Taco Bueno in Benton robbed at gunpoint

harley1305121514 says... February 19, 2013 at 2:46 p.m.

inquire....where are your posts? Just an every day happening in the lives of young black males. Someone has to start shooting these thieves or they will never stop!

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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 19, 2013 at 3:43 p.m.

They need to be wearing T shirts that say "Hoodies don't rob people, I rob people!"

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Packman says... February 19, 2013 at 4:47 p.m.

Two to the chest, one to the head. We can debate all we want about the societal "causes" of thuggish deeds and all the do-gooder ideas to stop bad behavior and how the best thing that could happen to crime and punishment in America would be to do away with the ACLU. And we can agree some of the do-gooder's ideas will actually work to a certain degree. But today and in the moment, there is but one solution. Two to the chest, one to the head. Dead bad guys commit no crimes.

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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... February 19, 2013 at 6:59 p.m.

Nor do dead bad guys take up jail space.

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harley1305121514 says... February 19, 2013 at 8:05 p.m.

Populist.....I will take your word for it about Maryland.....NOT!!
You brag about Maryland and some of the education part may well be true. Now when it comes to the crime part I don't believe you at all! The crime in Little Rock by black males is not that different from the crime by black males in Maryland. This type crime by these black males is universal as hell all over America. Show proof of your statement!!!

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inquire says... February 19, 2013 at 9:09 p.m.

Harley would be disappointed if the criminal weren't black. He would be robbed of a chance to gloat about black crime. When he encounters a good black person, he doesn't let it register on his brain.

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morebeer says... February 20, 2013 at 12:04 a.m.

Remember packman, those young thugs were once fetuses that you adored and fought hard to protect. Thanks from all of us.

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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 20, 2013 at 8:03 a.m.

Maryland's crime rate is higher than Arkansas'; that is a fact. There are a million places to go look.
Inquire-you make yourself an easy target with your smugness. You go to every article that comes out about white collar crime and posts that he wasn't wearing a hoodie but a coat and tie. Unfortunately the ratio is about 50-1 on hoodies verses white collar crime in LR.

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inquire says... February 20, 2013 at 11:50 a.m.

Why such a violent personality, RedWings? You aren't supposed to be looking for "targets." Is this a discussion or a shoot out? Little Rock is not the hub of the universe. It was white collar crime that nearly brought this country to its' knees.

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inquire says... February 20, 2013 at 2:22 p.m.

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The total Wilshire 5000 for the eight Bush years show market performance at negative 3.5% annually. For Obama through 9-21-2011, market performance was positive 20.1% annually.

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inquire says... February 20, 2013 at 5:19 p.m.

Of course I know the difference between good and bad black people. Ditto white people. The reason you are offensive is because you speak continually in blanket terms about blacks. Do you ever think how your secretary and her family would feel if they saw how you write about black people on here? You usually sound as if you are referring to the whole black race.
Can you disagree with anyone without calling them stupid? Can you learn to have any manners?

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inquire says... February 20, 2013 at 5:36 p.m.

I do not live in Little Rock. There is some crime in the city near me, but not anywhere near as much or as blatant as in Little Rock, despite having one of the state's larger black populations. There must be something in the water in Little Rock! And that something must include apathy. If the crime here were as bad and as blatant as in LR, the city council meetings would be standing room only. People would demand to know what their city government was going to do to bring the situation under control.
Staying home cuddling a gun and ranting about black people doesn't seem to have much effect. Neighborhoods working together with the police department should be tried.

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RBBrittain says... February 20, 2013 at 6:21 p.m.

Maybe all you non-Little Rockers are perhaps OVER-estimating crime here? (I do live in LR.) Didn't you read just the other day that Pine Bluff is the second most dangerous city in America, behind only Detroit? And though it's mostly black today, I grew up close enough to it to know it was WHITES who ruined Pine Bluff by trying to protect their own little bailiwicks instead of keeping up with the times (i.e., the infamous Martha Mitchell "Expressway").

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harley1305121514 says... February 20, 2013 at 8:30 p.m.

iinquire.....you are your worst enemy when it comes to stupid! I wouldn't call you stupid if you weren't and you would make comments that made sense.
You wonder how my black friends and my black secretary and her black husband would feel if they knew what I posted on this site. Let me first say, in my earlier post I said that the good blacks agree with what I say about the bad blacks. What didn't you understand and how do you think I know that they feel that way? BECAUSE I don't say anything about these black males that are committing all of these crimes on this post that I haven't said to my black friends!! Now contrary to what you said they must feel about what I say, THEY are embarrassed that these thugs cause others to put them, my friends, that are good, honest, hard working, christian people, in the same category just because they happen to be black also!!! Can't you understand that? You don't see things as they are, you see things as you want them to be. You are completely backwards in your thinking! "Mama said stupid is as stupid does", this quote from Forrest Gump fits you like a glove. Now why do you question my manners when it is not bad manners to tell the truth?
You didn't answer my question about your race or if you are married/dating a black male thug! Did I hit it?
Populist......at least you admitted you spout out untruths and showed everyone that they can't believe everything you say about your dear old state of Maryland! How much about the great education process in Maryland can we believe now?
Why would a female be exempt from name calling? You girls can't have it both ways because it is your own actions that have caused men to say and look at women the same way they look at other males.

