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County courtroom erupts (Murder victim's father dives across table, attempts to strangle perp)
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| August 7, 2007
| Mark Law
Posted on 08/07/2007 11:46:25 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Badeye
"You arent actually going to try to tell me this kid was happy and productive and a family man now are you?"He may have been. I know many that smoke the occasional joint.
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posted on
08/07/2007 12:58:07 PM PDT
by
Tx Angel
To: Badeye
"Im very familiar with what you are citing, and in fact Im for legalization, or at least decriminalization of some drugs like marijuana.
But this kid wasnt in that neighborhood looking for a quarter ounce of grass, as I suspect you probably know."
But how do you know that? After all, weed is supposedly the evil gateway drug.
42
posted on
08/07/2007 1:01:58 PM PDT
by
Tx Angel
To: gridlock; All
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posted on
08/07/2007 1:24:49 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
He has accepted responsibility for what he did Yeah, right, and he's no doubt really sincere about that too. After all, he didn't really mean to stick a loaded gun in the back of the boy's head and pull the trigger, it was all just a joke that went wrong somehow.
He also loved his sick mother, brought flowers to his crippled kid sister when she was feeling bad, donated time and money to the neighborhood boys club, and was trying hard to turn his formerly troubled life around to please his ailing mother. (insert tearful sobs and moans of sorrow HERE)
I hope he also accepts the treatment he will get as a fresh young slab of meat by the older and more seasoned prisoners. If there's any justice in this world he will wind up as the "wife" of a lusty 270 lb weight lifter with a 60 IQ and a catastrophic body odor problem. After a few months spent in that cozy arrangement the death penalty might not look all that bad from his POV.
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posted on
08/07/2007 1:26:16 PM PDT
by
epow
To: Stoat
I'd have strangled the murderous SOB with my bare hands too. What is he going to get- a lifetime behind bars? I don't think that is justice. I have to admire what the father tried to do.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
08/07/2007 1:29:17 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Does anybody have a picture of the killer?
46
posted on
08/07/2007 1:34:48 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Badeye; Liberty Valance
I tried marijuana once. It made me crazy. I wanted to rob a bank and get into a high speed car chase and shootout with the cops. But then I couldn’t find my car keys, or the car... or even the front door.
I did find about a half gallon of chocolate ice cream in the refrigerator. All’s well that ends well.
47
posted on
08/07/2007 1:45:02 PM PDT
by
Brucifer
(G. W. Bush "The dog ate my copy of the Constitution.")
To: Badeye
“Debatable. Especially when you realize just how much crime, of all types, are traced back to them.”
Billions of dollars are spent fighting drugs. Those dollars are completely wasted except for putting many otherwise good people in prison. The ban on drugs has not decreased use and has bred crime and unconstitutional laws.
Perhaps we should question our government instead of saying this kid deserved what he got.
To: George from New England
“How much of a father was this guy?”
stupid post of the day.
49
posted on
08/07/2007 2:14:27 PM PDT
by
monday
To: Stoat
The sheriff said he held Mike Sweats hand until other deputies could assist in restraining the father. All we wanted to do was restrain him, the sheriff said. Spoilsport.
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posted on
08/07/2007 2:16:48 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
("We control this House, not the parliamentarians!” -Congressman Steny Hoyer (D))
To: Badeye
“You arent actually going to try to tell me this kid was happy and productive and a family man now are you?” He was two time national motocross champion. He clearly had some productive years and a family with kids and for all we know was very happy. Who are you to judge his life? You know virtually nothing about him.
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posted on
08/07/2007 2:21:58 PM PDT
by
monday
To: Brucifer
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posted on
08/07/2007 2:22:53 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: George from New England
The murdered kid was buying drugs. How much of a father was this guy?
He didn't deserve to be executed in such a brutal manner.
May God comfort those hurting relatives and ease their pain.
To: Jim Noble
Mr. Noble, I agree completely. I’d simply add that sometimes it happens after they are grown, so keep on praying.
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posted on
08/07/2007 2:39:40 PM PDT
by
mpackard
(Proud mama of a Sailor.)
To: FormerLib
Anyones kid can make some stupid choices, but theres always a chance to turn him back around while hes still alive. Amen. Prayers for the family.
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posted on
08/07/2007 2:48:52 PM PDT
by
Dianna
To: Stoat
The perps should be infected with the Ebola virus.
