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17-YEAR-OLD FOOTBALL STAR SHOT DEAD WHILE ROBBING STORE
Associated Press | March 15, 2002 | Angela Potter

Posted on 03/15/2002 3:23:45 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

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To: metalurgist
Oops, thats Paul Craig Roberts.
While I'm on a roll and getting links right, here's a link to a story about 2 other men that used guns in Baltimore to defend their business and what is happening to them. Also in the end of this story is an update to a story that was posted a while ago. KENNY DER & DARREL KIFER
183 posted on 03/16/2002 7:22:31 AM PST by metalurgist
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To: don-o
The fact the the perp is a black boy is beside the point. But, it seems to have energized a certain FR sector, crawling out from underneath their rocks or out of the woodwork.

Nonsense, when nearly a third of all black males will end up in the justice systems, or when black-on-white violent crime is over 11 times greater than white-on-black violent crime.

It's particularly amusing to hear blacks talk about how cab drivers won't pick up black fares in urban areas. Presumably, this is because the driver's are "racist." Of course, most cab drivers where I live are recent immigrants, many from Africa.

Facts are not "racist." The truth, or having the temerity to discuss it, is not racist. If facts make you uncomfortable, tough.

184 posted on 03/16/2002 7:25:41 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass
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To: innocentbystander
The black community goes to church, but the majority of black community has not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord nor adhere to his teachings. There is a big difference. If we did, we did we would not have large number of out wedlock births and young men committing crimes. We are fighting a spiritual battle for the souls and minds of an angry and confused generation. The power of Jesus Christ can change black people's attitudes about their sinful behavior.
186 posted on 03/16/2002 7:30:26 AM PST by nononsense
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To: nononsense
"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."
"For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace" Romans 8:5,6

This young man is prime example of following after his only desire to rob and sell drugs, instead of thanking God for the football talent and utilizing this talent to better life for himself and his family. If the black community was truly spiritually minded then violence, drugs, and sexually immorality would have a choke hold on our community.

189 posted on 03/16/2002 7:49:10 AM PST by nononsense
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
The end result.


190 posted on 03/16/2002 7:53:24 AM PST by csvset
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To: innocentbystander
Don't fall for the canard about hunger in America. America is the only country in the world with fat poor people. Americans steal because of greed and a lack of moral values. --MM
191 posted on 03/16/2002 7:56:27 AM PST by mustapha mond
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To: riley1992
don't dispute that. I was referring to his using a pellet gun and being referred to as a 'hardened criminal'.

I don't see anydifference with pellet gun or a .22 and being a hardened criminal. He's at least a 3 time loser. It's not like he was caught drinking or something.

And St Paddy's day is gonna SUCK.(sniff). This is going to be the first St Paddy's day in a long time that I won't be smashed.

193 posted on 03/16/2002 9:52:11 AM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: metalurgist
Thanks for the detailed post. Too bad it wasn't posted earlier in the thread when things were a little heated up.
194 posted on 03/16/2002 11:16:01 AM PST by Drew68
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To: gatex;Teacher317
gatex, I said it was perceived as a nutjob site. Huge difference.

Teacher317, the "jungle" comment is a common racist phrase... think about where blacks come from (Africa). I've seen it used most often in conjuction with the N-word. He wasn't saying that kids were born as savages and must be tamed, he was saying that they can't be tamed, period.

No great leap of logic there. All of his comments were extremely negative generalizations about the black race in general. The only time they make good grades is when they are shot IS not a variation on "shot kids always are honor students", it's also "they're all failures as a whole."

And, well, the comment about blacks being the welfare tribe of America that must be eliminated... you give too much credit to him. Obviously JR found it bad enough to be removed (and, no, I didn't hit the abuse button on that one).

Like it or not, but the most extreme comments are the ones that are put out in the media spotlight (read any article on FR by a third party)... which is why we must take care to not to just let them slide or justify them just as you were doing.

195 posted on 03/16/2002 11:46:26 AM PST by Nataku X
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To: RichInOC
Moral: Never take a fake gun to a real robbery.

Methinks this guy may have realized that it was likely he'd get caught on the third robbery attempt, and may thus have figured that he could weasel his way out of hard time if he only had a 'harmless little pellet gun'. Even if he used a sub-18"/26" shotgun in his earlier robberies, it would be impossible to charge him with using it unless either the police could recover and measure it or unless it was caught on video that allowed for unambigious identification as such. For the clerk to be overly certain in his identification of the sawed-off shotgun might lead to questions of why he didn't recognize the pellet gun [though given that pellet-gun injuries can be fatal, many states would regard even a recognizable pellet gun as a deadly threat].

196 posted on 03/16/2002 11:58:35 AM PST by supercat
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To: innocentbystander; nononsense
Philosophy is everything.

Take the Japanese, for example; although they have virtually no religion, they have a very low crime rate. They have a socialist system of medical care that works very well. It works because there is virtually no abuse of the system, which would be highly frowned upon by the great majority of the people.

Traditional conservative values of hard work and honesty that keeps people in line.

197 posted on 03/16/2002 1:17:52 PM PST by Dec31,1999
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To: Nakatu X
"gatex, I said it was perceived as a nutjob site. Huge difference. "

Anyone who "perceives" FR to be a nutjob site is intellectually dishonest and lacks credibility, so you should have no concern for what they think ( do they have any concern for what we think ?).

199 posted on 03/16/2002 2:05:03 PM PST by gatex
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To: innocentbystander
"... think there are people looking for evidence of racism under every rock, in the hope of having an opportunity to display their righteous indignation. It is a common ploy among those who cant debate. "

Good point--- you continue to show unusual perception and wisdom.

200 posted on 03/16/2002 2:09:26 PM PST by gatex
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