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PKK declare unilateral ceasefire
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Kop Killer Kwickly Kanceled
Florida Police SWAT Team Fired 110 Bullets At Suspect Who Killed Deputy

Police in Florida fired over a hundred rounds of ammunition into a suspected criminal who officers say shot and killed a sheriff's deputy in Lakeland. An investigation into the manhunt for Angilo Freeland showed police and SWAT team members fired 110 bullets, hitting the suspect 68 times.
He's really, really, really dead, Jim.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explains, "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances... "
Can't say that I blame for that ...
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy."

Authorities say deputy Vernon Matthew Williams, 39, pulled Freeland over, and became suspicious. Freeland fatally shot the officer and Diogi, his German shepherd police dog, then fled. A search ensued, which lasted for almost 24-hours, and involved an estimated 500 law enforcement officers. When a SWAT team finally caught up with Freeland, he raised the gun he stole from the deputy, and was in turn fired upon by police.

Sheriff Judd adds, "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had. We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."
There's a lesson here; Never leave the station without several extra ammo cans in your cruiser's trunk.
Posted by: Zenster || 10/01/2006 17:52 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The man died of "Heavy Metal Poisoning"
Posted by: SSET || 10/01/2006 18:46 Comments || Top||

#2  tenderized
Posted by: .com || 10/01/2006 19:35 Comments || Top||

#3  proper ventilation - good practice no matter the situation
Posted by: Frank G || 10/01/2006 20:02 Comments || Top||

#4  You call that shootin'? 110 shots, and only 68 hits? Officer, go back and do it again, and keep doing it until you get it right.
Posted by: bunyip || 10/01/2006 21:11 Comments || Top||

#5  After the LA bank shoot out, I'd certainly make sure you take them down, if nothing else, by the shear weight of all the lead in their vests.
Posted by: Omaviter Thainter8686 || 10/01/2006 21:25 Comments || Top||

#6  It might be a good time to commit a crime in Southern Fla as half the available law enforcement officers will be on admin leave. :-)
Posted by: Super Hose || 10/01/2006 21:34 Comments || Top||

#7  SH - I bet the rest are less likely to leave it holstered
Posted by: Frank G || 10/01/2006 21:37 Comments || Top||

#8  I bet the Polive get sued for killing a mentally insane man. Only someone COMPLETELY out of their mind would raise a single gun against a SWAT team.
Posted by: Charles || 10/01/2006 21:39 Comments || Top||

#9  If this guy killed a human deputy AND a K-9 around here, he would be considered as having killed two law enforcement personnel. Hope they see it that way in Florida when the nutjobs start screaming "excessive force" was used.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/01/2006 21:40 Comments || Top||

#10  If someone wants to post the perp's photo we can all have a good laugh. The guy is a regular salt-of-the-earth 9 to 5 button-down pillar of the community. NOT!
Posted by: Zenster || 10/01/2006 22:53 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Mourners remember Bali dead
Relatives of those killed in last year's Bali bombings have gathered for emotional services both here and in Bali to mark the first anniversary of the attacks. Isaac Zwolinski, 18, and his younger brother Ben, 16, of Newcastle, were among more than 40 Australians who made the difficult decision to return to Bali for a memorial service one year on.

The solemn proceeding, amid tight security on the lawn of the beachside Intercontinental Hotel overlooking the now largely deserted Jimbaran Bay, included a message sent from Prime Minister John Howard expressing the deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences on behalf of the nation.

Also today, relatives of those killed in the bombings gathered for an emotional memorial service in Newcastle. Nine Newcastle families, who were holidaying in Bali at the time, were caught up in the blasts, and three of the four Australians killed in the attacks were from the city.
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Posted by: Oztralian || 10/01/2006 03:24 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  sorry.. i think i may have posted a similar like this a little eariler on. Been at work all day, and im preety drunk
Posted by: Oztralian || 10/01/2006 3:31 Comments || Top||

#2  yeh what he swaid
Posted by: Oztralian || 10/01/2006 3:31 Comments || Top||

#3  btw i was thinking about if fthere is away u can add somethini for sub links to articles that have been posted. I dont know how to explain it.. i gues ppl can pots links with extra info on articles withinn the comments section - but then again i make no sense do i
Posted by: Oztralian || 10/01/2006 3:36 Comments || Top||

#4  r.i.p
Posted by: Oztralian || 10/01/2006 3:36 Comments || Top||

#5  What boggles me is that any Ozzies would ever go back. Ever. For any reason.

