Marine, back from Iraq, shot dead in his home town:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- On leave from the violence he had survived in the war in Iraq, a young Marine was so wary of crime on the streets of his own home town that he carried only $8 to avoid becoming a robbery target.
Despite his caution, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield, 21, was shot point-blank in the neck during a robbery at a bus stop.
Feeding and breathing tubes kept him alive 4½ months, until he died of an infection on May 18.
Two men have been charged in the attack, and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said Friday the case was under review to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
Crutchfield was attacked on January 5 while he and his girlfriend were waiting for a bus. He had heeded the warnings of commanders that a Marine on leave might be seen as a prime robbery target with a pocketful of money, so he only carried $8, his military ID card and a bank card.
"They took it, turned his pockets inside out, took what he had and told him since he was a Marine and didn't have any money he didn't deserve to live. They put the gun to his neck and shot him," Holt told The Associated Press.
The two men charged in the attack were identified as Ean Farrow, 19, and Thomas Ray III, 20, both of Cleveland. Their attorneys did not respond to The Associated Press' requests for comment.
One might assume that Iraq is safer than Cleveland. Instead of the death penalty 'They' should drop these assclowns in the middle of the war zone unarmed and see how long they last.
One point for killing someone who served his country, another for not being half the man that he was, a third point for killing him over $8, a fourth point for making his family suffer by putting him in a coma, and one last point for being cowards that needed a gun. If you were unarmed I'm sure he would have kicked both of your dumb asses. That's five.
