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March 25, 2010, 3:23PM
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The Richmond Police Department released the following statement Thursday, along with this incident report:
Richmond Police Investigate Cantor Building Vandalism
March 25, 2010
The Richmond Police Department is investigating an act of vandalism at the Reagan Building, 25 E. Main St., Richmond, Virginia. A first floor window was struck by a bullet at approximately 1 a.m. on Tuesday, March 23. The building, which has several tenants including an office used by Congressman Eric Cantor, was unoccupied at the time.
A Richmond Police detective was assigned to the case. A preliminary investigation shows that a bullet was fired into the air and struck the window in a downward direction, landing on the floor about a foot from the window. The round struck with enough force to break the windowpane but did not penetrate the window blinds. There was no other damage to the room, which is used occasionally for meetings by the congressman.
The Richmond Police Department is sharing information about the incident with appropriate law enforcement agencies.
At this time there are no suspects.
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SS247
March 25, 2010 3:30 PM
So...Cantor is a liar? He should be ashamed of himself. Too bad he has no shame.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:20 AM in reply to SS247
He made a self-righteous statement on the House floor about how the threats against Democrats should be exploited for political gain.
I'm shocked! -- shocked! -- that a politician such as Cantor would exploit such threats for political gain.
Thank God Republican's don't exploit stuff for political gain less than 24/7/365.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:21 AM in reply to JNagarya
Bah! "shouldN'T".
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George C
March 26, 2010 8:03 AM in reply to SS247
I can't believe it, but somehow the MSM missed the part about how the bullet wasn't "shot into" Cantor's office. On the contrary, it gave them the opportunity they've been longing for to say "both sides have been victims". There we are: fair and balanced.
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FreeRider
March 25, 2010 3:31 PM
1. The bullet was fired into a building where Cantor's office is located, not into Cantor's office.
2. The bullet was fired into the air and came down inside the window so it was even aimed at the building.
3. Cantor is really, really pitful.
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mos
March 25, 2010 3:31 PM
ABSOLUTELY EQUIVALENT ATTACK! when will liberals band together and denounce this type of left-wing violence? ... woe is the gop...
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madmatt
March 25, 2010 3:31 PM
much like lou dobbs any bullet that ends up in their vicinity was fired inanger lol
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Rich in NJ
March 25, 2010 3:35 PM
Is it possible that it's a set up designed to make the left look bad?
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Jaycal
March 25, 2010 5:36 PM in reply to Rich in NJ
Set up? The bullet was evidently falling from above, meaning it was fired far enough away from the building that it was on a downward arc. Even a .22 round travels in a flat trajectory for 1/10 of a mile before losing any height and would pierce the blinds, window, then puncture the wall on the opposite side of the room.
COMPLETE AND UTTER BS.
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Rich in NJ
March 25, 2010 6:47 PM in reply to Jaycal
Yes, your reply is such BS that it proves or disproves nothing.
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Basspotamus
March 26, 2010 9:25 AM in reply to Rich in NJ
Not sure what is BS about the reply mentioning ballistics.They don't mention what caliber the shot was, but fired flat, a 22 or handgun would have a foot or so of drop at 1/10 of a mile (176 yards). The entrance would be flat, not a steep angle. Doesn't say anything about who actually fired the thing, but if the entry angle was steep and down, and it didn't have much energy left when it was fired, it clearly wasn't aimed.
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Rich in NJ
March 26, 2010 11:42 AM in reply to Basspotamus
I never said it was aimed. I merely meant to imply that it wasn't as Cantor claimed, which is what the Richmond police now state.
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 3:35 PM
Sounds like Barny's bullet to me.
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UTMark
March 25, 2010 4:14 PM in reply to Brownbagger
LOL :)
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krazeeinjun
March 25, 2010 5:17 PM in reply to Brownbagger
. . . or a Dobbsy bullet:
Another New Jersey State Police spokesperson, Sgt. Julian Castellanos, noted that "it's a wide open area and there are hunters in the area." Castellanos explained that the bullet had hit the house in vicinity of the attic; it "hit the vinyl siding and fell to the ground" without penetrating the vinyl, he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isabel-macdonald/nj-law-enforcement-appear_b_339696.html
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 5:27 PM in reply to krazeeinjun
And yet, on the way home, I hear Cantor on NPR saying his office was shot at with no reference to the police report demonstrating that he's full of bull. I hope NPR follows up and reports the truth.
