So if they caught you with the gun and could do ballistics and show that the bullet came from your gun, they could find out where you bought it?


70 posted on 10/19/2025 4:59:43 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: FlatulusMaximus

The only way you can understand it is to have it done to you


71 posted on 10/19/2025 5:01:55 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: Trump20162020

It helps to remember that if you think somebody bullied you in school, somebody else thinks that you bullied them. The jock strap thing probably was going too far, though.


72 posted on 10/19/2025 5:04:03 PM PDT by x
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To: Trump20162020

Haven’t read the article yet but I’ll place a wager the guy had something terminal and decided to check off his revenge list.


73 posted on 10/19/2025 5:08:40 PM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: FlatulusMaximus

“ Um, is it just me or does the punishment seem a bit extreme for the alleged jockstrap incident”

I’m sure there was more. And things are more extreme, or seem so, when young.


74 posted on 10/19/2025 5:09:03 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Vermont Lt

“ When I was a little kid, I got bullied. From that perspective, I understand the desire for revenge.”

I think it’s more justice.


75 posted on 10/19/2025 5:10:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Trump20162020

The Movie “CARRIE”
was a Revenge Flick.


76 posted on 10/19/2025 5:11:16 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Big Red Badger

The coach with the baked bean teeth?


77 posted on 10/19/2025 5:11:28 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Trump20162020

Obsessive.disorder.minor, but obnoxious bullying. Be careful who you hurt. You may tease an obsessive who will never forget.


78 posted on 10/19/2025 5:11:53 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Trump20162020

As far as I can remember I never bullied anyone in school. I guess I’m safe.


79 posted on 10/19/2025 5:12:30 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: RightWingNut

You’d want him in control of your food?


80 posted on 10/19/2025 5:13:17 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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