Slog - Comments on Give That Murderer An Oscar http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a In the October 9 issue of The New Yorker, Mark Singer writes about the criminal adventures of Richard McNair, a convicted murderer who's finagled a number of stunning escapes from U.S. prisons (and remains on the lam as I write this.) The video above shows McNair working some of his criminal magic. Shot by a police officer's dashboard camera, it shows McNair being questioned by Louisiana policeman Carl Bordelon, who received word of an escaped convict then found McNair running down the railroad tracks. Despite having no ID, lying about his eye color, and giving two different names (first... Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:12:37 -0800 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:45:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by * Gotta love good-ol' boy red state cops!

This is the kind of guy Bush would appoint to run the U.S. Anti-Terror efforts.

]]> * http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477921 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477921 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:42:04 -0800 Comment by COMTE For all we know, he already has.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477939 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:00:03 -0800 Comment by SeMe No surprises there. If he had been black or Latino, he would have been shot.

He looked for tats cuz he assumed all peckerwoods have full sleeves.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477943 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:02:10 -0800 Comment by Tron Javolta Lousiana cops are dicks, especially if you have Texas plates on your car...

The New Orleans cops are the exception to the rule, though... Most of those guys are as cool as they wanna be.

]]> Tron Javolta http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477944 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:03:14 -0800 Comment by brie Um, hopefully this cheerful office has been fired?

]]> brie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477955 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:11:52 -0800 Comment by Karl's Mom In Bush's America?

This guy probably runs his department by now.

]]> Karl's Mom http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c477972 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:30:27 -0800 Comment by Seth Just a good ol' boy
Never meanin' no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day he was born

]]> Seth http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c478011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/give_that_murderer_a#c478011 Life Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:45:32 -0800