Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol

AP via Yahoo ^ | 6/28 | Jill Bleed

[TangledUpInBlue]

A man yelled "Freedom!" as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma's monument at its state Capitol, authorities said.

The privately funded Arkansas monument had been in place outside the state Capitol in Little Rock for less than 24 hours before it was knocked from its plinth and smashed to pieces.

Michael Tate Reed, 32, of Van Buren, Arkansas, was booked in the Pulaski County jail shortly after 7:30 a.m. on preliminary charges of defacing objects of public interest, criminal trespass and first-degree criminal mischief. An arrest report lists his occupation as "unemployed/disabled."

[TangledUpInBlue]

Is there a point here or is this guy just bat $hit nuts?

[AppyPappy]

Make him pay for a new one. Keep his azz in jail for a Hate Crime.

[Mercat]

Alcohol?

[Sparticus]

His demons made him do it.

[Hugh the Scot]

I believe the point is that the forces of satanic evil are emboldened and that we must fight back in order to survive.

[C210N]

What a nutjob; though there have been nutjobs thru history.

[Newbomb Turk]

Well he’s on welfare anyways so we might as well house him in prison.

[BlessedBeGod]

Fool! Having the Ten Commandments there was freedom!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Clinton News Network has it on the front page of their website. Their value system indicates it is priority news.

[rightwingcrazy]

I wonder which of the Commandments set him off. Maybe the first.

[bigbob]

Oklahoma is in the middle of the oil patch, and casing pipe is everywhere. A good size for a “monument support” would be 5 1/2” diameter, sunk about 4-5 feet into the ground and filled with concrete. Let them try.

[SecAmndmt]

Freedom comes from God, and he is destroying a monument to God’s law. So what he really wants is freedom from God. This sums up much of our popular culture.

Can he be charged with reckless driving? (take away his DL)?

[allendale]

Charge him with a hate crime against Judeo-Christians. It will drive the liberals crazy.

[yuleeyahoo]

Asset forfeiture.

[Eddie01]

Your typical liberal doing typical liberal things.

[Paladin2]

Meth is series kit....

[AbolishCSEU]

guy looks like Rob Reiner!!!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The Perp:

[Drew68]

A man yelled "Freedom!" as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday

Sorry but the image of this made me LMAO.

[V_TWIN]

I imagine God even laughed at that one. Mel brooks is a comedic genius IMO. :)