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[Damaniel]

Yesterday, a new Ten Commandments monument was placed on the grounds of the Arkansas state Capitol building (you think these people would have learned a thing or two about separation of church and state by now, but I digress...) Today, less than 24 hours after it was erected, a man drove his car into it and destroyed it.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – A Van Buren man was arrested on Wednesday morning after running his car into a newly placed 10 Commandments statue at the Arkansas State Capitol.

32-year-old Michael Tate Reed drove through the statue around 4:47 a.m. on Wednesday while filming on his cell phone and posting it to Facebook.

Apparently the person charged with destroying the statue has a history of similar behavior. I can't say I agree with destruction of property, but I'm not going to cry for the loss of an illegally erected religious symbol.

Smite me if old...

 

[Sunster]

lol

 

[benicillin]

Maybe God should have stopped the car.

 

[Octavianus]

I bet god didn't see that coming.

 

[Netherscourge]

THOU SHALT NOT DRIVE A CAR INTO A MONUM.....

 

[Pastry]

lol I saw an article yesterday saying it was going up

 

[Oni Jazar]

yay less commandments!

 

[mrpoopy]

 

[adj_noun]

Maybe God should have stopped the car.

Too busy helping both teams win football games and such.

 

[Count Dookkake]

He took out one in OKC, too.

 

[benicillin]

lol wait he's done this exact same thing before?

Reed has a history of similar behavior, destroying a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma. He was charged with destruction of state property or improvements, indecent exposure, making threatening statements, reckless driving and operating a vehicle with a revoked license back in 2014.

In 2015, Tulsa World reported that Reed stated his psychotic break was inspired by a Dracula film and that Michael Jackson's spirit was living inside meat. He also believed he was "the incarnation of an occult leader" and attempted to contact "Lucifer's high priestess he called Gwyneth Paltrow."

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Don't agree. Remove the statue legally. Hope the dude goes to jail.

 

[Glix]

I certainly don't agree with it being there.

I also don't agree with taking it upon yourself to destroy it.

Everyone is wrong! Yay!!

 

[Duxxy3]

Shouldn't be there in the first place.

 

[Atlagev]

yay less commandments!

Shoulda been first post.

 

[djplaeskool]

He yells "Freedom!" in that Facebook video lol

 

[JCHandsom]

Has anyone posted...

Ah, there it is

 

[Damaniel]

lol wait he's done this exact same thing before?

And used a 2016 Dodge Dart, no less. Not that I'm a big fan of American cars, but he could have at least picked up a junker before following through with his brilliant plan.

 

[_Ryo_]

Why did they erect them in the first place?

 

[geestack]

this dude is a hero

 

[norm9]

eta- beaten! Oy!

 

[umop_3pisdn]

It's public property that doesn't serve the public interest. That doesn't mean that it should be overlooked, but societies need iconoclasts in some capacity.

 

[sphagnum]

A true patriot.

 

[Hopfrog]

Was it Barry Zuckerkorn?

 

[TylerD]

FREEDOM!!!!!

Smash!

 

[Albino_Yeti]

Don't agree. Remove the statue legally. Hope the dude goes to jail.

Based on reading interviews with him, the dude has serious mental issues, he should definitely be off the street and in some facility.

I agree though, ramming something you don't like with your car isn't the way to do things.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Why did they erect them in the first place?

Because the creator of the universe, and everything in it, needs advertising.

 

[Fox Mulder]

.

 

[McLovin]

Hope he sets up a go find me for a new car, I would throw a few dollars his way

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Now that is a patriot.

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

Hope he sets up a go find me for a new car, I would throw a few dollars his way

Before or after he gets out of prison?

 

[inky]

Doing God's work.

 

[Moose Biscuits]

THOU SHALT NOT DRIVE A CAR INTO A MONUM.....

woo Lada

Edit: not his car, lame

 

[RAWi]

Maybe God should have stopped the car.

I bet god didn't see that coming.

Maybe God wanted this to happen.

"Ugh, c'mon guys. You don't need that thing, I don't even like it... All right, you car guy, I choose you. Use Car Crash!"

 

[n00bsauce87]

I certainly don't agree with it being there.

I also don't agree with taking it upon yourself to destroy it.

Everyone is wrong! Yay!!

Being wrong doesn't make you not a winner and that guy secured a victory

 

[Damaniel]

Why did they erect them in the first place?

Because some insecure Jesus lovers feel the need to push their religious beliefs onto everyone using an officially sanctioned government platform. Last I checked, there's some founding document or other that explicitly makes such things illegal...

 

[Apple Turnover]

lol wait he's done this exact same thing before?

The Gwyneth Paltrow part you quoted got me

 

[FyreWulff]

10/10

 

[Metalingus5150]

Not all heroes wear capes

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

He also believed he was "the incarnation of an occult leader" and attempted to contact "Lucifer's high priestess he called Gwyneth Paltrow."

Someone give this guy his own show.

 

[Nivash]

And used a 2016 Dodge Dart, no less. Not that I'm a big fan of American cars, but he could have at least picked up a junker before following through with his brilliant plan.

Counterpoint: dodge is the perfect car brand of choice for a budding satanist. His only error was that he didn't use a Dodge Demon.

Or at least a Hellcat.

 

[Brazil]

Good stuff.

 

[geomon]

Good, fuck em. When he gets out he should run over some confederate statues on the way out of the state.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Haha this is great.

That mug shot:

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Hero.

 

[TylerD]

Because some insecure Jesus lovers feel the need to push their religious beliefs onto everyone using an officially sanctioned government platform. Last I checked, there's some founding document or other that explicitly makes such things illegal...

Nuh uh! Senator Doofus interviewed in the video explicitly says that the 10 Commandments statue was erected in honor of the first laws in our great country. Constitution shmonstitution.

 

[Netherscourge]

Haha this is great.

That mug shot:

LET ME PEOPLE GOOOOOOOOOO OUT ON BAIL!!!!!!!!

 

[LiquidSolid]

Everything about this is hilarious, especially "Lucifer's high priestess he called Gwyneth Paltrow."

Are we sure it wasn't Adam Boyes though?

 

[Psychoward]

Don't agree. Remove the statue legally. Hope the dude goes to jail.

The statue itself is against the constitution and illegal.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

He also believed he was "the incarnation of an occult leader" and attempted to contact "Lucifer's high priestess he called Gwyneth Paltrow."

Someone give this guy his own show.

In his defense, Gwyneth does advocate women shoving jade eggs up their vajayjays...