Indeed, R.I.P. - which will come when Bashir and all his minions are dead.
Posted by: .com || 10/01/2006 3:55 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Democrats See Chance in Foley's District
Considered a long shot just two days ago to unseat a prominent House Republican, Democrat Tim Mahoney on Saturday began to talk about the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley that may propel him to Congress.

Foley resigned Friday after revelations that he exchanged raunchy electronic messages with a teenage boy, a former congressional page, sending the Florida GOP scrambling for a replacement candidate less than six weeks before the election. Mahoney on Saturday criticized Republican leaders for not fully investigating Foley when e-mails to the 16-year-old page were brought to their attention about a year ago. Pages are high school students who attend classes under congressional supervision and work as messengers.
Posted by: Fred || 10/01/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So, your candidates run on a platform of not child molesting now? What a VISION!

Yay democrats.
Posted by: newc || 10/01/2006 1:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Guys like Foley and the other Pubs who've turned out to be no different than the DhimmiDonk assholes, providing aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war, should just be shot.
Posted by: .com || 10/01/2006 4:03 Comments || Top||

#3  So, it's not just democrats who sign their resignations with their dicks?
Posted by: Zenster || 10/01/2006 6:06 Comments || Top||

#4  Name the Democratic congressmen who have resigned because of trouser troubles.

Yes, that was a trick question.
Posted by: ed || 10/01/2006 8:35 Comments || Top||

#5  Maybe the Dem have found the solution: wear trousers with the belt well above the bellybutton
Posted by: SwissTex || 10/01/2006 8:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Trunks have to resign for 'trouser troubles' because their constituents find such behavior 'wrong'. Donks get re-elected under similar situations because such behavior is normal and acceptable to a majority of their constituents.
Posted by: Glenmore || 10/01/2006 10:18 Comments || Top||

#7  1. Have talk with former Congressman behind closed doors.
2. Load gun.
3. Leave room.
Posted by: Perfesser || 10/01/2006 11:35 Comments || Top||

#8  Good one Zenster! Damn funny. I remember when Senator InNoWayDidITouchIt resigned with dignity. Senator McCain was right behind him.
Posted by: 6 || 10/01/2006 19:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Is the 16-yo page at issue a male or female? First news reports said female, yesterday's now says male.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 10/01/2006 22:17 Comments || Top||


Home Front Economy
La. Voters OK Consolidating Levee Boards
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana voters on Saturday approved consolidating the New Orleans area's levee boards, the generations-old agencies whose politically appointed members took criticism after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.

The constitutional amendment - passing with about 80 percent of the vote - will combine 10 southeast Louisiana boards into two - one for each bank of the Mississippi River - and require that their members have expertise in engineering, geology and hydrology.

After Katrina breached New Orleans' levees last August, the existing boards were criticized as disjointed, full of cronyism and patronage, and badly lacking in technical knowledge.
They still will be, but there's fewer hiding places now.
Posted by: Steve White || 10/01/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Put all the cash in one big pot? Shit, that'll make skimming harder, man, what were you clowns thinking? Oh, it was the voters... Uh, nevermind...
Posted by: .com || 10/01/2006 3:58 Comments || Top||

#2  You mean they can't appoint their family, friends and neighbors to do-nothing jobs which only come to light every 50 years when their patronage rewards welfare jobs are exposed by mother nature? What is this world coming to?

Maybe Bob in Zimbabwe has a job awaiting you now. Dear Mr. _______, I know you don't know me, but let me explain.....
Posted by: Sneresing Uleaper6513 || 10/01/2006 9:30 Comments || Top||

#3  I recall a N'Orl'ns' politician being asked why city cops were paid so low. His reply, "They make it up in bribes."

Can't say I support rebuilding the city as it was. Maintaining sections that are 20 feet below sea level makes no sense at all. Those were also the high crime/shoot-whitey-on-sight wards that I avoided like the plague.
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 || 10/01/2006 11:50 Comments || Top||

#4  "failure to maintain" is a valid criticism, but the Army Corps staff and the contractors who never embedded the sheetpiling to correct depths should all be in prison
Posted by: Frank G || 10/01/2006 14:08 Comments || Top||

#5  About time.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/01/2006 18:33 Comments || Top||



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