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inquire says... February 20, 2013 at 9:49 p.m.

Harley, not everything that pops out of your keyboard as a question deserves an answer. Especially if it is nosy. Whatever. My husband and I are both white, and have been married forty years, so I'm not dating anybody. I've never happened to date a black man, although in college I did date a non black Cuban for a while. None of the people I dated were thugs.

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Populist says... February 21, 2013 at 6:42 a.m.

Harley,

Maryland once again had the highest passing rates in the country on the AP exams, which is one of the reasons we have one of the highest per capita incomes. The crime is concentrated in drug infested Baltimore and illegal immigrant areas of Silver Spring etc. The highly educated areas of Montgomery County and Howard County have among the highest levels of education and per capita income in the country and have little crime. There is a distinct correlation between education and income and education and lack of criminal behavior. While much of the rural communities of Arkansas have little crime, Little Rock has become the wild west. The community is in much need of police crackdowns, social services, better schools and youth recreation. The Little Rock of my youth was a great place to live. It is becoming a cesspool of criminal activity and vigilantism.

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Populist says... February 21, 2013 at 7:49 a.m.

Harley,

To look at statistics on a county by county basis, go to the site countyhealthratingsdotorg. Pulaski County has 1,155 incidents of violent crime per 100,000 people. Montgomery County, MD has 233 incidents of violent crime per 100,000. So, I am not imagining that there is less crime here. (I know Baltimore an hour away is awful. They also have problems with education.) While it is true that a doctor may shoot his wife etc., there is a correlation between education and violent crime.

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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 21, 2013 at 8:09 a.m.

Populist you are saying that the crime is lower in a county where the per capita income is almost $100,000 than Pulaski County? Gee, what are the chances? I bet violent crime in WLR is about the same as your county.

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Populist says... February 21, 2013 at 10:23 a.m.

Kids who live with decent people, go to good schools, and have access to quality recreational activities, are much less likely to commit crimes. As Mark Twain said in 1900, "Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog." If the social workers do not take kids away from neglectful parents, if truancy officers do not keep the kids in schools, if law enforcement does not crack down on drugs, and if the community does not provide quality schools and recreational activities for its youth, you have a high crime rate. Little Rock is inhabited by some of the wealthiest people in the nation. The governor, mayor, school board etc. should go to them and ask for help. I am sure that they would be happy to help pay for a decent bridge if they had some naming rights. I have no problem with the Jackson T. Stephens Bridge, the Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Youth Center, Dillard High School etc. The politicians just seem to be cashing their paychecks and not earning their keep.

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Packman says... February 21, 2013 at 3:04 p.m.

Hey morebeer - Stop being a chickenspit and answer my questions. Maybe I should have said respect for "innocent life". Now, does that make you feel better? Those who deserve two the the chest, one to the head made choices that have consequences. There is no hypocrisy in wanting to save innocent lives while promoting justice for those who choose to commit violent crimes against their fellow man. "Hypocrite" - you might want to look up the definition..... So, morebeer, is it prima facie evidence that you are a racist if you are also pro Roe v Wade?

Someone said there was a need to talk real solutions to the violent crime problem in America, and I agree. The first and best step is to vote Republican for conservative candidates who will be tough on crime, promote self-reliance and personal accountability over government handouts, refuse to engage in class warfare pitting American against American, suppport 2nd Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves, and will work to protect unborn children as opposed to supporting abortion on demand that de-values human life. Want to address violent crime in America? Vote Republican. It's that simple.

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harley1305121514 says... February 21, 2013 at 3:29 p.m.

Populist.....just read what you post! Kids who live with decent people and go to decent schools and have access to quality recreational activities are much less likely to commit crimes. NO KIDDING, did you come up with that conclusion all on your own?
You do realize that it is impossible for ALL kids to grow up living with decent people don't you? How in hell's name do you propose that could happen? You are always trying to come accross as being smart and having the solution to the worlds problems but you NEVER actually say how you would go about accomplishing anything! Why haven't you adopted a whole lot of these kids currently living with less than decent people? Should the government decide who is a decent person and who is not and then take their kids from them and then give their kids to a decent person? EXPLAIN how it is accomplished Populist!!!

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Packman says... February 21, 2013 at 3:59 p.m.

