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Old 02-05-2006, 02:25 AM   #1
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NORFORK, Ark. - A teenager suspected of a hatchet-and-gun attack in a Massachusetts gay bar shot and killed a small-town police officer and the teen’s female passenger before he was critically wounded in a gun battle with police Saturday, authorities said.

Jacob D. Robida, 18, was shot twice in the head and “it doesn’t look good right now,” said Massachusetts prosecutor Paul Walsh Jr.

Walsh said the teen shot Officer Jim Sell, 56, twice during a traffic stop in this northern Arkansas town.

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About 25 miles away, Robida sped over spike strips set out by state troopers, but continued to drive with two punctured tires into downtown Norfork. Robida’s car then careened into several parked vehicles to avoid a police barricade.

“When he wrecked he started firing at our officer and a state police officer and the officers returned fire,” said Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery.

Walsh said the teen shot his unidentified female passenger before he was wounded in the shootout with police.

Robida was taken to a Springfield, Mo., hospital, according to state police spokesman Bill Sadler.

Investigators had searched for Robida since Thursday’s attack at a bar in New Bedford, Mass. Three men were wounded, one critically, with a hatchet and a gun.

The hatchet used in the attack was found outside the bar, but detectives believed Robida still had the gun.

‘This is insane’
Robida was a high school dropout who friends say glorified Nazism but never expressed any specific prejudice against gays.

“This is insane,” said Heather Volton, 22, of Fall River, Mass., who had known Robida for more than a year. “That kid never so much as raised his voice at me ... This is all pretty much a shock to me, like everyone else.”

Another friend, Jennifer Crosby, 24, also of Fall River, identified herself as “part black and a lesbian” and said Robida never expressed any hostility toward gays.

Police officers went to Robida’s home Thursday and spoke to his mother. According to court papers, she said Robida came home around 1 a.m., bleeding from the head, then left. In his bedroom, officers found Nazi regalia and anti-Semitic writings on the wall.

A man who answered the door at Robida’s mother’s house Friday morning ordered reporters off the property.

At least one of the wounded men remained hospitalized Friday. A second was released, and hospital officials would not disclose the whereabouts of the third victim.

Police said they were examining material Robida posted on his Internet home page. The site is full of references to a rap group called Insane Clown Posse, which is known for its explicit lyrics and sinister clown makeup. The band’s label, Psychopathic Records, has a logo depicting the silhouette of a man wielding a hatchet.

Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay congressman whose district includes New Bedford, said the community has a history of tolerance. Frank pointed out that the city re-elected Gerry Studds in the 1980s after he became the first member of Congress to publicly announce he was gay.

“This is not some general problem with the people of New Bedford,” Frank said. “This is one disturbed 18-year-old.”
why would you include something like that in a report like this without trying to incinuate something?

I hate ICP but i hate the blame that gets passed like thiseven more.
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Old 02-11-2006, 09:33 PM   #2
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ugh...
finding a scapegoat is always easier than diggin to get the real issue...too bad music and video games gets the bad rap

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Old 02-17-2006, 02:34 AM   #3
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It's at the bottom of the article. Hardly anybody reads those parts. If you hadn't highlighted it, I wouldn't have.
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