"[Hogan] admitted to [having] the better of Sheda and that Sheda was intoxicated and probably took out his pistol because [Hogan] was hurting him," the complaint said.

According to the complaint, Hogan was straddling Sheda on the ground when Sheda apparently pulled out the pistol. Hogan wrestled it away, put the barrel under Sheda's chin and shot him while yelling the rap-slang epithet.

The complaint alleges that Hogan, a lumberyard laborer from Duluth who has no serious criminal record, severely beat Sheda, wrestled away his pistol, and shot him in the head while yelling "187" followed by an expletive.

He later told police that the number 187 is a reference in certain rap music to the California penal-code number for murder, the complaint said.

Duluth Police Sgt. Bob Shene, the lead investigator of what is Duluth's first homicide this year, called it a senseless death "involving good people who got wrapped-up in something that got out of hand."

>rant on<

Sure it is....lets start with cars. They've taken all the natural selection out of it!

Air Bags
ABS
The dang things will park themselves!

It's called learning how to drive. Drive to the vehicle you are in. You can't take a 54 Chevy Bel-air, all origional, 75mph and expect the drum brakes on all 4 corners to stop you on a dime. You can't expect those brakes to Not lock up as your trying to stop. When you get to the end of that stop, if you hit something now there is a pillow that pops out to save your stupid butt.

Where was the problem. Driver Error.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is not enough Chlorine in the gene pool anymore. Think about it, years ago, stupid people just couldn't survive.

Welfare? Governement programs? HA! You come to this country and work to live. You don't expect hand outs. You don't get yourself knocked up 8 times so you can have enough food stamps and welfare to live. Years ago the only reason familys were so big was so that they could work on the farm! Again the stupid ones died young. Tragic? Yes. Would some people that don't deserve it die too? Yup, it's unfortunate, but it's going to happen.

Quite franlkly I'm tired of dealing with stupid people. Mostly the stupid people that seem to get elected and know what is better for me.

>Rant Off<


Anyway, Back to the real subject at hand....
It's unfortunate what happened to this Soldier. The wanna be gangster in this should be put in solitary confinement for the rest of his life with that particular song playing on repeat.

I can tell you why he was carrying a gun... He probably slept with one in Iraq. I don't even carry mine everyday and I feel naked without it.

BTW- A blackberry is a poor substitute.

I'm not weighing in on the circumstances...I'll just say an american hero is lost, and someone else's life is wasted. The situation is so small/isolated (unlike a big restaurant in AZ, college in VA, or mall in Utah), I see nothing good for anyone out of this...only sadness, pain, and greif.


Red

Agreed, I wish we could ban alcohol. It serves no useful purpose when consumed. What a waste of life

You sound like an anti-gun bigot. Alcohol, in particular alcoholic beverages serve many useful purposes when consumed. There are a number of epidemiologic studies that have documented an association between the consumption of alcohol and a lower risk for coronary heart disease, diabetes, dementia and strokes.

Even if there are not health benefits to consuming alcohol, there may be social and psychological ones. Even if we discount benefits all together you're talking about banning something that has existed since the dawn of man...it's been tried and failed multiple times.

This exact same story could have happened even if alcohol hadn't been involved.

Well thank You for your kind words Falcon, I see you found a 2 year old post to insult me

Good point. And who knows what other effects the war had on SSgt Sheda? Some make it back home OK, and some don't. I hate to think what I'd be like after 18 months of getting bombed, mortared, and shot at.