Shocking news out of the Garden State:
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - A man fatally beat a former Soviet political prisoner at a highway rest stop Thursday after the victim declined an offer to buy his religious CDs, police said.What a way to spread the gospel, huh? Posted by Stephen Silver at March 15, 2007 10:18 PMBrian K. White, 26, of Humble, Texas, was charged with murder, eluding police and weapons charges.
Authorities said White stopped at a rest stop along the New Jersey Turnpike and approached Michail J. Makarenko, 75, who was traveling from his home in Hillsboro, Va., to New York to see friends, and asked him if he wanted to buy religious CDs.
When the man declined, authorities said witnesses told them, White picked up a rock and started striking the man in the head before getting back in his car, a Chevrolet Camaro, heading toward New York City.
Governor Corzine has issued a statement reassuring us that Christianity is a Religion of Peace, and that we should not judge all Texans by the actions of Mr. White.
I'm just really, really glad I wasn't driving on the Turnpike yesterday.
Posted by: Tainted Bill at March 16, 2007 08:50 AMAlmost a warped version of the Sopranos "Pine Barrens" episode.
Posted by: A at March 16, 2007 10:06 AM