Posted on 03/04/2005 2:14:06 PM PST by Selkie
By WAYNE PARRY The Associated Press
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The upstairs neighbor of an Egyptian Christian family found slain in their home in January was charged Friday, along with another man, in the murders.
Edward McDonald, 25, who rented a second-floor apartment above Hossam Armanious and his family, pleaded not guilty to four counts of felony murder. Hamilton Sanchez, 30, faces the same charges and also pleaded not guilty.
Sanchez during a court hearing began crying as he stood before a judge, his hands cuffed behind his back.
"I didn't kill nobody. I didn't kill nobody, man. I didn't kill nobody, people," Sanchez said, as he was led from the courtroom. McDonald stared at the floor during the hearing.
Both men, who were on parole for different drug offenses, were ordered held on $10 million cash bail.
Authorities said Armanious, 47; his wife, Amal Garas, 37, and their children - Sylvia, 15, and Monica, 8 - were slain three days before their bodies were found Jan. 14.
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"but if you review the posts, it shows that the search for the truth was a secondary consideration - the opportunity to spread hatred and distrust was not to be missed.
Many posts did not even bother to reference the subject of the thread - they were simply reposts of anti-muslim pictures and slogans, looking very much like those used to rouse anti-American feelings and get the unwashed out to march in the streets"
RS is correct...."Many posts did not even bother to reference the subject of the thread....."
Your argument of "Anyone who expressed anger that Muslims may have murdered a family...." doesn't work for those posts.
Yes, "it was highly plausible to ascertain that Islamists might be culpable." MIGHT BE. But "might be" wasn't the attitude taken by many. That's the point.
Taking fragments of my posts to suit your stance is underhanded.
Buh bye
Well, there were plenty of nouns in the sentence, but since you evidently believe each sentence requires a separate line, let me give you a separate line for each of several clauses to see if you can read it....
Since you really NEED a conspiracy theory, how about the much more likely one that the lowlife who lived upstairs from these outspoken folks might have:
-known they were Christian,
-known they had received threats,
-known that many people are quick to jump to conclusions and make wild assumptions, and
-known that the family would recognize him and open the door without need for forced entry, etc.?
Of course I just mispunctuated it by using the colon/hyphens that way, but if you can't read correct English, what am I to do?
>Apparently you are saying that the upstairs tenant
>McDonald was clever enough to assume that the robbery
>would be pinned on Muslims ?
I'm just offering something more plausible than the "we just wandered through and happened to find a wallet with an ATM card, and a PIN, and then came up with a story as to how WE were the ones who committed a murder, and then separately corroborated the story so we would be sure the police couldn't claim we just wandered in on things" story, if you absolutely must go with something more complex than "these druggies killed them" for the money.
No... the love of money is the root of all evil.
lol
Uh, that was the point. If everyone keeps blaming Muslims for everything when it's not them, who will listen to the real threat?
No, it's called "proper netiquette"...since nothing was taken out of context or modified in an underhanded manner!
Buh bye
I suppose I have to slap every scrap of your post on a reply or you'll accuse me, too, of being of underhanded, eh? You really need some more tinfoil.
lol
Hey, don't quote me and use it against me. lol
lol
oops...wait...that should be:
"lol" --nuconvert
And now you'll have to tell me just what 'the real threat' IS!
No... the love of money is the root of all evil. >>
You're right.
Militant Muslims
Fear
Sleeper cells
Disunity
Knee-jerk reactionaries (note...nothing against reactionaries, per se...just talking about those who weaken us)
Ignorance
Culture creep
Bigotry
Et cetera
But I think you know this. :-)
It's the Et cetera's that bother me...Fear! That's the one. Anyone who is not at least a little afraid must be comatose.
Yes, but we must manage fear, not let it manage us.
I'll go along with that...
Yeah, I always kill the people who live just below me. That way no one ever suspects me. It's great for deflection suspicion...................huh? I never underestimate the stupidity of some people (just watch the Springer Show) but a ritual killing of these people doesn't make any sense. If you wanted to rob the place, just wait until you knew the entire family was out. Like they didn't figure the police would question them as ex-cons????????????????????????? I smell a smell. A smelly smell that smells smelly, and it ain't anchovies!!!!!!
One has to make the assumption that they tortured the card holder to reveal the pin code otherwise the ATM is useless. Could be, but brutally knifing 4 people takes a lot of intestinal fortitude. Knifing sends a message. Guns are much more efficient, unless noise was a problem.
Very weird
Hey, don't you know that quoting someone "to suit your stance is underhanded."?
Knock that off.
"Yeah, I always kill the people who live just below me. That way no one ever suspects me. It's great for deflection suspicion..................."
Do you always steal the debit cards from the dead people you find downstairs ?
... or did the cops fake the video tapes, and somehow get the bank techs to go along with it ?
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