Background: A couple of days ago a guy from Nebraska was visiting a friend in Nashville. While there he stepped in front of a taxi, carrying two women, just enough to get bumped. When the driver got out, he climbed in the passenger side and took off with the taxi. Fortunately the riders were able to get out. After a Highway Patrol chase, he rear ended a car, finally crashing into a Interstate highway barrier. He got out and ran, chased by a Highway Patrol office, who tackled him in the middle of the highway. While cuffing them they were struck by a pickup, killing the officer.

Turns out he had over 50 convictions, not arrests, convictions in Nebraska. In Lincoln his record since 1988 includes two for DUI, two for assault, two for distrubing the peace, five for drug-related offenses and 23 for failure to appear in court to answer previous citations. In Lancaster County, his record was similar. According to his lengthy rap sheet, the longest time he served was six months for repeatedly violating a restraining order for his girlfriend.

Just what does one have to do in Nebraska to draw hard time?

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), January 04, 2001

Answers

Register as a Democrat?

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-- Craig Miller (CMiller@ssd.com), January 04, 2001.

It sounds more like the work of the bleeding heart liberal democrats. Blame everybody and every thing but the scum-bag that did all these crimes. That's their way. They pull the same Bull *&$# when it comes to one of these maggots using a gun in a crime. Blame the object, and make it tougher for us that abide by the laws to protect ourselves.

-- Roscoe Rotten (rkphipps@simflex.com), January 04, 2001.

All you have to do to get time is to make fun of there football team then pray you make it to jail. If some one is robbed or beaten up there. The first question The police ask is if they got the jersey number

-- Mike Honaker (mhonk@oz-online.net), January 05, 2001.

Ken, I heard on our local station about the policeman getting killed, but didn't get the whole story behind it. That's awful. I hope they're going to prosecute him in Nashville. Bet he won't get out of it this time.

-- Annie (mistletoe@earthlink.net), January 05, 2001.

Annie:

Believe me, he is going to be a guest of the State of Tennessee for a long, long time. He will very, very likely be charged and convicted of the death of a law enforcement officer, which isn't taken lightly in this state.

Remains to be seen what will happen to the driver of the pickup. He left the scene. Says he knew he hit something, but didn't realize what until he heard the news report about it.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), January 07, 2001.