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Inside the Texas church, she thought it was her turn to die. Then outside, a man appeared.
The Washington Post ^ | 11/7/17 | Samantha Schmidt

Posted on 11/07/2017 5:33:43 PM PST by Moonman62

She told her son that the shooter paced back and forth, firing into the pews and shooting at cellphones anytime someone tried to call police. He shot at her phone at least three times. “With every shot, she was crying,” he said of the woman. “She was just staring at my mom while she tried to comfort her.” As he fired rounds into the woman, Farida Brown held her hand, telling her she was heading to heaven. At that moment, she heard a shot fired from a different man, at the front door. The other man was Stephen Willeford, who lives near the church.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" wasn't the film that changed attitudes toward insane asylums.

It was Frederick Wiseman's 1966 documentary film "Titicut Follies," a harrowing view of life in an asylum in Massachusetts.

21 posted on 11/07/2017 6:03:22 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Nateman

Intersting discrepancy but not unusual in those circumstances. Mrs. Brown is in shock at that moment. Sense of time and actual events not always clear.


22 posted on 11/07/2017 6:04:32 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: McGavin999

“We used to have insane asylums where the mentally ill were confined and they tried to help them. Whatever happened to them? Why are the mentally ill wandering the streets?”

The pharmaceutical companies convinced lawmakers that drugs could medicate mentally ill people to the point they could function in society.

State and municipal governments rejoiced in the cost savings of being able to shut down the funny farms.

The rest is history. Sadly that history is being written today.


23 posted on 11/07/2017 6:06:06 PM PST by Rebelbase (There are only two genders. The rest are mental disorders.)
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To: ForYourChildren; Moonman62
The armed civilian is the first responder.

Yes, but you will note that the WaPo made certain to explain that he was a Certified Firearms Instructor.

That makes him in their eyes almost a LEO. He has had extensive training in how to safely handle firearms.

Your average citizen is not so well trained and should not have access to firearms. Probably even the people trained by Willeford should not have firearms because they are just hobbyist.

24 posted on 11/07/2017 6:08:43 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: McGavin999

They let them all out and they became Democrat voters.


25 posted on 11/07/2017 6:12:48 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: mazda77

I watched the Crowder “interview”, if you wish to call it that . There was a period of time where the two pursuers would not have been able to observer nor hear the perp shooting himself and I don’t doubt an ME stating the fatal shot was self-inflicted.


26 posted on 11/07/2017 6:16:20 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Pravious

“Leftists think it’s mean to lock up insane people.”

Well, they’re all just R. P. McMurphy, you know, just trying to have a little fun, right?


27 posted on 11/07/2017 6:17:37 PM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: McGavin999

They’re still out there, but they are more empty than they should be. We have the MSM, the Democrat party, our universities, ANTIFA, and BLM to absorb most of the mentally ill these days?


28 posted on 11/07/2017 6:20:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (On 11/08/16, G. H. W. Bush voted for H. Clinton. G. W. Bush left the top slot open. Any questions)
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To: McGavin999

The liberals got the ACLU to sue to close them and give back their civil rights to live on the street.


29 posted on 11/07/2017 6:21:54 PM PST by Citizen Soldier ("And I was born to pull turnips!" Demelza Poldark)
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To: Nateman

The two stories have to mesh in some way. Farida Brown was the next to be executed, but she wasn’t.


30 posted on 11/07/2017 6:21:55 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: McGavin999

“..Why are the mentally ill wandering the streets?”...

Well, to put it rather plainly, the demodummies don’t want them in asylums because THEY VOTE! Liberals have done everything they can to keep them on the streets.


31 posted on 11/07/2017 6:22:36 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: Blood of Tyrants

My suspicion is that he went back outside for either more weapons or to reload more ammo, to finish the job.

But that was when he encountered Willeford.


32 posted on 11/07/2017 6:24:09 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: T-Bird45

This is also the first story I’ve seen that details the injuries caused by Willeford’s shots with leg and torso hits, followed by the perp taking himself out with the head shot.

...

I read the killer called his father first and said he thought he was going to die from the shots Willeford made.


33 posted on 11/07/2017 6:24:40 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: henkster

But it’s not their fault.

Some things just take time, like driving somewhere.


34 posted on 11/07/2017 6:25:31 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: T-Bird45

Willeford didn’t claim to have killed the perp, just that he aimed at the gap in his body armor.

He said the perp didn’t move at the end of the chase.


35 posted on 11/07/2017 6:25:33 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Pontiac

“Yes, but you will note that the WaPo made certain to explain that he was a Certified Firearms Instructor.”

I did notice that and appreciate that you’ve brought it up for all to enter into our calculations. While I certainly honor Willeford’s efforts on Sunday and the results, I don’t give much weight to his “certified” status for his involvement.


36 posted on 11/07/2017 6:25:46 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: BoomerBabe

Really? I find this extraordinary, as the Kennedy family, JFK’s sister, was mentally ill. In fact, she was institutionalized at a young age and eventually was lobotomized. She was an unfortunate and secret part of the Kennedy legacy. So did the JFK presidency atone for the horrific treatment of a sibling by allowing mentally ill persons to permeate our society so the Kennedy’s could feel good. Sounds like a true liberal to me.


37 posted on 11/07/2017 6:27:07 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Nateman

Maybe he’d stopped his car at the church outside the door and got out to fire.


38 posted on 11/07/2017 6:27:46 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: McGavin999
We used to have insane asylums where the mentally ill were confined and they tried to help them. Whatever happened to them? Why are the mentally ill wandering the streets?


If we locked up all the mentally ill, we would incarcerate 20% of the population. Most mentally ill are not harmful. The criminally insane, are who should be confined.
39 posted on 11/07/2017 6:27:59 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: McGavin999

Jimmy Carter freed them

I am serious


40 posted on 11/07/2017 6:29:43 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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