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posted on
08/07/2007 4:23:53 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(Bunnies=Sodomites)
To: Ptarmigan
The perps should be infected with the Ebola virus.Although the death rate is not 100% in all cases as is the popular conception, it still is a deadly mutha and would most likely represent a significant downturn in the perps' quality of life, as evidenced by this chart :
Ebola Cases and Outbreaks CDC Special Pathogens Branch
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Table Showing Known Cases and Outbreaks, in Chronological Order
Year
|
Ebola subtype |
Country |
No. of human cases |
Percentage of deaths among cases |
Situation |
1976 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Zaire [Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)] |
318 |
88% |
Occurred in Yambuku and surrounding area. Disease was spread by close personal contact and by use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals/clinics. This outbreak was the first recognition of the disease. |
1976 |
Ebola-Sudan |
Sudan |
284 |
53% |
Occurred in Nzara, Maridi and the surrounding area. Disease was spread mainly through close personal contact within hospitals. Many medical care personnel were infected. |
1976 |
Ebola-Sudan |
England |
1 |
0% |
Laboratory infection by accidental stick of contaminated needle. |
1977 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Zaire |
1 |
100% |
Noted retrospectively in the village of Tandala. |
1979 |
Ebola-Sudan |
Sudan |
34 |
65% |
Occurred in Nzara. Recurrent outbreak at the same site as the 1976 Sudan epidemic. |
1989 |
Ebola-Reston |
USA |
0 |
0% |
Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into quarantine facilities in Virginia, Texas, and Pennsylvania by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies to Ebola-Reston virus but did not become ill. |
1990 |
Ebola-Reston |
USA |
0 |
0% |
Ebola-Reston virus was introduced once again into quarantine facilities in Virginia, and Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. Four humans developed antibodies but did not get sick. |
1992 |
Ebola-Reston |
Italy |
0 |
0% |
Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into quarantine facilities in Sienna by monkeys imported from the same export facility in the Philippines that was involved in the episodes in the United States. No humans were infected. |
1994 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Gabon |
49 |
59% |
Occurred in Mékouka and other gold-mining camps deep in the rain forest. Initially thought to be yellow fever; identified as Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1995. |
1994 |
Ebola-Ivory Coast |
Ivory Coast |
1 |
0% |
Scientist became ill after conducting an autopsy on a wild chimpanzee in the Tai Forest. The patient was treated in Switzerland. |
1995 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) |
315 |
81% |
Occurred in Kikwit and surrounding area. Traced to index case-patient who worked in forest adjoining the city. Epidemic spread through families and hospitals. |
1996 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Gabon |
31 |
68% |
Occurred in Mayibout area. A chimpanzee found dead in the forest was eaten by people hunting for food. Nineteen people who were involved in the butchery of the animal became ill; other cases occurred in family members. |
1996 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Gabon |
60 |
75% |
Occurred in Booué area with transport of patients to Libreville. Index case-patient was a hunter who lived in a forest camp. Disease was spread by close contact with infected persons. A dead chimpanzee found in the forest at the time was determined to be infected. |
1996 |
Ebola-Zaire |
South Africa |
2 |
50% |
A medical professional traveled from Gabon to Johannesburg, South Africa, after having treated Ebola virus-infected patients and thus having been exposed to the virus. He was hospitalized, and a nurse who took care of him became infected and died. |
1996 |
Ebola-Reston |
USA |
0 |
0% |
Ebola-Reston virus was introduced into a quarantine facility in Texas by monkeys imported from the Philippines. No human infections were identified. |
1996 |
Ebola-Reston |
Philippines |
0 |
0% |
Ebola-Reston virus was identified in a monkey export facility in the Philippines. No human infections were identified. |
2000- 2001 |
Ebola- Sudan |
Uganda |
425 |
53% |
Occurred in Gulu, Masindi, and Mbarara districts of Uganda. The three most important risks associated with Ebola virus infection were attending funerals of Ebola hemorrhagic fever case-patients, having contact with case-patients in one's family, and providing medical care to Ebola case-patients without using adequate personal protective measures. |
2001- 2002 |
Ebola-Zaire |
Gabon and The Republic of the Congo |
122 |
79% |
Outbreak occurred over the border of Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. Additional information is currently available on the WHO website. |
|
My only request would be that the perps be quarantined within a secure prison so that it would only have an opportunity to spread to other equally appropriate recipients.
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:03:04 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Lazamataz
Go easy. We do recover.Agreed...
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:10:47 PM PDT
by
meyer
(It's the entitlements, stupid!)
To: Everybody
Mike Sweat belongs in jail, period. He tried to grab the sheriff’s gun—supposing he had accidentally shot an innocent person?
And if one of the defendant’s family members attacks Sweat, you’d be screaming for HIM to die.
The sheriff is a coward for not filing charges.
59
posted on
08/07/2007 9:14:01 PM PDT
by
Jimknox
To: Stoat
Ebola is painful to have the disease. I like watching them wither in pain. :)
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posted on
08/07/2007 9:15:46 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(Bunnies=Sodomites)
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