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Police: Gunman at beer warehouse targeted managers [racial harassment]
Comcast ^ | 8-4-10 | EVERTON BAILEY JR., AP

Posted on 08/04/2010 10:30:18 AM PDT by mlizzy

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Time for another beer summit?
1 posted on 08/04/2010 10:30:20 AM PDT by mlizzy
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Prayers for the families involved. So sad.


2 posted on 08/04/2010 10:32:34 AM PDT by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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“showed a video of him stealing beer from the distributor where he worked.”

The trickle down effect of the entitlement mentality-to each according to his need.


3 posted on 08/04/2010 10:34:53 AM PDT by Spok (Liberalism is more of a mood than a philosophy. -Robert Bork)
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Thornton was not a problem employee and had not had any previous disciplinary issues, said Gregg Adler, a lawyer for the Teamsters Local 1035. He said he was not aware of how much beer Thornton was accused of stealing.

Then how would you define a "problem employee"???

4 posted on 08/04/2010 10:38:22 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (For the record, McCarthy was right.)
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Clearly, Thornton’s victims acted stupidly... /s


5 posted on 08/04/2010 10:38:44 AM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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“Busted, he didn’t put up a fight” sounds like he put up quite a fight - shooting people.

“He was just the sweetest, gentlest, kind soul.” Shooting innocent people doesn’t sound like sweet and gentle to me.

I’m sure the media will find people ready to say that he was a quiet guy, never bothered “nobody”, “my boy was a good boy and would never hurt nobody.”

And of course he was innocent - if you imagine someone is talking behind your back because you are a paranoid wacko who is stealing beer it’s OK to kill people.

This country is in deep poop.


6 posted on 08/04/2010 10:39:34 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (my favorite pastime: annoying liberals who have no sense of humor)
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Watch out as Obama’s regime goes into a tighter spiral.


7 posted on 08/04/2010 10:40:14 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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The claims of the family of this man are despicable.

First he takes their lives.

..and then they attempt to take their reputations by claiming they were racist.

8 posted on 08/04/2010 10:40:14 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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Time for another beer summit?

In all seriousness, the NAACP would do themselves a world of good if they made a public statement offering condolences to the victims, and added that if racism was indeed the trigger for this man's crimes, that violence is never the answer.

We'll probably never know for sure if this guy ever filed a complaint with his union or the employer. For the moment, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, and suggest that the NAACP offer to set up their own "whistleblower" hotline and offer it to anyone that feels that their complaints about racism on the job or in school are going unanswered.

9 posted on 08/04/2010 10:41:42 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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“my boy was a good boy and would never hurt nobody.”

Exactly. And whenever they run sob stories about criminal aliens, like the spawn that the BP shot at the El Paso border, the state-run media always has to insert "he was an honor student" or "he did so well in school" or "he was just playing" or something similar.

10 posted on 08/04/2010 10:43:05 AM PDT by Borax Queen
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Sounds like the murderer was the racist....sounds like a Black Ku Klux Klan liberal.

If he was white....he would have been charged with hate crimes by now.


11 posted on 08/04/2010 10:43:09 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com. You either voting for JD, or voting for the Liberal...)
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This savage’s family is as worthless as he is...burn in Hell, murderous scum....


12 posted on 08/04/2010 10:45:54 AM PDT by Maverick68
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Since when is being a thief, a race?


13 posted on 08/04/2010 10:45:57 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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It was racist to catch him stealing.
14 posted on 08/04/2010 10:46:09 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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This POS wasn’t racially harrassed....he most likely just had a RACIAL CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER!!


15 posted on 08/04/2010 10:50:01 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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“I can assure you there has never been any racial discrimination at our company,”

At a time like this, the guy’s worried about his company’s PC bonafides?

What color were the victims? Wasn’t that racial discrimination?


16 posted on 08/04/2010 10:51:48 AM PDT by Pessimist
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"I killed the five racists that was there that was bothering me"

Giving his life to evil, a bigot until the end.


17 posted on 08/04/2010 10:51:51 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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...a union official said Thornton had not filed a complaint of racism with the union or any government agency.


18 posted on 08/04/2010 10:52:16 AM PDT by FL_Native
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To: justlurking
In all seriousness, the NAACP would do themselves a world of good if they made a public statement offering condolences to the victims, and added that if racism was indeed the trigger for this man's crimes, that violence is never the answer. We'll probably never know for sure if this guy ever filed a complaint with his union or the employer. For the moment, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, and suggest that the NAACP offer to set up their own "whistleblower" hotline and offer it to anyone that feels that their complaints about racism on the job or in school are going unanswered.
Your whole commentary is excellent! But what's the chances of this being twisted all around the other way?
19 posted on 08/04/2010 10:54:31 AM PDT by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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“He was just the sweetest, gentlest, kind soul.”

That was said about one of the victims by his wife.

“Another victim was Doug Scruton, 56, who had worked at the warehouse for nearly 30 years, said his wife, Mikal O’Brien. Anticipating his upcoming retirement, the couple had recently moved to Middleton, N.H., where he loved to visit the White Mountains and beaches. He stayed with a friend in Connecticut during the week.

“It was part of our plan for him to be able to retire in the place that he loved. But he’s never going to be able to enjoy that now,” she said. “He was just the sweetest, gentlest, kind soul.”

Hank


20 posted on 08/04/2010 10:55:02 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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