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    Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops

    Just Give Up: Sharks Are Serial Killers
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    "South Carolina lawmen are now saying he never should have been free."


    Big surprise. This is a part of the country that still believes in mob justice. They'd lynch shoplifters and have pubic hangings if only big guv-mint would leave them alone. Tell me I'm wrong.

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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    07/07/09

    @gawkimo: Pubic hangings should only be done by experts.
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    Image of ithabeleng metesunyane ithabeleng metesunyane
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    What is "common law" robbery? Is that when you rob your common law wife?
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/07/09

    @ithabeleng metesunyane: It's when there's no specific law against whatever he did but a court just decides what the hell, it's robbery.


    A lot of law in the south is "common law", which is not really law at all, it's just an arbitrary decision by a judge based on his mood that day.


    Imagine if somebody puts an old couch out on the curb in New York City, somebody takes it because hell, it's garbage, then later the original owner decides he wants it back but the guy who took it says "wtf, you put it on the curb and I lugged it all the way home, so it's mine now." That's "common law robbery".

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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    I applaud a state taking a vigorous stand against violent offenders by refusing to release anyone with more than 26 pages to their rap sheets.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    Phew, thank God Mark Sanford is always on guard, keeping his state safe. How about a little gratitude for the governor, you bastards?
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    Image of Not The Red Baron Not The Red Baron
    07/07/09

    @DahlELama: If you ask me, this is why the US ought to be finding enough funding to provide states other than Nevada, Florida and New York with CSI departments. If this guy had been on a spree in Vegas, they'd have tracked him down weeks ago using the internet dry cleaning database portal and a clever UV sperm-light.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    @Not The Red Baron: Maybe CBS should provide the funding.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    07/07/09

    @Not The Red Baron: Except it's summer, so they are only re-solving old cases.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    Is he technically a serial killer? Because with the randomness of the victims, the non-type of victim and the time span within which all this occurred, this sounds more like a murder spree. Or is there no difference?


    The same could also apply to Cunanan.

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    07/07/09

    @The Real JR: Okay, so I guess I wasn't the only one who saw the distinction in the crimes' execution. A guy even made a chart of the differences between a serial killer and a spree killer.


    [www.fortunecity.com]


    I know it's nitpicky of me for no good reason but the media just keeps throwing out the sensationalist term "serial killer". This would mean that the DC Sniper was also a spree killer.

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    07/07/09

    @The Real JR: I believe they kill you just as dead regardless.
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    Image of pssshwhatever pssshwhatever
    07/07/09

    @The Real JR: I thought the same thing when I was reading coverage of this before he was caught/killed (I'm only a couple hours away). Maybe I watch too much true crime TV, but "serial killers" are a very specific subset of killers in general, and not everyone that kills multiple people is a serial killer. This doesn't seem to fit the definition, although the term 'serial killer' certainly does play well in the media, so that's probably why it was used.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/07/09

    @pssshwhatever: I'm just surprised they haven't called him a terrorist yet.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    First serial killer ever without a middle name.
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    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: Let's give him one posthumously. I vote for the obligatory "Wayne".
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    Image of WaltzingMatilda WaltzingMatilda
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: CNN reported that his middle name was Tracy. Patrick Tracy Burris. I mean, that sounds about right.
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    07/07/09

    @WaltzingMatilda(theOriginal): So Fox News' report of Patrick "Binky" Burris was incorrect.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: David Berkowitz didn't use his middle name (Richard).
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    07/07/09

    @Kid Twist: Yeah, but Son "of" Sam, so there.
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    07/07/09

    @DahlELama: I suppose you could also go with "Ben," as in David Ben Shmuel.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: People usually say Ted Bundy, or Jeffrey Dahmer. All depends how they come to be known, I guess.

    @DahlELama: HA!
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    Image of spraytanman spraytanman
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    Ha was thinking the same thing. In fact I dont think I have ever seen a sketch that resembeled the person.


