Bag thief death fans Dutch racial tensions

Reuters ^ | 01/21/05

[July 4th]

Hey, Muslims - maybe you shouldn't be stealing bags? </crunch>

[cyborg]

Good for her. He won't steal and assault women again.

[July 4th]

Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was forced on Friday to defend Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk, who said the woman had not committed murder and the death would never have happened if the youth had not stolen the bag.

BTW, these comments are freaking AMAZING coming from a continental European government! You'd think they would have already locked up the woman for life, but no - we have a common sense comment from a government minister!

[Fruitbat]

The woman whose bag he stole drove her car into his moped, crushing him against a tree.

Why am I laughing hysterically at this!

[bd476]

"Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was forced on Friday to defend Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk, who said the woman had not committed murder and the death would never have happened if the youth had not stolen the bag. A placard reading "Verdonk, murderess" was placed at the site of the death.."

From the sounds of it, this woman's life will now be in jeopardy anywhere and at anytime. She should think like Salman Rushdie and go into some kind of protective custody for the next twenty years.

[Khurkris]

Don't bring a moped to a car fight.

[xJones]

The story has been front-page news all week in the Netherlands, home to about one million Muslims, more than a quarter of Moroccan descent. De Telegraaf daily said on Friday it was the man's own fault.

There's only one course left for the noble one million Muslims stealing bags living in the Netherlands. They must return to their Muslim homelands, which are such beautiful examples of dar-al-Islam. The fact that Muslims are constantly trying to get out of their Muslim hell holes, yet bringing the religion that created them is beside the point, of course.

[bd476]

So true, but it still is going to be a frightening time for that woman. She has to live among people sympathetic to the bag thief, who disagree with the government official and who have a history of revenge. Her best option is to seek a high level of protection.

[bluefish]

LOL - thanks for the chuckle.

[Paleo Conservative]

Several hundred people, including many Moroccans, marched on Friday from the site in an immigrant neighbourhood in Amsterdam where the 19-year-old died on Monday. The woman whose bag he stole drove her car into his moped, crushing him against a tree.

[Libertina]

LOLOL

[26lemoncharlie]

The Tolerant Dutch best tend to their overtolerant Government, or they will cease to exist!

[Clemenza]

"If ever a protestor sat in front of my car, it would be the last car he ever saw." --- George Wallace

[CurlyDave]

Several hundred people, including many Moroccans, marched on Friday...

Why, oh why, didn't the Dutch take this opportunity to round them up & send them back?

[CaptainK]

If it had happened in NYC the Times would be questioning the motives of the woman and interviewing the "victims" neighbors, who would speak of his kindness.

[RobinOfKingston]

What kind of genius(!) would think of using a moped as a getaway vehicle???

[harpo11]

I wonder if the purse grabbing moped was crushed by a SUV.

[Chu Gary]

One less Mud slime, what's the problem?

[spokeshave]

crushing him against a tree.

It's the Greens fault