{"id":86,"date":"2006-02-02T22:57:47","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T03:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/wordpress\/86"},"modified":"2006-02-02T22:57:47","modified_gmt":"2006-02-03T03:57:47","slug":"love-the-sinner-hack-the-sin-to-little-pieces-with-a-machete-and-then-shoot-it-a-few-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/86","title":{"rendered":"Love The Sinner, Hack The Sin To Little Pieces With A Machete And Then Shoot It A Few Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So a guy walks into a bar, and he asks the bartender (stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2006\/02\/02\/man_pulls_machete_hatchet_gun_on_bar_patrons\/\">if it&#8217;s a gay bar<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At least three people were injured in an apparent hate crime in a New Bedford bar last night, according to broadcast reports.<\/p>\n<p>WHDH-TV, quoting an employee of Puzzles Lounge on North Front Street, said a man went into the bar around midnight, ordered a drink, then asked if it was a gay bar.<\/p>\n<p>He then pulled out a machete and a hatchet and began attacking some of the 18 people inside. When patrons tried to restrain him, he pulled a gun and fired at least five shots.<\/p>\n<p>Three patrons were shot, two in the face and one at the chest. They were being treated at Boston hospitals this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police are searching for the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>The usual denials of responsibility for the climate of hate toward gay people will be forthcoming momentarily, from the usual suspects&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>[Update&#8230;]<\/em> They have a suspect in the shooting that they&#8217;re actively looking for:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"242\" src=\"\/jacob_robida_bar_shooter_suspect.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He is an 18 year old named Jacob D. Robida, of New Bedford, Mass. Police said Robida has dark hair, is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He is believed to be driving a 1999 green Pontiac Grand Am with Massachusetts plate number 85EC58.<\/p>\n<p>Consider him armed and dangerous. If you see him, call the police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a guy walks into a bar, and he asks the bartender (stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one) if it&#8217;s a gay bar&#8230; At least three people were injured in an apparent hate crime in a New Bedford bar last night, according to broadcast reports. WHDH-TV, quoting an employee of Puzzles Lounge on North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}