French Mass Murder Suspect Leaps to His Death

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[US_MilitaryRules]

They just couldn't hold his legs anymore!

[ken5050]

The French coined a word for it during the Revolution...."defenestration"

[ken5050]

LOL...and they continue to be opposed to the death penalty.....

[Revolting cat!]

I've been telling you all along that we should have sent Soliah, Mumia and Johnny Jihad to France where they don't have death penalty!

[piasa]

Who needs a death penalty when you can toss them from a window while shouting "Oh no! I can't hold on!... Really! I cannot! Au revoir, la douchebag!"

[Lazamataz]

The loner arrested for killing eight politicians leapt to his death from the window of a Paris police station

Oh yes, he lept.

I remember when I was a kid, a friend helped me 'leap' down the stairs with some gentle assistance in the form of pressure applied to my back.

[Lazamataz]

LOL...and they continue to be opposed to the death penalty.....

Sounds like the police managed to circumvent the wishes of the politicians.

[ken5050]

AFP just crossed a report on its newswire that Inspector Clouseau has been appointed to head the investigation....

[ken5050]

That's what we need in this country..prisons with windows....

[ken5050]

Actually, the guy was making a political statement..he hates Microsoft, and was advocating the use of LINUX..

[11th Earl of Mar]

Police said Richard Durn scrambled through a small fourth- floor window at the Quai des Orfevres, fabled headquarters of the Paris Criminal Brigade, despite his interrogators' efforts to hold him back by the legs

Sounds like an interrogation that 'got out of hand.'

[Atticus]

Somebody must have told him France was being invaded.

[11th Earl of Mar]

LOL...and they continue to be opposed to the death penalty.....

Maybe in that socialized nation one needs a union card to hold a murder suspect out of a window by his legs.

"New European Union regulations state that unless you have a union card for that, you'll have to let him go DuBois."

[Thud]

The responses to date got it all.

[luvzhottea]

Police said Richard Durn

Recall how many were saying this was an Arab Muslim on the other threads? So far you are batting 1.000

[Spar]

Suicide or an attempt to shut him up?

Eight Dead, 30 Wounded in Paris Gun Spree "of Yugoslav origin, had visited Kosovo on aid missions" Initial information showed he had been in both Kosovo and Bosnia in some sort of humanitarian aid capacity, but that he was currently unemployed.

How many unemployed Political Science Masters degree graduates do ypu know that have such an extensive fire arms collection? Well Albanian Adim Ceku of Kosovo comes to mind!

This story did not seem right from the start.

[Spar]

see my #17

[Bonaparte]

"Samuel Rijik, a Nanterre councilor..., said he was shocked and disappointed that Durn had cheated justice."

I guess Durn just couldn't face the prospect of all those years of wine and brie parties. Ira Einhorn was made of sterner stuff and took his punishment like a man.

[breakem]

Apparently took the French police two days to get the window unstuck.