Hey Harley - Liberals call conservatives "racist", "homophobe", "sexist" and other such names as a verbal bullying technique designed to stymie the exchange of ideas and meaningful dialect. Sadly, many people refrain from honest debate from fear of being tagged with such labels. Black males under the age of 30 are literally 20 times more likely to commit a violent crime than white males in the same demographic. Does stating this fact make me a racist? To anti-1st Amendment liberals, the answer is "yes".

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Populist says... February 21, 2013 at 5:05 p.m.

Harley and Packman,

You are not racist for merely pointing out that the crime rate is higher with black males than white males. O.K. I reread Harley's Post and I guess he meant to ask whether she was married to a "black thug" and not a "black man", and Harley does talk about how he knows some good black people. The point is that when one makes a big deal of the fact that blacks are more likely to commit crimes and when one makes a joke about hoodies every time a black person commits a crime, it does appear to many of us that you are implying that black people tend to be criminals. This simply is a racist thought and overlooks the socioeconomic problems which are partly responsible for high crime in the black male community. It also is frustrating that when one can demonstrate a correlation between education and a healthy community, so many people who post here seem to think that education is not important. Of course, not everybody can or should go to college, and it is pointless to send people to "college" in name only when they could not master the remedial courses in the lower levels. It is a simple fact, however, that communities which do fight for higher standards in education and social services for youth do have a better quality of life. There are many blacks who are enjoying higher education and higher standards of living, but they tend to live in areas of the country which have better schools and less racism. WHile I do favor harsher sentences for crime, people are wrong that if they think that people who grow up in squalor or in a drug or criminal culture are going to care only about the sentences imposed. If your life is horrible anyway, crime may not seem to be such a bad option.

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T6 says... February 21, 2013 at 5:23 p.m.

morebeer says.... In fact I advocate for the legality of abortion so we don't end up as a gestapo nation that holds grand jury inquisitions when a woman miscarries, where police search women's medicine cabinets for morning after pills, and doctors serve prison terms for practicing medicine."
Those are hare-brain things the communist Democrat party would do!

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HM2 says... February 21, 2013 at 7:53 p.m.

These young black thuggs have every and the same oppertunities as any other kid in Arkansas the fact is they are just too lazy to work a decent job. It's easier to steal from the poor fool who works to try to raise his or her family.

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harley1305121514 says... February 21, 2013 at 8:37 p.m.

Populist....you once again prove my take on you! You failed to answer how this country, city or towns are going to see that kids in homes with less than decent and maybe even bad people are going to EVER get the chance to live in a home with decent people! You continue to avoid explaining how your fantasy comments can be made to really happen. How can they attend decent schools with decent recreational facilities if they don't have family that sees to it that that happens? How do you see that happening? How do you get ALL kids in decent families? Answer the question this time!!
The black male crime issue is as easy as reading the ADG every day. Criminal was described as being a black male (sometimes even a black female as in the bank robbery not to long ago) About this tall and about this weight! Why argue with you and inquire when I know both of you are ????
Trying to clean up my act and only call someone what they call me!
Answer the question......how is it going to happen???????
Also as to the seemingly calling all black people criminals.....read my post of Feb 20 at 8:30 pm and then tell me you can still say what you did about me and racism! Please answer me back on this one when you answer THE question!!

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harley1305121514 says... February 22, 2013 at 12:57 a.m.

Populist.....none of that will prevent kids from being in a family that is less than decent! You are talking not only a long, long, time frame to push kids into foster homes or children homes and then that lead to decent schools and decent recreational facilities but what about the psychological effects of the kids being taken away from their parents? How could that assure the kids become better off mentally?
Your answer will not make your fantasy solution happen in your life time. Doing something is better than doing nothing for sure but it's a long way from turning kids into decent adults.
Good try but you are still in fantasy thinking!

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NOTAGAIN says... February 22, 2013 at 8:04 a.m.

Harley, Populist.....and others, I have a question for you. In my earlier comment I stated harsher punishment, no club med type prisions, hard labor. Would you not agree that if we had a fast track to jail, hard labor, people sentenced to death do not have what seems like a zillion appeals and decades of time before sentence is carried out, etc. That this would be an education to the parents to have the child to stay in school, get educated? Education is there for the taking, you just have to try. There is crime everywhere but not like we have in the US. Criminals have to many rights. There is no deterrant for crime. Our system must get tougher on crime, that is an education for our chlidren.

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Populist says... February 22, 2013 at 9:59 a.m.

Notagain,

Charles Dickens wrote many novels describing the kind of life you find desirable. Many third world countries still have similar conditions. When life is miserable for many, there is still much crime because people have no hope for a better life. No, the cities and states in America which provide good social services and good schools have the best living conditions--with low unemployment, low crime, and many people living happy suburban lives going to youth sporting events, plays, and picnics. It really is a much happier life than those of debtors prisons and hangings. Yes, school is free, but that does not mean much to the children of drug addicts, the profoundly ignorant, or the dire poor. When schools are overcrowded, rotting, and full of bad teachers and unruly students, it is not a full educational opportunity.

