Posted on 02/01/2008 11:08:38 AM PST by chargers fan
BEDFORD, TX -- If this story sounds familiar, it's because it's happened nine different times.
Last Friday night was the latest incident. Someone is being unusually persistent in trying to prevent a Bedford man who happens to be a veteran from flying the American flag in front of his house.
The relentless thief or thieves took down 87 year old Archie Mayes' flag along with the pole, and then took it a step further --- the thief used the pole to break a window in his workshop but didn't take anything.
Mayes set up a video camera last October after the thefts started but so far, the tape hasn't led to any suspects.
The retired Air Force brigadier general usually takes the flag in every night but noticed Friday around 10:30 p.m. that it was gone. He found it on the side of his house.
After the 8th theft, Mayes expressed his frustration.
“If you really want to know how I feel … If I had a shotgun with buck shot in it, I’d have shot him in the butt,” Mayes said. “And I wouldn’t have any hesitation.”
From the video, Mayes said he thinks the same person is behind the thefts, according to FOX 4's Fil Alvarado.
Mayes turned over the video to Bedford police who are investigating.
Liberal fascism in action.
shot=shop
A few people in trees with some high powered BB guns should do the trick.
Yep. Impugning the police department is essential to this thread.
Does bedford have a Code Pink Chapter?
some creep really hates the flag, someone at DU is probably the culprit
I think he meant “bird shot”.”Buck shot” would give the thief an additional anal pore and or kill him - maybe he meant it after all.
Wow, the crabs are out in force this afternoon...ooohh pardon me for stepping on your sacred cow (bowing and scraping to your highness)
Wow, the crabs are out in force this afternoon...ooohh pardon me for stepping on your sacred cow (bowing and scraping to your highness)
This is Texas, so he probably meant it.
On someone’s property without permission after dark in Texas? The property owner or inhabitants have the legal right to shoot you.
Don’t sweat it, really . . . I just thought you were one of those “blame the cops first” idiots. Maybe you’ve seen them around.
Don’t sweat what?
Well, maybe if the cops had been there and not treated the perp like royalty, there could be a whole other cop bashing thread. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Bash ‘em when they do something, bash ‘em when they don’t.
A harmless but humiliating punishment like aniline dye or shaving his head would be about right.
The Cops get bashed when they do something WRONG. Not when they do something RIGHT. And guess what? That’s CORRECT and the way it ought to be
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