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AJM
March 25, 2010 3:37 PM
Gee, when you do away with gun control, it starts raining bullets. Who'd a thunk it!
Anybody notice any increase in politeness recently?
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PSzymeczek
March 25, 2010 3:59 PM in reply to AJM
No. No, I haven't.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:17 AM in reply to PSzymeczek
It's possible the politieness manifests as removal of the lead from the bullet.
Wouldn't want to poison, and damage the brain of, a person while murdering them.
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mans_best_friend
March 25, 2010 3:40 PM
Out of all the threats and violence against congressmen in the last few days, guess which one is the ONLY ONE to appear on CNN.com? Three guesses. The first two don't count.
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bmags
March 25, 2010 3:40 PM
hahahahah what? Am i understanding this right? Someone just shot into the air and it landed into the window? Or did someone walk over and shoot down into the window?
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mophan
March 25, 2010 3:54 PM in reply to bmags
I understand it to mean someone shot up into the air, and it came down into/through the window.
The person that shot it was not aiming at the building.
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bmags
March 25, 2010 4:12 PM in reply to mophan
Yes, that's what I thought. Haha, and now, i'm guessing the bullet through the window meme still gets pushed.
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NerdRage
March 25, 2010 3:42 PM
let me be the first to denounce this act.
this is a terrible terrible thing to do, i'm no fan of Cantor, i think he's a douche, but this is reprehensible.
i hope the police get some good leads and catch the bad guy, this is not how we should be doing democracy in America.
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 3:48 PM in reply to NerdRage
I presume you mean all the recent violence and threats, all the incitement by irresponsible Republicans. Correct? You surely don't just mean this one act that appears to be a bullet shot into the air and coming down into a window that had not the force to penetrate the venetian blinds. Am I right?
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NerdRage
March 25, 2010 4:08 PM in reply to Brownbagger
i see what you did there.
and yes, i do denounce all the acts of violence, vandalism and all the threats.
but since this article was specific to Cantor, i thought i'd just go ahead and denounce that specific act...
which now seems to be...not so much of a violent act, but more of a party bullet fired into the air or something similar
either way, its still not good
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 4:19 PM in reply to NerdRage
Alrighty then ;-)
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:24 AM in reply to NerdRage
You KNOW it was a MUSLIM-fired bullet.
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mgardener
March 25, 2010 3:52 PM
Violence should not be tolerated.
By anybody
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Cal Damage
March 25, 2010 3:55 PM
This is the most random occurrence I've heard of.
Someone, probably a mile away, fires into the air, to scare a burglar, a racoon, or the boy his daughter shouldn't be dating, whatever, and, at the end of its pathetic random trajectory, it has just enough downward force to break through the window, but not enough to then get past the window blinds.
And Cantor reports it?
I got one word for ya, Eric: "Boo!"
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Just Keep It Simple Stupid
March 25, 2010 4:00 PM in reply to Cal Damage
"I got one word for ya, Eric: "Boo!" .... Hee Hee!!!
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Just Keep It Simple Stupid
March 25, 2010 3:57 PM
Eric Cantor pulled an Ashley Todd
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remarks123
March 25, 2010 3:58 PM
Obv. shot by a libtard, doesn't even know how to aim straight. My 82nd Chairborne field manual says to hit the sucker on the way up, not the way down. Typical noBama FALE!
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reader3
March 25, 2010 4:39 PM in reply to remarks123
well I was standing behind a really tall guy, so...
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Jackster
March 25, 2010 3:59 PM
Came from above?
God is pissed at Eric!
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WaitWut?
March 25, 2010 4:59 PM in reply to Jackster
LOL!!!
Your comment goes well with a letter to the editor in my local paper that said guns are a "God given right". I'll have to change my argument next time!
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lisast
March 25, 2010 4:01 PM
There was only ONE ("a bullet") shot fired. If someone wanted to attack his office, they would have fired more than once, thrown a couple of bricks, and even broke in to his office. This is a random act and Cantor has descended into hysteria. This happens in Baghdad, Kabul, Islamabad or the south side of Chicago, all the time. What is Cantor afraid of - the truth? What a wimp! And - what a liar!
