Posted on 08/03/2010 2:54:32 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Nine people are dead in a workplace shooting in a Manchester, Ct., beer-distribution warehouse, and an unknown number are wounded.
On Tuesday morning, Omar Thornton, a driver for Hartford Distributors, went on a shooting rampage during a morning shift change, and then killed himself, police say.
Mr. Thornton, who had worked for the company for a couple of years, had been called in for a disciplinary hearing, according to reports, and was on his way there this morning. It was unclear whether the meeting had taken place before he started shooting.
Joanne Hannah, a former neighbor of Thornton whose daughter had dated him, also told the Courant that Thornton, who is black, had complained about racial harassment at work and that his superiors had refused to address his complaint.
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ping!
Probably didn’t want any crackers with his beer.
The company should have called him and told him he was fired. Period. Then they should have heightened security. Why have him come in for a disciplinary hearing and then tell him he’s canned?
See how Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson foment domestic terrorism with their rhetoric.
Hey, it’s the message Dems would use if they were us.
Watched half an hour of local coverage on several channels and while they mention his claim he was discriminated against because of race, haven’t heard the race of all the victims. Any black victims?
I sense the BLACK RAGE DEFENSE coming soon to a Hartford courtroom. It kept Colin Ferguson off death row, perhaps it will work for this racist scumbag too.
Work how? He’s dead.
Some sleazebag plaintiff lawyers will be willing to try.
It’s Union/Company policy. I’ve seen it happen many times but they would have a couple of Security people sometimes standing outside the door to escort the person off the property.
If this pos had been still alive, he would have gotten away with his crime - all he had to do was cry “racism” and he’s free.
Let me guess...
The nine people this POS shot were white?
” Why have him come in for a disciplinary hearing and then tell him he’s canned?”
Union contract.
They can have Samuel L Jackson, spokesman for the Atlanta Falcons, play him in a movie.
They can have Samuel L Jackson, spokesman for the Atlanta Falcons, play him in a movie.
http://www.atlantafalcons.com/query_result
Angry Black Man strikes again.
I’m sure the business was a gun free zone and that is really pathetic.Liberlism helped get these people killed.
ya a far rightwinger..hahhaha
Union thug. gots to follow dem union rlues.
I wouldn’t be surprised if BO/BS is inspired to have another beer summit.
I just dont believe it. Not today, not in 2010.
This kid must have had some serious personality problems and needed psychological treatment.
I just dont believe it.
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