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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:50 PM Nov 2020

3 Kansas teens were shot after a man thought they were stealing his Trump campaign lawn signs

Three teenagers were shot and hospitalized in Topeka, Kansas, this weekend following a dispute over stolen Trump lawn signs, according to local news station WIBW.

Police responded to a report of gunshots on Saturday night and found one of the teens shot several times, WIBW reported. Later that evening, two other teens showed up to the hospital and they, too, had been shot, according to the station.

"We ask for the community's patience as investigators diligently work to determine the facts surrounding this case," Gretchen Spiker, a spokeswoman for the Topeka Police Department, told WBTV. "No arrests have been made as of this writing. Arrests may be forthcoming pending the outcome of the investigation."

Police told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Sunday that a man had shot the teens because he believed they were responsible for his missing signs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-kansas-teens-were-shot-202017565.html

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3 Kansas teens were shot after a man thought they were stealing his Trump campaign lawn signs (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Arrest him!!!!! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #1
What are they waiting on? If they know who did it arrest him. captain queeg Nov 2020 #2
It is right there in the second amendment Under The Radar Nov 2020 #3
I think that Newest Reality Nov 2020 #5
Unusual punishment and animal cruelty Under The Radar Nov 2020 #7
Don't know the laws and Kansas. But in Florida you shoot someone outside your home. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #4
Really? Even though it's okay to follow and shoot dead a teen in a hoodie? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #10
If you get into a fight with the guy and convince a jury your life was in danger you might get off GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #11
The real point is, Zimmerman got off. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #14
Fuck you and your patience Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #6
If the right can have gay conversion classes Under The Radar Nov 2020 #8
That's the fanaticism we are dealing with!! Shooting kids. It's got to stop Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #9
Trump will call him a patriot Demovictory9 Nov 2020 #12
WTF?! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #13
They are investigating before they make an arrest... must be a white shooter Vivienne235729 Nov 2020 #15

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
3. It is right there in the second amendment
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:57 PM
Nov 2020

A well regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free state, and yard signs, the right to bear arms and shoot innocent kids shall not be infringed.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
4. Don't know the laws and Kansas. But in Florida you shoot someone outside your home.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:00 PM
Nov 2020

For supposedly stealing a 15 dollar yard sign you got for free, you are doing serious time.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
11. If you get into a fight with the guy and convince a jury your life was in danger you might get off
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:41 PM
Nov 2020

Even if you caused the fight.

But if you track the guys down, as apparently happened here, then shoot up their car, you are looking at attempted murder.

And remember, Florida charged and tried Zimmerman. The jury fucked that up.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
14. The real point is, Zimmerman got off.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 02:09 AM
Nov 2020

Which indicates shooting an unarmed black teen in a hoodie is perfectly fine in some places.

Not to mention that's hardly the only such incident.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
8. If the right can have gay conversion classes
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:09 PM
Nov 2020

Why can’t we start having white nationalist gun humping survivalist rehab?

Thekaspervote

(32,762 posts)
9. That's the fanaticism we are dealing with!! Shooting kids. It's got to stop
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:15 PM
Nov 2020

I had my yard sign stolen twice..so I just went and got more. Like what normal ppl do

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