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Bar Kafka
March 25, 2010 4:01 PM
Facts are irrelevant, only narrative matters anymore. For example, ACORN has been cleared of the allegations leveled against them, but the news business persists with the narrative of O'Keefe and Giles' pimp and whore schtick and ACORN's corruption.
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_jonny_5_
March 25, 2010 4:04 PM
Do we really think that some whacko took the time and effort to figure out at what angle, what distance, considering all variables such as wind it would take to strike the building that contains an office of a consultant of a congressman?
If some nut job was trying to make a point I'm not sure they would have spent the time to make it appear to be a stray bullet as is the case here...
Cantor is a tool.
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ohyeathatsright
March 25, 2010 4:10 PM in reply to _jonny_5_
It was probably Angelina Jolie, she's Wanted.
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rusty_shackleford
March 25, 2010 4:05 PM
FALE!
Indeed.
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AdAbsurdum
March 25, 2010 4:14 PM
We lefties are becoming violent because of our frustration over having a congressional majority and successfully passing historical legislation.
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 4:23 PM in reply to AdAbsurdum
Not to mention kicking some rotund Republican butt. I'm terribly upset about that.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:28 AM in reply to Brownbagger
I've been in tears since Sunday night.
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Capecodmercury
March 25, 2010 4:14 PM
It's even worse than the police report suggests. The AP article on the claim has some additional facts that demonstrate Cantor's hypocrisy.
Per the AP report:
The shots were fired into the offices of two Republican political strategists who are longtime advisers to Cantor. The building in downtown Richmond has no markings that link it to Cantor or to political activity, but the top floor is rented to the congressman's campaign office.
So, lets see.
Wrong floor: check
Nothing to link Cantor to the building: check
After the vote: check
Stray Bullet: check
Conclusion: It had to be a deliberate attack
Overreach Much Cantor?
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ariseatex
March 25, 2010 4:17 PM
What are Virginia's laws on firing a gun into the air? I grew up in AZ, and remember Shannon's Law (named after a girl killed by a falling bullet) being a big deal when it passed; it made it a felony to shoot a gun into the air.
I'm not that infuriated by Cantor trying to spin a completely non-political incident for political gain; I'm used to that from him. The idea that whoever fired the gun doesn't realize that what goes up must come down, and could end up killing innocents, is the real problem here.
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Brownbagger
March 25, 2010 4:28 PM in reply to ariseatex
No, they are about equal in my book. Firing a bullet into the air and lying to incite the ignorant can get people killed.
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John
March 25, 2010 7:24 PM in reply to ariseatex
ariseatex wrote:
"I grew up in AZ, and remember Shannon's Law (named after a girl killed by a falling bullet) being a big deal when it passed; it made it a felony to shoot a gun into the air."
Same thing happened in Denver, only it was an old man sitting quietly on his own porch. They said the bullet was fired straight up from a completely different part of the city. Amazing that anyone can buy a gun and yet not have any safety training at all.
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boycottfaux
March 25, 2010 4:28 PM
I'm sure Cantor will clear this all up when he appears on faux tonite endlessly talking about his 'near death incident' . .
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lisast
March 25, 2010 4:28 PM
So, is Cantor now so afraid he's going to call for repeal of the Second Amendment? Or, is he going to start showing up in Congress wearing a bullet proof vest and a holster with his gun loaded? Jon Stewart's team must be ecstatic over Cantor's hysteria - I can't wait to watch it!
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DaleD
March 25, 2010 4:52 PM in reply to lisast
No need...just make it illegal to fire the weapon. 2nd Amendment stays intact.
Heck, the Constitution doesn't say anything about keeping and bearing ammunition, or firing your kept and borne weapon.
I'm just sayin... ;-)
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sully18
March 25, 2010 8:02 PM in reply to DaleD
I like Chris Rock`s idea.Make the price of bullets five thousand dollars a piece.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:31 AM in reply to DaleD
Nor does it say anything about being allowed to have a trigger.
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njlib
March 25, 2010 4:28 PM
here's a scoop, bullet was dropped and window intentionally cracked, get finger prints! want to bet someone who works ther ehas a gun with the same caliber?
