Discussion for article #244212
Saw a bumper sticker last night: “Back the Badge.” I assume it was to scold those of us who dare to suggest there might actually be a couple of bad cops scattered here and there.
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Bertram said at the time that he was putting a gun into a vehicle when
it went off and hit Stickney, former Sheriff Charlie Wolf has said.
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A policeman should know not to handle a weapon like that when out “hunting”. The gun was loaded. He’s putting it in a vehicle. Bad combination. That excuse smells.
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First of all, guns cannot discharge all by themselves…for it is against the law for them to do so…so why did he feel he had to cock the gun and pull the trigger?
Secondly, we are talking about an “ex-police chief”! Certainly, he should know how to handle any weapon, for it is his job to know how to handle guns properly, at all times.
Thirdly, I hope he is found guilty of killing his girlfriend and her unborn child.
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Bertrams lawyer said that he plans to base his argument on the Dick Cheney defense…
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The real mysteries here are how that guy managed to get hooked up with a woman young enough to be his daughter, how he managed to get hooked up with her sister, and how he managed to have unpaid sex with other women during his engagement (or ever, for that matter).
When I look at that photo, the phrases “finely-chiseled features” and “dashing figure” don’t immediately spring to mind.
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Prosecutors plan to have two of Bertram’s former wives testify…
Wha? How many wives did this man have? Was he keeping a "harem’?
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And it appears as though he’s wearing the Trump brand toupee.
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Granddaughter…
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Should have been packing a Remington 700 series rifle…they go off with the safety on.
My old man hunted with a 700 series for many years and never had a mishap, fortunately.
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So he’s a Muslim?
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I’m 65 and have the same “concerns”. But what I also can’t get is why you marry a guy that killed your sister with a shotgun. I don’t care if he said it was an accident. How can a person do that?
And to shoot the woman in the abdomen…when she’s pregnant? There is a statement there.
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Good…
The engineer who designed the safety discovered the fault and brought it to the company’s attention… but was ignored because it would have cost 5.5 cents to fix it… in 40s.
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Wait, did I just accidentally click on a “Write Like Raymond Chandler” contest? Because, yeah, totally nailed the plot, but the prose, while perfectly acceptable, is a long, long way from Chandler’s.
Also, I suggest changing the setting to New York, L.A. or San Francisco. This is Chandler, not the Coen Brothers.
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This guy is a tragic combination of Josh Duggar, Kim Davis, and a splash of Wayne LaPierre.
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Reads a little like the old joke:
Defendant: “Your Honor, I can explain. It was an accident. I was whittling and he came around the corner and ran into my knife.”
Judge: “14 times…in the back?”
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This guy has at least two ex-wives (sounds like more from the article) his dead fiance was half his age, and now he is married to her sister. There is apparently evidence of insurance fraud here and in his past. Guy is a prime candidate for ‘Dateline’ so the silver haired dude can do his doom and innuendo voice.
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This case reminds me of the case with cop, Drew Peterson. He had these pretty young wives that kept winding up dead or missing. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me what they saw in him in the first place. Then I realized he was a narcotics cop and most likely on the take.
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Chandler would have bumped this guy off within ten pages.