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Vigilante mob allegedly beats, kills wrong man
CNN & Associated Press ^
| September 2, 2006
Posted on 09/02/2006 10:18:56 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
MARSHVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- An angry mob fatally beat a man whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the disappearance of their friend, shortly before police arrested and charged another person in the crime, police said.
Union County Sheriff's deputies found Tony Lorin Blakeney at his home with serious injuries Friday. He later died at a hospital.
Ten men, ages 16 to 30, were charged with murder in the attack. They were being held without bond until an October 4 court date.
"This is the worst beating attack I've ever seen," Sheriff Eddie Cathey said.
Authorities said they don't believe Blakeney was connected to the disappearance and death of Patrick Antwone McClendon.
About a dozen of McClendon's friends and family members learned Friday that Blakeney found on his property a car that the missing man had used.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: horrorstory; marshville; mob; northcarolina; vigilanties; violence
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To: Alter Kaker
Well, their hearts were in the right place and the guy would have deserved the beating if he would have just been guilty.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:21:44 PM PDT
by
umgud
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:24:29 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
To: Marque and Reprisal; Constitution Day; TaxRelief; rrrod
NC Ping?
Somebody's begging for a beatdown.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:24:49 PM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
("I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose" -- Mitt Romney, April 2002)
To: Marque and Reprisal; TaxRelief; Constitution Day; Alia
Here are three NC FReepers that might disagree with you.
NC ping y'all.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:25:37 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:26:13 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: umgud
“Well, their hearts were in the right place and the guy would have deserved the beating if he would have just been guilty.” Ah. But the man wasn’t guilty. So now the poor fellow’s relatives and friends have the right to beat the killers to death with their fists or some other blunt object. No need for any courts to get involved.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:26:21 PM PDT
by
Calvin Coollidge
(The last really great president.)
To: umgud
everybody was loving vig justice when it was the lawyer so love it now
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:26:36 PM PDT
by
skaterboy
To: Alter Kaker
A good example of why vigilante justice is very dangerous.
If I were on the jury on this case, based on what has been presented, I wouldn't be sympathetic to the mob that did this. The victim not only lost his life, he suffered terribly too.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:27:12 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: Marque and Reprisal
"Typical for North Carolina. I've never met or encountered ANYONE from North Carolina who wasn't the absolute scum of the earth. Period."
During my years as a hitchhiking drifter I always enjoyed the people there.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:27:53 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
To: Marque and Reprisal
ummmm, seeing what them N. Carolinians are capable of, is that the wisest thing to say? ;-)
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:27:56 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Proper foreign policy makes loud noises.)
To: Marque and Reprisal
That's a mighty broad brush you are painting with.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:00 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Calvin Coollidge
But the man wasn’t guilty.
They don't know if he was or wasn't...and he ain't talking...for obvious reasons.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:13 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:13 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: skaterboy
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:19 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: Marque and Reprisal
My, you sure do know how to win FRiends and influence people, don't you?
Best you put on your asbestos underwear -- you are about to get flamed, big time!
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:21 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: Marque and Reprisal
Typical for North Carolina. I've never met or encountered ANYONE from North Carolina who wasn't the absolute scum of the earth. Period.
Incredibly foolish statement. Where did you spend time in North Carolina? A federal prison?
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:57 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: Calvin Coollidge
So now the poor fellow’s relatives and friends have the right to beat the killers to death with their fists or some other blunt object. No, they should beat to death some perfectly innocent group of people to get even.
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:29:31 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: umgud
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posted on
09/02/2006 10:29:32 PM PDT
by
Atchafalaya
(When you are there thats the best)
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