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The Daily Beast reports
Escaped murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent Friday after he and fellow escapee David Sweat tried to carjack a camper vehicle, law-enforcement [said]. [...] The camper's driver called 911 and authorities finally caught up to the men since they broke out of prison on June 6.
Matt was shot in the vicinity of Lake Titus, approximately 10 miles west of Owl's Head, where police said Monday they had found evidence that Matt and Sweat had broken into a cabin this week.
[...] A trail camera outside of nearby Whippleville [...] photographed both men and showed Matt holding a shotgun. [...] Matt was convicted for kidnapping, killing, and dismembering his boss in 1997 before fleeing to Mexico--where he fatally stabbed an American and was serving a 20-year sentence.
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Original Submission
(Score: 2) by gnuman on Saturday June 27 2015, @05:30AM
How can any parallel be made?
Matt was convicted for kidnapping, killing, and dismembering his boss
How do you make a parallel? Sorry buddy, but that's just insanity comparison.
As for police, these guys are armed because in US you can get guns easier than quality food. So what do you expect police to do? Ask them nicely "hey, multiple murderers, please put your guns down so we can put you back in the box". These are the people that if they don't surrender, you go in with the guns blazing and good riddance.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Sir Finkus on Saturday June 27 2015, @08:07AM
in US you can get guns easier than quality food.
Bullshit. It's trivial to get quality food in the US if you cook your own meals Guns are comparitively expensive, and will require a background check in most cases, especially on the east coast.
Join our Folding@Home team! [stanford.edu]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @09:58AM
There are some neighborhoods (y'know: "The Hood") where there is no place within walking distance where residents can buy fresh produce.
In order to change that, a city sometimes has to do something drastic (as happened this week in Los Angeles where the city fathers bribed a vendor to build a store.) [ourweekly.com]
...meanwhile, there is a black market in cheap stolen guns because owners leave those lying around, poorly-secured in their homes/cars.
-- gewg_