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Detroit, 12:47 PM
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    Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting

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    Image of roaduscarnivorous roaduscarnivorous
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    yet some people still think stuff like this is all worth it just to have the right to arm bears...i mean bear arms
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    Image of bourgeoisie bourgeoisie
    12/16/08

    @roaduscarnivorous: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.


    Funny, when was the last time you saw criminals and gangbangers lining up at the Police dept's "buy back" to hand in their weapons?

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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    12/16/08

    @bourgeoisie: Funny you would mention that... The L.A. Times reported last week that the guns-for-cash turn-ins to the Police is running at a record pace. Seems people need to buy holiday gifts more than they need their Saturday Night Special handgun...
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/16/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: I wonder how many of the guns turned in for these buybacks are stolen just for the occasion? Every time I hear about these events they go on and on about how all the guns are checked to see if they were used in a crime, never a word about checking if they're stolen or if they'll be returned to their rightful owners.
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    Image of Nooze Nooze
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Hold it - someone beat Jack Nicholson to death? But he was in a movie just last year. This is all so confusing!


    And Paris Hilton is shooting at Bentleys on the freeway? Can't she hire people to do that?

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    12/16/08

    @Nooze: no she does not need to. she has a "serious" reality tv show now
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    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    12/16/08

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    i see why jalop waited so long to post this story. no one fucking here gives a shit about people, just make jokes, talk about the car, and accuse a murdered man of being a thug. that's mature everyone, congrats!
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    12/16/08

    @regalregalia: go eat some freshly born babies or something.


    do you realize how many many people die in this county on a daily basis. can get all saddened by everyone of them.

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/16/08

    @regalregalia: Sorry, mom.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/16/08

    @regalregalia: "..that's mature everyone, congrats!.."


    Extolling maturity as a worthy goal implies the lack of said quality. Grow up.


    All people die. Some well, some heartbreakingly. Having worked in the medical examiner's office of a large city for a few years, it has been my experience that those who live by grift die that way too. We die as we live, by and large.


    There is such a thing as gallows humor.


    "..no one fucking here gives a shit about people..."


    If you are trying to say that no one here is compassionate, you are simply wrong.


    You could do with a lesson or two on sentence construction though.

    That last bit was laughable.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/16/08

    @regalregalia: I agree with your belief that nobody browsing this site while having sexual intercourse particularly cares about people, specifically their partner...
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/16/08

    @regalregalia: Do you know for a fact that he wasn't a thug? So far, it appears that the car was not his, and the owner has not been identified. Do we know what caused the shooting? No, therefore we speculate. My first thought was that he cut off the wrong person, perhaps unintentionally, or even completely oblivious to the other vehicle's presence. Or maybe someone cut him off, and he started driving like an asshole in an attempt to "punish" the other driver, and that's what got him shot. The point is, we just don't know, and until we know more about why he died, it's all just speculation.
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    Image of Torquer72 Torquer72
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Pete, that's clever, but hurtful and negative. It saddens me that so many people can be glib about a person being murdered.
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    12/16/08

    @Torquer72: well with so little information to go on, how are we supposed to feel remorse?

    for all we know this guy could have been at the shooting end of tens of murders.


    when ktla comes out and says he was a loving father of four who gave generously to his community i will retract my statements.


    but judging by the fact he was balling around in a bentley gt at 3 am, i doubt it

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Note to Self: Bullet Proof Bentley ASAP.
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    12/16/08

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    12/16/08

    @Pete Gaines: Nicely done, Pete.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    12/16/08

    @Pete Gaines: So Pete this is what you rever to the save non violent USA?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/16/08

    @Pete Gaines: Genius.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    "Police had to shut down the busy freeway causing more than eight hours of traffic" hmmm interesting
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    Image of Matt Bancroft Matt Bancroft
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    When the LA news gave Macias' name, they also said the information about the registered owner has not been released. I don't think Macias was the owner.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    12/16/08

    @Matt Bancroft: So the owner may have been doing the shooting!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/16/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Hope so. Someone steals my Bentley, hey...


    Though, if I can afford a Bentley, I probably won't care all that much.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Perhaps following the money would help. What was Mr. Macias' business, such that he could afford such an obvious vehicle of conspicuous consumption? Did this business produce any enemies?


    Of course there is always the possibility that the Bentley's driver pissed someone off enough by their arrogant driving style, that the offended decided to even the score. I have passed a few of these tools in my R32. They sometimes get the impression that merely driving an expensive and fast car means that they get to be in front of me, even when they have no driving skills.


    A pissing match between a Bentley and tarted up Civic from the 'hood may have led to this.

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    Image of General Halfshaftery General Halfshaftery
    12/16/08

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    Too bad it didn't happen in Miami, where the crime would take less than an hour to solve.


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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    12/16/08

    @General Halfshaftery: Your crime solved in 44 minutes... or it's a two-parter!
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    Image of LFOT LFOT
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Too many bullet holes just to be random.

    Somebody was definitely making sure this guys was "taken care of".
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    12/16/08

    @LFOT: LA Times article says the driver who was killed wasn't the vehicle's owner...


    maybe he stole a car from the wrong mothuf*cka

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    Based on the fact that the LAPD can't even keep Paris Hilton behind bars, I'd say whoever did this has about a 0% chance of being caught
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    12/16/08

    @Cognitive_Friction: I heard a rumour that when Paris was in prison the kitchen staff put sperm in her porridge, all you could hear from Paris' cell was screams of "ewwww,there's porridge in this!"
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    12/16/08

    @layabout met the real Santa: ZING!
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    12/16/08

    In reply to Bentley Driver Murdered In Mysterious Los Angeles Highway Shooting
    You hear about stuff like this all the time, but seeing it in pictures is sobering. You have to wonder what precipitated the attack? Gang violence? Drug deal gone bad? Wrong place, wrong time?


    It's wierd in a way. You feel "bulletproof" (no pun intended) when you have a 4WD truck that you take it off road, or a sweet hot rod on the streets. It's your domain and it's SAFE, or so it seems. If this guy was just an innocent victim, he was probably caught unaware he was in a bad area. Too bad.

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    Image of jark jark
    12/16/08

    @timtoolman: Lives in East LA + drives a Bentley + gunned down on freeway (most likely) = gang banger/drug dealer
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/16/08

    @jarque: Glad someone said it so I didn't have to.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/16/08

    @timtoolman: The driver, from East L.A. and 25 years old, bought the Bentley 2 weeks ago... It sounds like the big guys weren't happy with his independence....
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/16/08

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    Man, that shut down the 101 for like half the day. Damn shame he died. It happened right near Union Station and Philippe's, which reminds me that it's been a few months since I've been to Philippe's for a French Dip and I need to go back. Won't be doing so at 3 AM however.
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    Image of Walleeme Walleeme
    12/16/08

    @graverobber- Facebook 'em Danno: Mmmmm. Phillipes. Always worth the trip down the 101.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/16/08

    @Walleeme: Yeah, the only bright side to jury duty downtown.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    12/16/08

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    Looking at those wheels, could have been the taste police


    /tastelessness.

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/16/08

    @Rust-MyEnemy is jagermungous: Those look like factory rims...perhaps Bentley has jumped off the taste wagon, too.
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