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lapinbrim
March 25, 2010 4:31 PM
This sure sounds shaky to me. This happened when? And it is just being reported today? The timing sure seems off. Further, how does anyone know the bullet was shot into the air and entered the building on its path downward. It could have happened this way, but it sure sounds dubious. Plus, I don't recall any cases of left wing threats of violence during the presidential campaign and during the HC debate. Seems like the folks on the right have virtually cornered the market on reactionary violent invective.
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we r all husseins
March 25, 2010 4:34 PM
Based on the police statement, someone could have thrown the bullet through the window and did more damage. Cantor is using a completely coincidental event and trying to make it politically significant.
The man has no principles whatsoever.
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Chickenbone Bill
March 25, 2010 4:34 PM
" A first floor window was struck by a bullet at approximately 1 am on Tuesday, March 23.The building, which has several tenants including an office used by Congressman Eric Cantor, "WHICH WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME." (My emphasis)
How did Rep Cantor know a bullet hit that window at 1:00 am, if the building was unoccupied at the time? Where's the witness that heard or say the bullet hit the window at 1:00 am?
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ariseatex
March 25, 2010 4:47 PM in reply to Chickenbone Bill
The building probably has a security system. Those would turn on and alert the company in the event of a broken window.
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sherifffruitfly
March 25, 2010 4:39 PM
1) Falling bullet has enough energy to break window pane but not enough to get through the blinds? Uh, kevlar blinds, maybe.
2) The surface area of a window from the perspective of a falling bullet is very small. What an unlucky window.
3) Was the alleged window even Cantor's office? Just because he has an office in the building, doesn't mean THAT window was to his office.
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reader3
March 25, 2010 4:44 PM
Eric, time to dummy up. You're just making it worse.
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synchronicity
March 25, 2010 4:48 PM
So CNN and Fox are going to run on Cantor's 'the dems are stirring up violence' meme...
and their going to blame all of this domestic terrorism on the democrats.
But, oh hey, wait just a minute, the dems had better not use these incidents to further their politics.
Is there a word that means major, giant, demented, insane, humongous, uber hypocrits?
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Kimj29
March 25, 2010 5:39 PM in reply to synchronicity
"Is there a word that means major, giant, demented, insane, humongous, uber hypocrits?"
Yep - Republicans.
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afisher
March 25, 2010 4:49 PM
OK, let's err on the side of caution. Rep Cantor, if someone fired a gun in which your office was directly impacted, we are sorry that there are individuals out there and the number is growing. From a Progressive Democrat, we are sad when anyone's office is a potential target for malfeasance.
The Congress should take the united stance to denounce any violence against anyone's anyone's office, home, family and family residence. In addition, no one in congress should use words or language that would possibly incite private citizens to take such action. In addition, we condemn all racial, social and religious slurs or words that are spoken in the name of political rhetoric. We are all adults and should not be a bad example for any of these acts, as not just the American People are listening and watching, but the eyes of the world is following these actions and words.
We all know that civil disobedience is one of every citizens rights, but we ask that private citizens cease and desist of violent/ threatening violence and verbal actions in the name of political expediency and/or gain.
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theWalrus
March 25, 2010 4:50 PM
Hmmm...this sounds like a Republican dirty trick to me. I can feel it in my angry far-left bones. It's a setup for the Repubs to cry foul.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:35 AM in reply to theWalrus
Was Rove spotted leaving the scene?
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tinsk
March 25, 2010 4:52 PM
More likely the round was thrown through the window, not fired from a gun.
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Apphouse50
March 25, 2010 4:55 PM
Cantor is so much the wimp who gets sand kicked in his face. He definitely concocted this so he could whine and blame the Dems.
Leeeeeeeeaave Eric ALOOOOOOOONE!
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jweb271
March 25, 2010 4:56 PM
That is one magic bullet.
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Bloggin
March 25, 2010 4:57 PM
So it was the bullet of a NRA member that FELL into a window, in an office building where Cantor has an office. Shouldn't Canter be going after the gun owners who are firing rounds in the air??
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Agateman
March 25, 2010 5:01 PM
OK Richmond Police, this one is easy. The bullet was fired from a .38 which is registered to a Richard Cheney. Because of the bullet's projection, it is save to say that Mr.Cheney missed another duck.
Case Closed
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Agateman
March 25, 2010 5:03 PM
OK Richmond Police, this one is easy. The bullet was fired from a .38 which is registered to a Richard Cheney. Because of the bullet's projection, it is save to say that Mr.Cheney missed another duck.