    I am curious if those police sketches are more of a distraction then a help. To me they may as well make a stick figure.

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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    07/07/09

    @spraytanman:


    Reminds me of the lost cat poster I saw on a telephone post that had a stick figure of a cat.

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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    Gaffney; what this post needs is a picture of the big peach adjacent to I-85 that looks more like a freshly spanked butt then a peach. (No matter how many time they try to correct it.)
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    Image of Ellimack Ellimack
    07/07/09

    @Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: I'm glad you mentioned the water tower. That's what pops into my head when I read about Gaffney. Well, that and now these scary shootings.
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    07/07/09

    @Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: Absolutely. For the uninitiated:
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    Image of PoBoyNation PoBoyNation
    07/07/09

    @Ellimack: Me too! We call it "The Obscene Peach" in my family. I seem to remember previous incarnations having acne-esque stippling.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    @PoBoyNation: I like the peach ass, but nothing tops Vulcan in Birmingham!@MissPeacock: And you know it!
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    Image of MissPeacock MissPeacock
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: Lulz. He has a firm bottom, ya know?
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    07/07/09

    @MissPeacock: He has to clench really hard to keep the light aloft.
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    Image of whoneedslight whoneedslight
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    He looks absolutely nothing like either one of the sketches. That's reassuring.
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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    07/07/09

    @whoneedslight: The sketch and the 230-270 pound description were slightly at odds.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    He was killed in Gastonia, NORTH Carolina.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    07/07/09

    @Kid Twist: True. Fixed.
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    Image of Iron Gossett Jr. Iron Gossett Jr.
    07/07/09

    @Kid Twist: Here?!? You really expect anyone to act like journalists here?!?
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    @RealTomatoKetchup: Now, now. It was a simple mistake and he fixed it quickly. Journalists' first drafts are riddled with hasty errors, too.
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    Image of Queen of the Passive Aggressives Queen of the Passive Aggressives
    07/07/09

    In reply to Suspected South Carolina Serial Killer Shot Dead by Cops
    The press conference noted a 25 page rap sheet. Can't psychologists detect "crazy eyes" yet and get these whackos off the steets permanently ?
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    07/07/09

    @Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Lie to Me has shown us that "crazy eyes" diagnoses are 100% correct, and also make for thrilling, British-accented wackiness. I want law enforcement on this now.
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    Image of Queen of the Passive Aggressives Queen of the Passive Aggressives
    07/07/09

    @kimsama: I'll tell my bro - he's a cop. Want to be in charge of the Crazy Eyes Task Force? I'm an unofficial deputy.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    07/07/09

    @Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Yes, yes I do. I qualify because I can fake a passable British accent.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    07/07/09

    @Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Have we learned nothing from Minority Report?
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    06/22/09

    In reply to Just Give Up: Sharks Are Serial Killers
    Hamilton: "Shark Cops" sounds like a hit show to me. You could probably pitch the idea on the title alone.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    06/22/09

    @Ropocalypse Now: Bad fish, bad fish, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    06/22/09

    In reply to Just Give Up: Sharks Are Serial Killers
    Young and alone? Really? I knew sharks were shark-y but doesn't that beat all? I bet they spend their days cooling their fins outside Barbizon Hotel for Women. Creeps.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    06/22/09

    In reply to Just Give Up: Sharks Are Serial Killers
    If they only go after certain victims, how about we just adopt an appeasement policy?
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    06/22/09

    In reply to Just Give Up: Sharks Are Serial Killers
    1. That picture is the worst Cute Overload audition ever.


    2. I am looking forward to Shark Week, though, since Discovery headquarters in Silver Spring puts a giant inflatable shark head on the building.


    3. Telling Jeffrey Dahmer might require the services of a psychic friend, as he was shanked in prison a few years ago.

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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    06/22/09

    @Smitros: But if we could add a cheeseburger above the mouth, it could be a contender at ICHC.
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