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Friday, August 23, 2013

Bath Salts: They’re a Powerful Drug (MS mini-rampage)



The synthetic drug marketed and sold as “Bath Salts” have been blamed for a mini-rampage in Meridian, Mississippi.   On Wednesday, Sean Carnell (awesome mugshot in the link), had a 90-minute, one mile path of mini-destruction. He did the following:


1.      Attacked a kid at a skate park, hitting him several times and stealing his skateboard (as a former citizen of Mississippi – albeit in the Delta on the other side of the state, the idea that Meridian has a skate park is kind of awesome);
2.      Decked a guy on a bike, knocking him unconscious (no word on whether he used the skateboard);
3.      Confronted a ten-year old boy and his dog and got chased away, with only the dog taking a kick (leading to my premise, discussed more later, that dogs, not guns, are the great equalizer. Show me someone of any size or disability with a decent-sized, well trained dog and I’ll show you someone that even a bath-salt zombie won’t mess with);
4.      Walked to an apartment complex and beat a construction worker with a shovel, breaking bones in his face and injuring his spine (10 year old kid with a dog, fine; construction worker, no dog, in the hospital);
5.      Forced his way into an apartment and attacked a 36-year old woman (woman’s daughter and boyfriend broke it up);
6.      Left the apartment and tried to kidnap a guy in a wheelchair, tipping him over;
7.      Began throwing things at another apartment, breaking windows, until police arrived.

When police arrived, he gave up peacefully 90 minutes after the rampage began.  Bath Salts: they’re a powerful drug.

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