Case Closed
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chris
March 25, 2010 5:15 PM
ALL THESE THREATS AND RACIAL SLURS ARE COMING FROM THE LEFT, TRYING TO SETUP AND MAKE THE RIGHT LOOK BAD. IT'S ALL A BIG GAME TO THESE GUYS. THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS EATING IT UP! WHAT A JOKE. I WOULD BET MY LIFE THAT OUR MOB PRESIDENCY, WITH THE LIKES OF RAHM EMMANUEL HAVE A PAID TEAM DOING ALL THESE THINGS. THIS I CAN SAY WITH 100% SURETY. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE NEWS PEOPLE!!!
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sherifffruitfly
March 25, 2010 5:22 PM in reply to chris
hurf durf loud noises.
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benintn
March 25, 2010 5:27 PM in reply to chris
Thanks. We'll be sure to be very suspicious of the things we hear in the media.
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jweb271
March 25, 2010 5:32 PM in reply to chris
Would you say it's a "slam dunk"?
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psyberian
March 25, 2010 5:37 PM in reply to chris
Thank you for not putting your name in ALL CAPS.
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Kimj29
March 25, 2010 5:44 PM in reply to chris
Good lord, you again Chris, you raving paranoid, lunatic?! I think your tinfoil hat is on too tight. Seriously, you "know it with 100% certainty"? Proof, please. You are entitled to your own (exceedingly stupid) opinion, but not your own facts.
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trittydi
March 25, 2010 8:48 PM in reply to chris
Are you one of those people that doesn't know how to get into the big box when you write e-mails?
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FreeForAll
March 25, 2010 5:22 PM
I'm not real familiar with reading police reports.
What does it mean when it says:
"Others Involved: Individual (Not a Leo)"
And why is the name restricted?
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Domenica
March 25, 2010 5:39 PM in reply to FreeForAll
LEO
Law Enforcement Officer
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psyberian
March 25, 2010 5:44 PM in reply to FreeForAll
A LEO is a Law Enforcement Officer; therefore, they are referring to a civilian. Private individuals' names are often redacted when an incident is reported in the media.
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FreeForAll
March 25, 2010 7:02 PM in reply to psyberian
thanks- I was wondering what their zodiac sign had to do with it
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benintn
March 25, 2010 5:30 PM
A bullet manages to break a window, but it doesn't penetrate the window blinds? Then it lands ... on the floor ... a foot away from the window?
Magic bullet indeed.
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prius04
March 25, 2010 6:17 PM
So did God do it?
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Leatherwood
March 25, 2010 6:24 PM
Gun owners - can you help me understand this: I am trying to understand how a bullet, from above, could have enough force to penetrate a second story window pane but not damage the window blind and then rest on the floor one foot from the broken window pane?
I am not questioning if this happened, I’m trying to understand how it happened.
Data from Police Report: Approx 1:00am, a bullet penetrated the windowpane from a downward trajectory. The second story conference room glass window, covered by a window blind, was penetrated by a bullet without damaging the blind and rested on the floor near the broken window.
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sherifffruitfly
March 25, 2010 6:37 PM in reply to Leatherwood
It's not an issue of being a gun owner. It's an issue of knowing basic physics.
A falling bullet zips along at a speed on the order of 10^2 mph. There are pretty much only 2 ways an event such as the police claim is possible.
1) The bullet impact was at an angle close to parallel with the window, as if it were shot from a gun above *just* outside the window, going straight into the office floor. This way, it could conceivably miss the blinds altogether, depending on how close the blinds were to the window, how close to the floor the blinds go, and the actual impact angle of the bullet. Naturally, for the bullet to impact the window like this, a) it would have had to have been shot from right outside the building, almost straight up (parabolas have horizontal symmetry), and b) the window would have to be astronomically unlucky, due to its extremely small surface area actually normal to the bullet.
2) If the bullet's trajectory to the window was more normal (right angle), then a) the police report is just false, and b) if it still broke the window, but not the blinds, then either or both must have been made out of something like kevlar.
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exregis
March 25, 2010 7:54 PM in reply to sherifffruitfly
C'mon sheriff, your physics seems so limited.
