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| Muslim teased, shoots up Safeway warehouse in Denver |
| 2006-06-26 |
| DENVER -- An investigation is under way to determine why a Safeway warehouse employee walked into work and opened fire on his coworkers Sunday afternoon, killing one person and injuring five, including a Denver police officer. The suspect, tentatively identified by witnesses as Michael Ford, was shot and killed during a shootout with SWAT officers inside the massive Safeway Denver Distribution Center, located near Interstate 70 and Colorado Boulevard. "The officers confronted the suspect who was armed with the handgun. He fired at us, we fired at him," said Denver police Chief Gerry Whitman. "It was pretty quick ... I don't expect (officers) to negotiate when you get shot at." Ford's mother and sister told reporters that Ford had just returned to work after a three-month leave of absence for personal reasons. They said Ford was a kind, caring person, who wouldn't hurt anyone but that he said he was being teased at work because he's a Muslim and he couldn't take it anymore. His sister said when he came to visit them Sunday morning, he looked scared and nervous but she didn't know why. She told reporters that his last words to her were, "Allah will decide. I love you." More details of the shooting at the link |
| Posted by:Ebbogum Graiper6226 |
| #18 The quote was there when I posted this. Somebody's cleaning up after Allan's Little Helpers it seems. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-06-26 19:34 |
| #17 I just watched 9News Denver (TV) family interview and the quote was in there. So 7 sanitized their article but 9's interview played it straight. Didn't see 7's (TV) interview. |
| Posted by: Sid 6.7 2006-06-26 19:08 |
| #16 They had about fifteen vicious killers on the list. I was going to say that you very, very seldom get some rat bastard's relatives to admit what a rat bastard he was. For example, a couple of years ago some idiot rammed head-on into a van, wiping out a whole family of illegal immigrants on their way to grandma's funeral (or deathbed, or birthday, or something). Cops said he was "under the influence", and his relatives popped up right away to say nuh-uh, no sir, he didn't ever do anything like that. He turned out to have pretty much every drug ever known to man coursing through his veins, and just minutes earlier the friend riding with him had taken advantage of a brief stop to bail from the car, fearing for his life. I kinda wished there was a crime like, "Stupid statements made in support of a lowlife scum," with a penalty of light flogging. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-06-26 19:01 |
| #15 POSTED: 5:28 am MDT June 26, 2006 UPDATED: 4:01 pm MDT June 26, 2006 Quote was there earlier this afternoon when I looked... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-26 18:51 |
| #14 His sister said when he came to visit them Sunday morning, he looked scared and nervous but she didn't know why. She told reporters that his last words to her were, "Allah will decide. I love you." I can't find this quote at the link. Has abc7NEWS deleated this line or was it from somewhere else? |
| Posted by: Sid 6.7 2006-06-26 18:46 |
| #13 Killing your coworkers is a proportional response to teasing of muzzies. Now, if they had taunted him or, gasp, employed sarcasm, then he would have had to nuke the place. |
| Posted by: Scott R 2006-06-26 18:05 |
| #12 Damn infidels should have known better then to say anything against the profit mo-ham-end and his moose-limbs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-06-26 17:59 |
| #11 Wish I'd known back in grade and high school it's acceptable to shoot people who teased me. My school would have had a LOT fewer students. Think of all the money the school district could have saved! ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-26 17:46 |
| #10 Religion of Peas person at the Safeway warehouse? Did the 3 month leave of absence include a trip to a moderate Muslim retreat? |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-06-26 17:43 |
| #9 Al-Aska Paul, he was being humiliated, which of course allows for Dire RevengeTM. (Well, hokay, I am just one of those wimminfolks, but my |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-06-26 17:29 |
| #8 Well, Rats! #7 Lawrence. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-26 17:28 |
| #7 Ebbogum Graiper6226 that posted this story was me, firewall/cookie monster nailed me it looks like. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-06-26 16:37 |
| #6 I know The Q'u'o'r'a'n trumps US criminal law, but Michael Ford should have consulted Colorado state statutes concerning the use of deadly force. Teasing is not a defendable use of deadly force, last time I looked. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-26 16:31 |
| #5 allah sez...put your hand on your head. allah sez...stand on one foot. allah sez...kill your co-worker. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-06-26 16:29 |
| #4 Years ago, 'Spy' Magazine did a collection of friends, family and neighbor comments about murderers, which featured how somebody had remarked that "He was a good boy..." They had about fifteen vicious killers on the list. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-26 16:29 |
| #3 No 72 virgins for you! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-26 16:28 |
| #2 Allah decided. You're a dumbass. |
| Posted by: Omairong Hupose3636 2006-06-26 16:07 |
| #1 ...a kind, caring person, who wouldn't hurt anyone... ??? Yes but a conversion changes many things. I expect to see a description of how "pius" he was... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-06-26 15:43 |