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In reply to the discussion: Protester in St. Louis area charged with arson [View all]Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. I am afraid I cannot
understand your equivalencies?
The guy tried to deliberately set fire to a business and cause damage along with the potential for greater damage and possible injury.
BTW the QuikTrip is still closed, I drove by it about an hour ago, so they are also losing business and the employees are most likely losing hours.
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I have no use for rogue cops, but I'll shed no tears for an admitted arsonist. n/t
ColesCountyDem
Dec 2014
#1
Maybe the police gave Williams the "Jon Burge treatment." For those not up on
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#8
I see you had to go back about 20 years to come up with something to presumably compare this to?
George II
Dec 2014
#13
Right. Because after Burge and Rampart, all police abuse everywhere magically stopped
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#14
As the saying goes, "just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me"!
George II
Dec 2014
#23
Or maybe he confessed because they showed him the video of him lighting the fire,
GGJohn
Dec 2014
#16
Pretty stupid on his account...when he had been photographed over and over..
Historic NY
Dec 2014
#4
It's sad, but he should have thought of that before attempting to light the store up.
GGJohn
Dec 2014
#31