Double Flee A

So this guy was out to dinner with his mom and they were walking to their car afterward when a couple of black guys demand the mom's purse and for no reason bust a cap in dude's head. This was in my neighborhood, a block from where my wife and I (used to) park our car when we go to the very same place for dinner. Maybe in the future we'll eat at Black Gangster McThug's Bullets, Murder, and Milkshakes instead. You wawn FRIES wit dat, MUTHAFUCKA! BLAM!

These two guys will not likely be caught.

Check this out: "The suspects escaped, possibly in a white car. Police do not have a detailed description of the suspects. They could be in their late teens or early 20s." Great.

If it weren't such a lamer I'd try for a Dick Cheney gag, but seriously, the only thing the cops in that part of town care about is making sure nobody spray paints anything. Because, you know, that would be property damage. The guy who got shot, who we only get to talk about in the present tense because he's in critical condition, is a graduate student in bio-engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina. Kind of funny how senseless violence always manages to subtract the greatest vaue from society possible.

Thanks, news. Purse snatchers are sending backups to the Uptown area.

The story as it broke.

St. Paul Pioneer Press | 03/21/2006 | Uptown shooting victim is S.C. student

Some more of my favorite quotes:
"Christine Devens of the Calhoun Area Residents Action Group said, "It's frightening, (but) I think overall we think of this area as a very safe area.""

"Newly-elected city council member Ralph Remington hopes the shooting is an anomaly that won't be repeated. "It will be stopped," he says. "But people should feel free to still go along with their lives, come to the area. We're gonna be on top of it. We'll make sure people are safe.""

"...burglary is up 14 percent and robbery is up 43 percent compared to one year ago."

posted by dale @ 7:41 AM