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Texas Police Arrest 169 in Cockfight Raid
UK Guardian ^ | 3 January 2010 | Ed Pilkington

Posted on 01/03/2010 11:02:30 AM PST by nickcarraway

Edited on 01/03/2010 11:32:44 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Police in a small Texan town north-west of Fort Worth have raided an illegal cockfight, arresting 169 viewers and cock owners and seizing more than 100 roosters who were being pitted against each other to the death.

As a police helicopter swooped on the fighting pit that had been erected near Poolville in northern Texas, many more spectators scattered and managed to get away. Among those arrested were up to 15 children, some as young as seven, who had been watching with their parents.


(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cockfight; diversity; immigration; texas
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1 posted on 01/03/2010 11:02:30 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

How many illegal aliens?


2 posted on 01/03/2010 11:03:51 AM PST by donna (3rd largest workforce in the world: UK National Health Service (Chinese Army is #1))
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To: nickcarraway

La Migra La Migra someone shouted out and they all scattered


3 posted on 01/03/2010 11:04:31 AM PST by dennisw (It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
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To: donna

Atleast in NM they’re all locals doing this.


4 posted on 01/03/2010 11:05:03 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing screams low-class louder than chicken/dog fighting.


5 posted on 01/03/2010 11:06:52 AM PST by Farmer Dean (every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains)
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To: nickcarraway

Man I wish they’d start calling it bird fighting. IT is SO hard not to just make jokes on threads like this.


6 posted on 01/03/2010 11:06:55 AM PST by teenyelliott (Insanity - voting the current two party system over and over, expecting different results.)
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To: nickcarraway
The first rule of Cockfight Club is you do not talk about your cock. The second rule of Cockfight Club is you do not talk about your cock.
7 posted on 01/03/2010 11:07:34 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: RichInOC

Here’s hoping Barney Frank is one of the perps.

(fingers crossed.)


8 posted on 01/03/2010 11:11:43 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: donna

My thought exactly. Diversity is wonderful. All cultural expressions, such as cock fighting, should be just as valued as any other cultural expression, such as honor killings. Who are we to judge? puke!


9 posted on 01/03/2010 11:19:40 AM PST by GrannyAnn
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To: teenyelliott

It sounds painful.


10 posted on 01/03/2010 11:21:38 AM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: RichInOC

LOL!!!


11 posted on 01/03/2010 11:22:08 AM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; countess; ...

JERRY: Kramer, cockfighting is illegal.

KRAMER: Only in The United States.

JERRY: It’s inhumane!

KRAMER: No, Jerry, it’s not what you think it is.

JERRY: It’s two roosters peckin’ at each other!

KRAMER: What?

JERRY: Yeah!

KRAMER: Well, I thought they wore gloves and helmets, you know, like “American Gladiators.”


12 posted on 01/03/2010 11:23:11 AM PST by Gamecock (We always have reasons for doing what we do.)
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To: Farmer Dean

***Nothing screams low-class louder than chicken/dog fighting.***

That Thomas Jefferson fellow must have been a real jerk as he raised fighting cocks. I think George Washington did also.

Fighting cocks is not my thing. I raise chickens to eat and get eggs, not fight although I do enjoy two of them going at it over who will be the cock of the walk in the chicken pen.


13 posted on 01/03/2010 11:25:51 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Are my guns loaded? Break in and find out.)
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To: nickcarraway

That name cracks me up. I expect to see a bunch of guys with their pants down to their knees playing sword fight.


14 posted on 01/03/2010 11:28:41 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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16 posted on 01/03/2010 11:34:35 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: donna

Leave the F___ing COCKS alone.
ROUND-UP the Marxists in the Federal Govt!!


17 posted on 01/03/2010 11:43:52 AM PST by noah (noah)
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To: donna

How many illegal aliens?


Maybe some depending upon the location but you’ll find a lot of others that visit and participate.


18 posted on 01/03/2010 11:54:32 AM PST by deport (58 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
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To: nickcarraway
Escaped to fight another day ...

19 posted on 01/03/2010 12:13:38 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: nickcarraway

Can you say ‘’illegal Mexican aliens?’’ Letting kids watch animals maul each other to death. And they wonder why their country is a violent ,lawless craphole.


20 posted on 01/03/2010 12:27:14 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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