There's absolute no reason why the bullet could have been fired at an angle considerably less than 90 degrees, say 45 or 60 degrees. The bullet reaches zero velocity at the peak of its roughly parabolic journey. (Any wind would destroy the perfect parabola.) At this point the bullet is in free fall. Being a relatively light object, it meets considerable wind resistance and has a terminal velocity that's enough to break the window it's hitting at an angle of something like the 45 or 60 degrees it started out with. Easy to break a window now.
However, the impact with the window drains the bullet of most of its kinetic energy. It hits the blinds, pushes them back a foot or so, and then drops straight down to the floor. The blinds didn't stop the bullet, else it would not have been so far away from the window, but not too far. The story above doesn't include the foot distance the bullet landed from the window, but that's in the complete police report.
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yellowdogD
March 25, 2010 6:49 PM in reply to Leatherwood
A bullet fired upward will reach terminal velocity coming down.
It doesn't just keep on picking up speed. When it hit the plate glass window at a sharp angle, going through the glass would
have taken all the energy left. Therefore, no damage to blinds, and bullet just comes to rest on floor inches from where it hit.
That's easy enough to understand.
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Cujo359
March 25, 2010 7:09 PM in reply to yellowdogD
Precisely. Bullets fired horizontally slow down, because they're going faster than air resistance permits. The only reason they were going faster is because they were pushed by the exploding propellant. Bullets that are falling out of the sky don't get that extra push.
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monel9959
March 25, 2010 6:38 PM
Cantor's so-called "act of violence" is the equivalent of claiming attack by chemical warfare after being splatted with pigeon poo.
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Cujo359
March 25, 2010 7:07 PM
It looks like someone discharged a firearm irresponsibly, but if that bullet was coming down when it hit the window, it was going up when it left the gun.
Cantor was no more the target than any random citizen or building.
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tctundra
March 25, 2010 7:10 PM in reply to Cujo359
It was fired from a black helicopter under the direction of the Obama DOJ. Last I checked, when you shoot an office from a black helicopter, you have to aim downward. Duh.
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tctundra
March 25, 2010 7:08 PM
You guys are missing the whole point, ad the sad thing is you pathetic liberals can't even see that Cantor is 100% correct. It was obviously a liberal shooting that gun, because their aim was so bad and the gun so pitiful and weak that the angry bleeding heart eco-freak had to lob the f*cking thing in, and still hit the wrong office without even inflicting any real damage. Pathetic. A Republican would be man enough and skilled enough with a firearm to use a decent rifle and hit what they were aiming at.
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wake up
March 25, 2010 8:20 PM in reply to tctundra
What a blinding insight, thanks: all us liberals shoot like girls, you big he-man, you.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:43 AM in reply to wake up
That's the take-away meme:
"liberals shoot like girls".
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sean
March 25, 2010 8:06 PM
I have deep concerns that the magic bullet that struck Governor Connolly and haunted Lou Dobbs is now doing a little anti Semitic stalking…
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glblank
March 25, 2010 8:11 PM
Thats why I say hey man, nice shot, what a nice shot man.
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wake up
March 25, 2010 8:17 PM
I wonder if Cantor's said anything about the possibility of accidental shootings being an acceptable risk while defending the right to bear arms in Virginia.
I also wonder about the caliber of the bullet.
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:46 AM in reply to wake up
I want my bullet back!
I shot a bullet in the air,
It then came down I knew not where --
Until Cantor blew hot air.
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Fire
March 25, 2010 8:18 PM
Did Cantor just return from a court case involving a rape where the victim is portrayed as causing the action of the suspect...NOT
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trittydi
March 25, 2010 8:43 PM
Cantor is not known for his intelligence, which explains why he decided to play a drama-queen and shop his story to the press.
How smart does a person need to be to know NOT to lie about something when an existing police report is going to showcase their lies?
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trittydi
March 25, 2010 8:45 PM
To carry the thought from above one step further ... so ... Cantor shoots like a girl?
There might be a reason for that.
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slidewinder
March 25, 2010 9:37 PM
Typical republican dirty tricks. Just like when Karl Rove planted a bug in his own office and then fingered the democrats. Th FBI determined that only 3 hours of battery life had been used on the listing device and and he was in his office during that time. They have to lie because they can't win on truth.
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slidewinder
March 25, 2010 9:38 PM
Typical republican dirty tricks. Just like when Karl Rove planted a bug in his own office and then fingered the democrats. Th FBI determined that only 3 hours of battery life had been used on the listing device and and he was in his office during that time. They have to lie because they can't win on truth.
