Another twist in Chai Vang killing spree

[Dr Snide]

The hunting rifle Southworth was carrying - a Ruger model 77 bolt action .03-06-caliber - was missing.


I wonder if when they search Vang's house they find a Ruger rifle.

[knittnmom]

No, Wisconsin does not have a death penalty.

[brbethke]

fyi bump

[moehoward]

Bump that

[The_Reader_David]

Not likely, even if there's a relevant statute. I'm guessing tallhappy's comment 'This guy's a psycho,' will be verified by a court-appointed psychiatrist, including an exact DSM-IV-R classification of which kind of psycho he is, and the perp will be checked into a psych-ward for a very long time rather than ever seeing the inside of a prison whether death row or not.

[the invisib1e hand]

this is a bad story getting worse.

[Santana]

Oh, no, we are WAY too sophisticated here in the Blue State of Wisconsin to have the death penalty. However, we do have our own form of justice usually carried out in the prison system with the guards looking the other way. Examples: Jeffrey Dahmer (no explanation needed) and Jesse Anderson (guy who claimed "blacks" jumped him and killed his wife) when he did it all along. They were both killed in prison with a broomstick. So, this guy is going to WISH the state would have put him to death.

[brbethke]

No, he's long since passed it on to his brother's wife's cousin's nephew's best friend's older brother.

[flutters]

FR Thread:

Criminal complaint in hunting killing spree.

[Santana]

the perp will be checked into a psych-ward for a very long time rather than ever seeing the inside of a prison whether death row or not."

I hope you're wrong on that, but sadly, you are probably right. We like to "rehabilitate" our psychos here in Wisconsin.

[tomswiftjr]

.03-06-caliber??

.30-06 caliber would be more like it. .03 caliber would be a needle.

[Dr Snide]

that was actually just a quote from the original source. I kind of laughed at that also

[cake_crumb]

"Going to be a bit like OJ due to the racial action which is already gearing up. Based on what Vang's initial claims are, why he gunned down these hunters. He claimed they were racially insulting and threatening him. There must be a death penalty in multiple murder cases like this. It's an insult to the victims not to. It's an outrage."

Oh yes, his brother went right into "my brother is the sweetest and gentlest of persons, the hunters must have started it, my people are afraid of a backlash (al la American Muslim whining) my community is looking into cultural differences which would have caused mass murder" mode on the same damned day his brother was arrested.

A twist that the media will ignore was that one of the victims wrote his murderer's hunting license in the dirt coating one of the vehicles and THAT is what got him arrested.

[brbethke]

An interesting detail in this morning's St. Paul Pioneer Press: Vang was wearing a reversable hunting jacket. He admits to taking the jacket off and reversing it, so that it was camo side out and blaze orange in, before ambushing the last two people who were riding up on their ATVs.

Doesn't sound like the actions of a scared and disoriented victim of a gang of racist rednecks to me.

Wisconsin does not have the death penalty, but I would not put ten bucks on the odds of this guy surviving 48 hours in the general prison population. At least, not in Wisconsin. They'll probably have to transfer him to some other state -- which is what they did with Dahmer, and he didn't live long, either.

[cake_crumb]

"I'm thinking the Dahmer solution is likely."

The Dahmer solution is perfect.

[joesnuffy]

Mr. Southworth was murdered in the area I grew up deer hunting in...

This was a hate crime..

Hmongs are the socialist's pets in Central WI. and have been for the past 25 yrs...From what I have seen they can pretty much commit any misdemeanor crime they desire and are virtually untouchable...I have seen it countless times...

When Gannet news and the rest of the lefty press get done spinning this story...the Hmongs will start in with their usual protests..

A few years back the 'head daddy rabbit' Hmong chief in Wausau threatened to 'burn the town to the ground' if they didn't get their way...and the lefties did not even blink and eye over this...

They were angry that they could not get their greedy little hands into the federal Veteran's Administration's pockets..and demanded to be recognized as Vietnam Veterans samie same as American GIs...and therefore entitled to VA benefits both state and federal.

They did not get what they wanted and had to stick to the public trough apart from the VA and decided not to burn the town down as this would be tantamount to the killing of a golden goose..killing the golden 'cash cow'

It is pretty damned sickening....they are adepts at draining the public trough...and threatening when they do not get their way....the liberals not only cave in to them but delight in encouraging them in this venue...

I am guessing that at least 75% of the crime wave that has plagued Central WI for the last 15 yrs can be laid at the feet of the Hmong "refugees" imported by the plane loads...

They have an incredible sense of 'entitlement' and are a far cry away from those we once counted on as allies in our war in SE Asia

The accusations of 'Racism' will once again fill they air...it is the dinner bell they all come running to...as their socialist social workers and public school teachers have taught them well...there is good money in it...

Thanks Dave Obey and the socialist democrats for all you've done to destroy what was once a quiet peacefull safe decent place to live... imo

[Revolting cat!]

It's been reported over the years that the Hmong don't assimilate and that they have a bit of a problem living in a modern society, having come from a primitive mountain hunter-gatherer civilization. Last I read, and perhaps it has changed, they're mostly on welfare. It's time to repatriate these people, but with the reactionary inflexibility of our gummint institutions and the so called intellectual elites, don't expect that to happen.

[TheBattman]

It's hard for me to respect the "legal justice system" of any state that doesn't have the death penalty.

Then again, I don't have much respect for any state that DOES have the death penalty, but hasn't used it (or carried out such sentences).

[ErnBatavia]

This is one murder investigation and trial I'll be following. Promises to be a racially tinged circus.

"Greta's Gang" are all getting their contracts renewed...

[sodpoodle]

I am having flashbacks to DC Maryland October 2002. People being shot and killed while going about their daily routines.

It was terrifying - could these Hmungs be considered domestic terrorists? Timothy McVeigh was executed.