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Originally Posted by Holger

Story behind this pic?
Is that the hero that shot a little girl in nearly same age because she would not show him her puppy dog?

Orange jumpsuit for nine-year-old who's accused of shooting girl | Americas | News | The Independent

A day after a nine-year old boy appeared in the dock crying and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit usually worn by adults, a judge in Washington state was last night deciding whether he will be arraigned on criminal charges over the accidental shooting of a fellow pupil in an school classroom.

Police officials in Bremerton, west of Seattle across Puget Sound, said the boy put his backpack on his desk as a class was ending on Wednesday and a gun inside accidentally discharged. The bullet pierced the abdomen of Amina Kocer-Bowman, eight, who was in a critical condition yesterday.

Looking dazed and in tears, the boy sat in the courtroom at an initial hearing on Thursday as his father, Jason Cochran, rubbed his back. Bail was set by the judge at $50,000 (£31,500). If bail is met, the boy will be released from a juvenile detention centre into the care of his legal guardian, an uncle.

Prosecutors said they intended to charge the boy with unlawful possession of a gun, bringing a dangerous weapon to school and third-degree assault. In Washington, a minor aged between eight and 12 can face criminal charges, but only if a court determines that they have the mental capacity to understand what they have done.

Judge Anna Laurie, who will rule in this case, attempted to gauge the boy's mental ability at the hearing. "Do you read at grade level?" she asked him. After looking for help to his father and his uncle, he replied: "I have a little trouble reading."

Natalie Poss, his teacher, said she heard a loud bang and then saw the girl slumping at her desk. It was, she said, "every teacher's worst nightmare". Insisting the boy had "a lot of good in his heart", she said she was surprised he would bring a gun to school. "I know he didn't intend this to happen. And I know he's hurting tonight," she said.

The boy's family background was apparently fraught. Both his parents, police said, had extensive criminal records. He had been in the care of a grandmother until her death a year ago, and had since been under the guardianship of his uncle. Investigators said the boy took the gun from his mother's home during a parental visit. He had earlier boasted to a classmate that he would bring "his Dad's gun" to school and intended then to run away.

"I just want him back home," Patrick Cochran, the uncle, said after the hearing. "He's a good kid. It's all I can say. I apologise to the family of that girl. I really do." Jason Cochran similarly defended his son, saying: "I just want everyone to know that my kid made a mistake. It was a terrible mistake."

Washington ranks near the bottom of states on regulating access to guns. Nor is it among the 27 states that have laws pertaining to guns and minors, including some that would foresee criminal penalties for adults who allow firearms to get into the hands of children. Most legal experts say it is very rare for someone so young to be charged with a crime. Gail Hammer, a professor of law at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, said that even if the boy were to be convicted, he would not go to an adult prison. "Generally with young children they try to deal with it in the juvenile system," she said.

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[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Holger

Story behind this pic?
Is that the hero that shot a little girl in nearly same age because she would not show him her puppy dog?

The real criminal in that story is the person that allowed the kid access to the gun. Whoever owned that gun needs prison time.

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Originally Posted by VINMAN

Its still there...missing the apple though



https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2402027,-74.1766998,3a,75y,28.65h,81.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY-HzgwUnmSLcKAR21CTJgQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

cool and a video from 1993

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Late to the Party – WW2 Ended Before These Jets Could See Action
Late to the Party

The Ju 287’s forward swept wings were innovative as was the rest of this four-engined bomber.

http://ufxufo.org/german/sack.htm

Soviet forward-swept-wing transonic LL-3 rocket plane, circa 1947, designed by P V Tsybin. It was a crude analog of the US Bell X-1

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Sack AS-6: The Real "Nazi Saucer?"

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Grab yer ankles!

[johnco]

found this today in driveway after hauling away some scrap steel. I've seen lots of snakes here in south Louisiana but don't remember seeing one like this.. so what is this ex-snake

[GH85Carrera]

That is a red snake of course!

[kach22i]

Snakes of Louisiana
Snakes of Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Smooth Earth Snake

6-13 inches. Gray, tan, brown or red brown above with tiny black dots on the head; pale yellow to white below; faint pale line may be present down the back; scales smooth or weakly keeled, and in 17 rows.

Or..................

Red-bellied Snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/serpentes/red-bellied-snake

6-14 inches. Brown or gray above, with two rows of black dots or two or four thin dark lines from head to tail; underside usually red or orange, rarely yellow or dull white; pale spots present on either side of the neck and under each eye; small young have a pale collar; scales keeled and in 15 rows.

Pine Woods Snake
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/serpentes/pine-woods-snake

8-15 inches. Reddish brown or tan above, pale yellow below; a distinct dark band passes through the eye, bordered above by a pale line; scales smooth and in 17 rows.

EDIT:

I'm going with the Smooth Earth Snake because of the ridge line on top of the back. The other snakes have no indication of those markings. The one you found it's so pronounced that it could be something not on the two websites I went to.

Louisiana
http://whatsnakeisthat.com/south/louisiana.html?start=40

Common Name Smooth Earth Snake
Scientific Name Virginia valeriae
Total Body Length 39cm
Reproduction Live
Number of Offspring 7
Venom Non-venomous
Distribution MW, S, NE, SE
Notes

[johnco]

I've seen plenty brown earth snakes but never a red one. now it's a red flat earth snake.. no, I wasn't the one that stomped it. I would have just let it go

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by johnco

I've seen plenty brown earth snakes but never a red one. now it's a red flat earth snake.. no, I wasn't the one that stomped it. I would have just let it go

Do you have any better pictures?

Was it really as red as your photo shows?

With Climate Change there are different snakes, insects and animals migrating to new locations.

Perhaps this is an invasive species?

Example:

Brown Tree Snake
Boiga irregularis
Invasive Species: Animals - Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)


More local than Guam.

Nine giant invasive snake species threaten U.S. ecosystems, study finds
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/13/five_giant_invasive_snake_spec/

Skip Snow (National Park Service) measures the length of a captured Burmese python at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park.

Photo courtesy of Lori Oberhofer, NPS

[johnco]

only photo.. it's snake ground meat now courtesy of SIL's boot. I was curious because I had never seen a one red like that. yes it was red as in photo

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