Uncia on 9/10/2006 at 15:50
<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdozer_(bulldozer)">Marvin Heemeyer.</A>
TTK12G3 on 9/10/2006 at 16:40
For some reason, the word "KILLDOZER" makes me smile.
Gillie on 9/10/2006 at 17:13
If that was not such danger to others It is kind of funny. All those peoples lives were at risk,could have caused a major incident.
Mortal Monkey on 9/10/2006 at 17:41
Except that nobody but Mr. Heemeyer got injured.
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Despite the great damage to property (13 buildings were destroyed,[2] most requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars to be replaced), no one besides Heemeyer was injured; observers noted that Heemeyer appeared to go out of his way to avoid injury to bystanders.[1]
June the 5th, 2005 was a Sunday. He knew those buildings would be empty.
Arondil on 9/10/2006 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Mortal Monkey
Except that nobody but Mr. Heemeyer got injured.
June the 5th, 2005 was a Sunday. He knew those buildings would be empty.
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Early defenders of Heemeyer contended that he made a point of not hurting anybody during his bulldozer rampage. However, the sheriff's department argues that the fact nobody got hurt was due more to luck than intent. They asserted that Heemeyer fired many bullets from his semi-automatic rifle at Cody Docheff when Docheff tried to stop the assault on his concrete batch plant by using a front-end loader. Later, Heemeyer fired on two state troopers before they had fired.
Ian Daugherty, a bakery owner, said the driver was upset a concrete plant had been built too close to his business. The driver, Daugherty added, ``went out of his way not to harm anyone. State Patrol Maj. Jim Wolfinbarger said officers told him the driver had aimed his weapon at propane tanks. [1] They claimed that Heemeyer had fired 15 bullets from his .50-BMG rifle at power transformers and propane tanks. "Had these tanks ruptured and exploded, anyone within one-half mile of the explosion could have been endangered," said the sheriff's department. That included 12 police officers and residents of a senior citizens complex.
As well, the sheriff notes that 11 of the 13 buildings that Heemeyer bulldozed were occupied until just moments before the destruction. At the town library, for example, a children's program was in progress when the incident began. Durango Telegraph
Surely the private homes you'd expect people in on a Sunday.
Uncia on 9/10/2006 at 20:22
<A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PZbG9i1oGPA">Coverage of the event</A> for those interested, along with some commentary from someone who knew him.
Somnus on 9/10/2006 at 21:59
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That looked very faked.
Especially the end bit. The bike got a sudden speed boost, so i could slip through.
The framerate is accelerated at the end of the video, probably for dramatic effect. Watch the other cars moving and it becomes obvious.
ercles on 9/10/2006 at 22:34
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Actually, I think it stalled, then the police climbed on top of the thing, and then one of them proceded to open the hatch and unloaded with his pistol or shotgun.
If this is the tank chase that does those max-x shows and all that, I'm pretty sure what happened was that the retard tried to run the tank over the median strip on a freeway, he ended up wedging up himself on top, with neither track touching the ground, and couldn't go anywhere. And I'm pretty sure this guy didn't injure anyone either, just ran over some unoccupied cars, and a luckily unnocupied caravan.
Swiss Mercenary on 10/10/2006 at 00:35
Quote Posted by TTK12G3
Take away the bike and voice-over and there you go.
Actually, I think it stalled, then the police climbed on top of the thing, and then one of them proceded to open the hatch and unloaded with his pistol or shotgun. The group of policemen then proceeded to grab the guy's corpse and unceremoniously threw it to the ground and drag it off. Not quite sure what warrented the need for that... other than that he was driving a damn tank on the freeway.
Possibly. The story I heard from the interview was that 'I (The officer) climbed in, and saw him still there, working the controls. I then made the decision to bring the suspect down (By shooting him in the back).'