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Anasazi
March 25, 2010 11:28 PM
I'm confused. Cantor should be celebrating the fact another citizen armed under the 2nd Amendment exercised his/her right to bear arms and shoot-up the sky. Americans will be as free as proponents of the 2nd Amendment demand only when our skies rain bullets. This is great news for Cantor's side. Crow about it from the rooftops, Eric. Why give false credit to a Democrat?
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DuaneW
March 25, 2010 11:58 PM
This is very weird.
Ok, so no one shot directly into the Boner's window. The police ballistic investigation suggests a fired bullet falling from the sky. But WTF? It is statistically impossible that someone just randomly shot a bullet into the air and the bullet just happened to fall to Earth hitting Boner's window at the precise moment he needs evident that Republicans are also victims.
But if the Boner's office was the intended target, you can't just shoot a bullet into the air and control its return trajectory with that kind of precision. There are too many variables like wind fluctuations and bullet speed which could place the returning bullet a hundred feet off target. So what really did happen?
Did the Boner's staff fire a shot OUT the window while standing inside and just planted a used bullet? Could they have been so dumb as not to have figured out the ballistics necessary to dupe the police? Anybody have a theory that matches the evidence? The police's theory makes no sense. Could we have the makings of a scandal that will take down the Boner?
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DuaneW
March 26, 2010 12:21 AM in reply to DuaneW
OOPS, WRONG GOP'ER
sorry wrong guy, I mean CANTOR. Of course Cantor is as dumb a Boner as Boehner
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JNagarya
March 26, 2010 12:50 AM in reply to DuaneW
Cop's name was Aaron Spector?
Or was it Phil Spector?
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expat46
March 26, 2010 1:07 AM in reply to DuaneW
Yeah, you got to admit the timing is very suspicious.
I have this image of Cantor, sitting around with these consultants, discussing the political damage the news coverage of outrageous behavior is doing to the Republicans.
A bullet falls from the sky like a gift from God. The next thing you know, Cantor has scheduled a press conference.
Everyone should click on the 'Recommended' for this story. Let's bump this story to the top of the front page.
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deusXmchna
March 26, 2010 12:22 PM in reply to expat46
Although a (very) few folks have been hit by falling bullets- the improbability of the falling (or dropping) bullet penetrating the glass, of an angry GOP'ers office, combined with timing of the incident- has to be incalculably statistically improbable. I submit that this incident was staged. Occam's Razor sez: Cantor's a douchebag that thought we'd buy these theatrics, and Magic Bullets don't exist (except in Dallas, in Dealey Plaza).
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JayByrd
March 25, 2010 11:58 PM
Fools!
Everyone knows it was fired by William Ayres from a black ACORN helicopter!
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DrToketee
March 26, 2010 2:24 AM
That was so funny! LOL! There is almost NOTHING that comes out of a Republican's mouth these days that anyone can believe.
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bibimimi
March 26, 2010 3:00 AM
Erica is clutching his pearls.
He SO reminds me of an old lady.
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scoobydoo
March 26, 2010 10:48 AM
You will love this one, Police investigate threatening call to Rep. Jean Schmidt (http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100325/NEWS0108/3260334/Schmidt+got+threatening+call) you remember her right? Rep. Jean Schmidt received a threatening telephone call linked to her vote against the national health-care bill. So this and Cantor are the ones receiving A phone call or random bullet. Bet Stupak would love to have only A call, and so would Rep Driehaus, from SW Ohio also, the one Boehner called "a dead man".
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deusXmchna
March 26, 2010 12:27 PM
Anyone heard what caliber the bullet was? Or at least the weight? (which could narrow down the caliber).
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Tosh
April 26, 2010 12:36 PM
he is acting like an old lady
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Tosh
April 26, 2010 12:37 PM
Although a (very) few folks have been hit by falling bullets- the improbability of the falling (or dropping) bullet penetrating the glass, of an angry GOP'ers office, combined with timing of the incident- has to be incalculably statistically improbable. I submit that this incident was staged. Occam's Razor sez: Cantor's a douchebag that thought we'd buy these theatrics, and Magic Bullets don't exist (except in Dallas, in Dealey Plaza).
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