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Skittles

(170,484 posts)
18. agreed
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 04:31 PM
Nov 2019

regardless of the racism, this is just another example of a gun being used to settle what should have been a fistfight

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Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Flaleftist Nov 2019 #1
It must be difficult to get blood out of that sheet you're wearing. CaptYossarian Nov 2019 #2
Killed on Halloween, at a Waffle House, in Butts County. Nevilledog Nov 2019 #3
And his middle name was Phinazee! LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #17
Ahhh. A family tree with no limbs. Nevilledog Nov 2019 #25
That is a family surname--his uncle's last name. (Info from an article linked below.) nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #53
Works for me. BannonsLiver Nov 2019 #4
DU is so funny. cwydro Nov 2019 #5
Exactly DavidDvorkin Nov 2019 #6
Yes, it is. cwydro Nov 2019 #10
+1 Arkansas Granny Nov 2019 #7
The thing about DU is that it isn't cookie cutter driven lunatica Nov 2019 #8
Oh, give it time. cwydro Nov 2019 #11
Actually... skypilot Nov 2019 #13
Yeah, I don't like people carrying guns around LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #19
Yeah BannonsLiver Nov 2019 #14
He was violent? Did he have a gun? cwydro Nov 2019 #15
agreed Skittles Nov 2019 #18
When was the last time you were in a fist fight? GulfCoast66 Nov 2019 #42
it's been some time Skittles Nov 2019 #43
You're right SoCalNative Nov 2019 #22
I guess you zipped past the part where dead racist started an altercation. John Fante Nov 2019 #27
Thanks for this! nt USALiberal Nov 2019 #29
Yeah. Here's his obit. Young father, evidently. SMC22307 Nov 2019 #30
Yes. I am disappointed to. Blue_true Nov 2019 #33
There are lot's of hypocrites Polybius Nov 2019 #40
Stand your ground will be revisited in Georgia...n/t bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #9
I can't find out anything about right before it happened JustAnotherGen Nov 2019 #12
Since the news said something physical happened before he was shot, my Blue_true Nov 2019 #34
For all we know, he could have been violent and the two men were just defending themselves. BlueStater Nov 2019 #16
But we don't know that, do we? cwydro Nov 2019 #21
Bryan should at least be nominated for the Darwin Award, if he has no children. nt NCjack Nov 2019 #20
He had a 6 year old daughter. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #35
Typical racist right winger. Thinks of himself first, rather than the daughter. roamer65 Nov 2019 #46
Yes. But if he was unarmed, did he need to die? Blue_true Nov 2019 #47
I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't think it's justified to fatally shoot somebody Goodheart Nov 2019 #23
not all liberals are pacifists. TeamPooka Nov 2019 #24
I blame the other patrons jberryhill Nov 2019 #26
Butts County underpants Nov 2019 #51
tots and pears PupCamo Nov 2019 #28
2 arrested in death of man struggle4progress Nov 2019 #31
How is Georgia's stand you ground law written? Blue_true Nov 2019 #36
Gunfuckers gonna gunfuck. Iggo Nov 2019 #32
He got what he deserved. WestIndianArchie Nov 2019 #37
Who else...in your estimation...deserves summary execution? tritsofme Nov 2019 #38
Curious?? WestIndianArchie Nov 2019 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author backtoblue Nov 2019 #39
Jesus Dorian Gray Nov 2019 #49
Guns? Violence? WestIndianArchie Nov 2019 #52
One less racist carbon footprint. roamer65 Nov 2019 #44
But he will always be remembered by his love of EVERYone! dalton99a Nov 2019 #45
A heavily-armed populace has no use for police. NCLefty Nov 2019 #48
27? Sad, but maybe he hasn't reproduced. So many already have. Hortensis Nov 2019 #50
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