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Packman says... February 22, 2013 at 3:40 p.m.

Hey morebeer - "But I'm not advocating abortion for minorities only." OK, but you must accept that you are "advocating abortion" (At least you admit to being an abortion advocate, congrats.) knowing it kills little unborn black babies at a rate 7 times greater than little unborn white babies. In reality, your advocacy would be closely aligned with that of a white supremicist. "In fact I advocate for the legality of abortion....." I always thought medical doctors practiced "medicine" to save lives, not to snuff out the life of an unborn child? Would you mind forwarding the address of that "gestapo" you name? "Republicans want lower taxes and therefore poorer schools," This, morebeer, is a lie. There is NO statistical correlation between educational performance and per pupil spending. Factually, just the opposite is true in many cases and specifically with private schools. Republicans want education reform that can be done without raising taxes. "misanthropic Republicans to write things like, "two to the chest and one to the head" of teen thieves". Please know my statement isn't limited to teen theives. It includes anyone who I reasonably believe threatens the life of others or myself with no regard to race, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or level of stupidity.

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morebeer says... February 22, 2013 at 5:03 p.m.

Packman, I'm sure you see the holes in your own argument, you're just being antagonistic, and by calling me a white supremacist (you don't even know my race) you're just being ugly. Black and Hispanic women in the U.S. have more unintended pregnancies and therefore more abortions. Which means they are employing a legal right that you would deny them. Back when we were discussing Obama's tussle with Catholic institutions that didn't want to include contraception in their health plans, you were for the institutions. Which makes you pro-unintended pregnancy and therefore pro-abortion, if I apply your logic. How does that feel? Now, you called for "two to the chest, one to the head" of two specific teen thieves. Go ahead and squirm. It's apparent that your zest for human life knows bounds. Maafa 21 is propaganda. Black women have the second highest birth rate in the U.S., behind women of Mexican descent. I'm pro charter school, particularly schools like KIPP which are addressing the learning problem of poor kids from bad homes by keeping them in school for longer school days and longer school years. That's what it takes, and I agree that LRSD seem too bureaucratic to change to meet the challenges of its neighborhoods.

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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 22, 2013 at 8:56 p.m.

It just sounds to me like morebeer is a racist

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morebeer says... February 22, 2013 at 11:13 p.m.

Then you need hearing aids, cups.

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Populist says... February 23, 2013 at 11:04 a.m.

JJordan,

I know. Look at Harley's first post on this line in which he claims that this event is just "an every day happening in the lives of young black males." Then, if you accuse him of racism, he gets all offended. As bad as it seems now, I can tell you that things were worse in my youth. I was born just three years after the Central High Crisis. It was just horrific what some of the white people in Little Rock did to these young people. I also remember blacks being discriminated against in the work force when I used to work in Little Rock. I do not blame blacks who leave the state. I would not be surprised if that young man who just won teen Jeopardy gets his medical degree and never comes back.

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morebeer says... February 23, 2013 at 1:32 p.m.

You said it "sounds like" cups. If you can't afford hearing aids until Obamacare kicks in, then just cups your hands to your ears.

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morebeer says... February 23, 2013 at 7:55 p.m.

You're probably right. I like to play the devil's advocate, too. Crime in LR concerns me. My wife was at the Clinton center last week. When she returned to her car, she put some stuff in her trunk and left down 3rd Street. After a block, she got a message that her trunk was ajar, so she stopped, got out and reset the trunk, and then noticed a man was moving rather quickly toward her from across the street. She was able to get in lock the doors and drive off, but it scared the bejesus out of her.

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morebeer says... February 23, 2013 at 8:39 p.m.

You, Harley and Packman will probably drag me out back and beat me up.

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Packman says... February 24, 2013 at 8:15 p.m.

Hey morebeer - There are no holes in my argument to see, and I NEVER called you a white supremacist. Either show where I did or apologize immediately. I did ask if certain logic would precipitate such a conclusion? And there is no such thing as an "unintended pregnancy" if absitnence or constraceptives were not employed. Women who willingly have unprotected sex and become pregnant lost any claim to "intent" and such poor decision-making gives them no license to kill thier unborn child for mere convenience sake. "Back when we were discussing Obama's tussle with Catholic institutions that didn't want to include contraception in their health plans, you were for the institutions." So? Abstinence is free and condoms cheaper than a large drink at Burger King. As I've said before, I'm pro-personal responsibility. If that's too logical for you, so be it. And are you seriously equating the pure innocence of an unborn child to the heinous act of a violent criminal? Really? Seriously? Squirm? You got to be kidding???? As to taking you out back of the Flying Saucer for a little fun, it ain't gonna happen. I'm a lover, not a fighter. Can't you tell?????

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