peel their hide off with a dull knife, and feed it to them...
Posted on 08/22/2014 10:17:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Gainesville police said they arrested two men and continue to search for two more after the men threw rocks off an interstate overpass and struck two vehicles.
One of the two victims spoke exclusively with Channel 2 Action News and said the rock's impact felt like an explosion.
"It was like a bomb went off," said John Chumley. "It made the van rock, and then all of a sudden, the window just blew out against me."
Chumley said he had finished making a delivery and was driving south on Interstate 985 around 1:30 Tuesday morning when he thought he noticed people standing on an overpass. A second later, he said, is when the rock hit.
"On the drivers' door right above where the mirror is," said Chumley. "It obviously must have ricocheted and broke the entire window, and then it bounced down the side of the van."
The van still bears deep grooves from the impact. Besides some glass in his eye, Chumley said he wasn't injured.
Police said that 30 minutes later, the four men tossed another rock, hitting a car driven by a Habersham County man who asked to be identified only as Les. The rock crashed through his roof and landed in his back seat. Luckily, he wasn't injured either.
The boulder that hit Les’ car was the size of a small microwave oven. It left a 2-foot-wide hole in his roof, shattering the back windshield.
“Peeled it back like a sardine can," Les said. "A foot over to the left, and half-second later, quarter-second, it would have taken my head off."
Les also said the impact was like a bomb going off.
“It was just sensory overload. Couldn't comprehend what was going on. Glass flying, the explosion. It was scary," said Les.
Gainesville police said they kept a watch on the bridge after the first impact, and because of that, were able to identify the four men.
They arrested Khyrie Harris and Juan Peterson and charged them with felony criminal damage and terroristic acts charges. They said they're looking for Michael Ellis and Kendrick Harris, too.
"It's a very, very dangerous situation," said Gainesville police spokesperson Cpl. Kevin Holbrook. "I can't imagine what would possess these individuals to commit these heinous acts."
Chumley's attorney, Kevin Ford, said it's a miracle anyone survived the impacts.
"If you have an object the size and weight of a microwave striking you in the vehicle, certainly it's going to endanger your life, may even take your life," said Ford.
A boulder is a rock larger than 256 mm diameter according to the Wentworth scale of sedimentary particles.
The guy on the left is a dead ringer for Whoopi Goldberg.
How did I know what they would look like???
Yea right....Barber college....it's offered at the prisons release program!!!
Sheeshhhhhhhh warn us next time you put up something like that. Even Mick Jagger being saying that boy on the left got some big ass lips.
If you shove one off a cliff or overpass, it could be done.
Let’s call it what it is. . .attempted murder.
Yes. For future reference:
Gravel is 1/4 inch to 3 inches
Cobble is 3 to 12 inches
Boulder is greater than 12 inches
This subhuman debris doesn’t deserve to be among humans. Throw the book at them for attempted murder. Maybe if they were 5 or 6 years old, I could be more “sensitive”.
If they outlaw rocks, only outlaws will have rocks.
Before I saw the photos I knew they were black because there was NO MENTION of their race in the story.
They all ought to be prosecuted for attempted murder.
peel their hide off with a dull knife, and feed it to them...
Me, too. I never understand how Freepers can stoop so low as to discuss appearances in such a way.
One little boy I knew was burned on his arms. He would pick his skin grafts all the time. Still wonder about him and his 3 brothers. Very hard life.
Think sometimes, about scars.
There were Ferguson reports of scum dropping rocks on cars on I-70.
Carry on...
I know what they are, he looks like the monster that he is however.
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