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A cautionary tale of natural selection at work<\/a>:<\/p>\n

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) — A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.<\/p>\n

I mean, right there, you’ve got a Darwin Award sewn up.<\/p>\n

Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.<\/p>\n

And, no, the shooter was not the injured guy. Could it be we have two idiots? Wait — it’s a KKK initiation.<\/p>\n

About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.<\/p>\n

Alas, it seems that some of them did manage to pass on their genes. On the other hand, they’re doing a great job of endangering their kids, too, so I guess there’s hope.<\/p>\n

I leave as an exercise for the reader commentary on the whole idea of initiation via being blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns<\/i>. Not to mention the apparent need for sound effects.<\/p>\n

A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.<\/p>\n

I suspect here was not much to slow it down in-between.<\/p>\n

Freeman fled the ceremony but was arrested near his home, authorities said. He was released on $7,500 bail.<\/p>\n

He fled. Then he went back home. Yup. Definitely a winner.<\/p>\n

(via Amanda)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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