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Man Gets 120 Days for Shooting Cyclist in the Head
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unreal. attempt murder in my books.
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Ah, muruka, nuff said.
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amazing
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A friend of mine who both cycles and is American told me he would quite routinely get beer cans thrown at him while he was cycling along. North Carolina, which I don't think is especially redneck.
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North Carolina, which I don't think is especially redneck.
Drove through there a couple of weeks ago and I can assure you some parts are very Red Neck. The idiots who threw beer cans must be real numpties as its striaght to jail just for drinking in a car (this includes the passengers).
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I like the follow up comments bellow the article, the whole thing makes the Daily Mail and their readership look like progressive, lefty wimps…
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Who says helmets don't save your life?
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I hope someone shoots him when he gets out.
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Their comments are actually a fair bit more 'anti-cyclist' than ours. They also come across as much more retarded, which is hardly surprising!
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Yep, I now have a mental image of tubby fellas called Bud’ and Buck trawling “Liberal Left” environmentalist and gun control websites looking for topics to troll, guns AND bicycles? Like fly’s round a dung heap…
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From the comments:
Before everybody rushes to judge, maybe we need to know more facts?
For example, how do we know the shooter wasn't simply being a good citizen who thought he was thwarting a child abduction?After all, here was a cyclist carrying a small child in a suspicious manner. It wouldn't be the first time a pedophile was known to ride a bicycle. In fact, it makes perfect sense, since pedophiles want to appear non-threatening and childlike. What better way than riding a bicycle? Not every child molester can afford an ice cream truck.
Ya hear - we're all paedos now!
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