Participant at KKK initiation wounded...

Participant at KKK initiation wounded after shots fired into sky

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) -- A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.

Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.

About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.

A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.

Freeman fled the ceremony but was arrested near his home, authorities said. He was released on $7,500 bail.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/24/klan.initiation.ap/index.html

"Instant karma's gonna get you...."

Ha. Karma is a bitch. Stupid fucker.

The fact that I saw Radiohead tonight has nothing to do with me humming 'Karma Police' right now.

s5, this could possibly be a future Darwin Award candidate...

[Edited on Nov 24, 2003 by WaTed]

that's hilarious.

what goes up, must come down.

wow. i had no clue there were paintball guns involved in kkk initiations. actually, i really don't know what to expect.

this reminds me never to visit the east end of tennessee
*scratches off johnson city on places to visit list*

And these are the people that claim they're going to save the white race, eh?

"Great Dusty......you killed the invisible swordsman"

And it's a wonder the south lost the civil war.

I love it when stupid people kill themselves off. Thin the herd, I say.

If that dude dies, there's your Darwin Award right there. There can be no other candidate.

It went up and fell back on him? Through his head?"

No more firing the AK into the sky to celebrate my birthday.

this sounds like bullshit. bullets come down and hurt people, yes, that does happen... but not usually someone standing near you. i mean that guy would have had to fire that gun almost perfectly straight up to have it hit someone that close to him.

not only that, but the guy was tied (by noose) to a tree. that means he had at least one branch directly over his head.

seriously, this sounds like another magic bullet. but hey, maybe i'm wrong. it just seems extremely unlikely. i don't doubt the guy got hurt... but i think they're fudging the story a bit...

It wasn't necessarily the guy that was being 'initiated' it was just a participant in the ceremony.
But yeah, big surprise

what is worse for his kids: racist dad or no dad?

Further evidence that the best argument against white supremacy is white supremacists.

Almost every Darwin Award ive ever heard of involves the victim killing himself or himself AND others. This is not the scenario. Its just one idiot killing another idiot. If this qualifies for a Darwin Award then every hunting accident in the history of hunting should also fit right into that catagory.

hehehe

I'm not prepared to accept that every person who hunts is an idiot, NT.

Edited to change to "idiot", add italics.

[Edited on Nov 25, 2003 by Jeff_Fries]

It just sucks that they have to take some many people with them while they're at it (meaning, people other than white supremists).

Evil bastards. This is definately karma at work. The chances of this even happening are pretty astronomical.

I'm with you on this - it just doesn't pass the smell test. More likely there was some other fooloishness going on which the participants were reluctant to divulge to the police.
Kind of like when you hear about those reports where someone " accidentally ' shoots themself while cleaning their gun - methinks these are predominantly suicide cover-ups.

there can be no darwin award for this..
no one died.