Bullet fired during KKK ceremony hits participant

Myra

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Mon Nov-24-03 06:45 PM
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Bullet fired during KKK ceremony hits participant

"...Nov. 24, 2003 | JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (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..."

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/11/24/kkk/index.html

I'm not quite as depressed as a was a few minutes ago.

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gristy

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Mon Nov-24-03 06:47 PM
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1. dupe

Edited on Mon Nov-24-03 06:47 PM by gristy

Tragic story.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=238396

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Blue Gardener

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Mon Nov-24-03 06:48 PM
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2. Gee, that's too bad

Would have been better if it had ricocheted a few times.

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Semi_subversive

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Mon Nov-24-03 06:48 PM
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3. I hope it turned his white hood pink!

Those pesky blood stains!

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