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In reply to the discussion: Neighbors in Newton County, Ga. case are now in jail [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)22. Obama did this? When the DOJ goes after the police who arrested the Kalonjis, then
we can be impressed.
What are the odds that this will happen?
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And here are the Good 'Ole Boys....protecting 'the country' from peaceful black families.
marmar
Apr 2012
#1
Obama did this? When the DOJ goes after the police who arrested the Kalonjis, then
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2012
#22
Yep. See OJ. If they held them at gunpoint (or threats of gunpoint) it's VERY serious.
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2012
#72
Trespassing, too, don't you think? They crossed the land onto their new neighbor's place.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#112
The trespassing charge is especially delicious, given the whole situation. (nt)
Posteritatis
Apr 2012
#127
This is the problem with having no regulations on gun ownership and carrying around loaded weapons.
upaloopa
Apr 2012
#19
last time i checked, the 2A says nothing about threatening people you don't like the looks of.
KG
Apr 2012
#20
"We're waiting to move," Bruno Kalonji said. "We're still afraid of what the guy next door might do.
AlbertCat
Apr 2012
#21
They should include the cost of security guards. Seems like a pretty dangerous neighborhood
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#122
Welcome Wagon FAIL. I wouldn't want to live next to gun toting hot heads, either.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#115
And the fact that the sheriff is black will cease all racist activity in the department.....
marmar
Apr 2012
#38
WHy that's the finest example of frontier jibberish I've heard in a long time.
hootinholler
Apr 2012
#63
Listening to rats gnawing on baseboards would be more palatable than listening to Beck.
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#123
Yea, well, if you look at the rest of the neighbors, I would bet that they are all cousins.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2012
#59
I haven't read this before -- they better have kidnapping charges slapped on them
obamanut2012
Apr 2012
#36
Okay...maybe that's why things changed a few day later. But it was
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2012
#49
Sometimes it is nothing more than lack of imagination and rigid adherence to rules
hack89
Apr 2012
#51
Rigid rules? Let us image if the police arrive and it is two black men with rifles trained
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2012
#56
Lacking common sense seems to be a job requirement, whether in Georgia or elsewhere.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2012
#58
There are on occasion situations in which holding someone at gunpoint is justified
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#55
Another couple of 'law-abiding gun owners'...right up to the moment they weren't.
Ikonoklast
Apr 2012
#73
Even more than those mugshots, what really strikes me is that picture of the Kalonjis at the top.
drm604
Apr 2012
#97
Ideally, the old couple should have been armed too, so they could have "stood their ground"
Speck Tater
Apr 2012
#108
Well, it could happen. But these old folks had been traumatized before, so not likely. Hope their
freshwest
Apr 2012
#121
If you think someone is robbing your house by all means go grab a gun
4th law of robotics
Apr 2012
#110
The saddest thing of all is that Mr. Kalonji suffered through Mobutu's regime...
Odin2005
Apr 2012
#147