Attempted MURDER, NOT Terrorism

**Team Sergeant** · 02-05-2009, 10:44

How I loathe stupid police Chief's.

This is not a terrorist attack you moron it's attempted homocide, a criminal act not an act of terrorism.

Team Sergeant

Car bomb critically injures head of Arkansas state medical board, Dr. Trent Pierce, on way to work
BY Helen Kennedy
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 9:17 PM

A prominent Arkansas doctor heading to work Wednesday was blown up in his driveway when a powerful bomb ripped through his car and knocked him into a flowerbed.

Dr. Trent Pierce, the 54-year-old head of the Arkansas Medical Board, was badly burned in the mystery attack and listed in very critical condition.

"It's a terrorist attack on Dr.Pierce," said Robert Paudert, police chief of West Memphis, a small and affluent Arkansas community just across the river from Memphis, Tenn.
"We just don't know why someone would do this," Paudert said. "We have had no threats on Dr.Pierce. He was loved and respected by everybody."

Pierce found a spare tire propped against his car at 8 a.m. and was moving it away when a tremendous explosion that was heard for blocks threw him into a flowerbed.

He lost at least one eye and suffered shrapnel wounds and burns to the face.

Cops said the bomb was placed under the front of the car. All the vehicle's windows remained intact but the hood of the white Lexus hybrid was left a mangled tangle of metal.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_w...d_of_arka.html

Saoirse · 02-05-2009, 10:58

I was following that story yesterday and this morning. Now this is interesting:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488484,00.html

"Pierce is, however, named as a co-defendant with a nursing home operator dogged by dozens of allegations of abuse, neglect and wrongful death in a case that last month made its way to the Arkansas State Supreme Court."

Maybe he was looking to do himself in and wanted it to look like he was a target? It will be interesting to see how this unfolds in the coming days.

Richard · 02-05-2009, 11:04

Maybe Chief Taylor declared it an act of terrorism to get himself some of those government $$$ to better equip the Barney Fife's of his department...or to pay salaries and not have to lay off any of his good buddies, cousins, or whomever.

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Soft Target · 02-05-2009, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Richard

Maybe Chief Taylor declared it an act of terrorism to get himself some of those government $$$ to better equip the Barney Fife's of his department...or to pay salaries and not have to lay off any of his good buddies, cousins, or whomever.

Richard's

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You can bet the farm on this one. Happening everywhere (saw it).

echoes · 02-05-2009, 12:05

My family is originally from western Arkansas, and we still go every year to place flowers on the graves of our ancestors.

Am hoping the police can figure out what happened...it is a beautiful part of Our Country.

Holly

Soft Target · 02-05-2009, 13:09

Isn't this the state where the Dem party head was killed last year?

**Team Sergeant** · 02-05-2009, 12:04

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Originally Posted by Richard

Maybe Chief Taylor declared it an act of terrorism to get himself some of those government $$$ to better equip the Barney Fife's of his department...or to pay salaries and not have to lay off any of his good buddies, cousins, or whomever.

Richard's

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Those were some of my first thoughts......., second thought was the chief was just an idiot.

A "Bomb" has got to equal terrorism. Had the doctor been attacked with a butter knife I doubt the media would have even picked up the story. This is what happens when the Chief of Police of Anytown America watches too much "24".

greenberetTFS · 02-05-2009, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Those were some of my first thoughts......., second thought was the chief was just an idiot.

A "Bomb" has got to equal terrorism. Had the doctor been attacked with a butter knife I doubt the media would have even picked up the story. This is what happens when the Chief of Police of Anytown America watches too much "24".

I have to agree with Richard and TS,this Police Chief is an idiot........

GB TFS

AngelsSix · 02-06-2009, 07:03

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I have to agree with Richard and TS,this Police Chief is an idiot........

Absolutely!

My first thoughts were that he pulled someone's license and now he was being targeted. My second thought is that he is up to no good and did it himself.
The bomb went off while he was outside the car. Here are a few things: He set it off himself (he obviously did not want to be in the car when it went off) or whoever set it off remotely wasn't savvy enough to make a large enough device to do any real harm and knew that, thereby setting it off as the doc approached his vehicle. It is possible that someone got some wires crossed and set it up to his remote opening instead of his ignition, hence the reason it blew up as he was approaching the car. A closer examination of the car will tell a lot.

Dozer523 · 02-05-2009, 11:00

Not terrorism, unless he does abortions and this is by a radical anti-abortion person/group. (I do not confuse anti-abortion and Pro-Life).