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Man walks into Wal-Mart in Georgia and smashes 29 TVs with bat

World Feb. 11, 2010 - 06:00AM JST ( 23 )

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goddogFeb. 11, 2010 - 08:42AM JST

I guess this guy really hates tv.
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sensei258Feb. 11, 2010 - 08:53AM JST

Just be glad it wasn't the customers he was attacking.
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BeelzebubFeb. 11, 2010 - 09:35AM JST

I feel like doing the same thing every time I see a clip from FOX News.
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GJDailleultFeb. 11, 2010 - 09:55AM JST

About motive, if the TV's were all tuned in to the same program, it might have been a program he really, really didn't like.
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betterdaysFeb. 11, 2010 - 11:33AM JST

Like those kids breaking windows @ elementary school only he was taking it to a higher level
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cdanrFeb. 11, 2010 - 11:47AM JST

Anyway, this is clearly just a case of mental illness for the TV smasher so obviously anything could have set him off, even a presidential speech. I do agree with sensei258 that it's just fortunate he took out his aggressions on TV sets and not fellow customers.
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dearjohnFeb. 11, 2010 - 12:48PM JST

Bats are dangerous weapons. Its interesting what is banned. He could not have done this much damage with the half of them. But bats are perfectly legal.
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stevecpfcFeb. 11, 2010 - 12:51PM JST

I feel sorry for the bat, i hope his charges include animal cruelty.
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goodDonkeyFeb. 11, 2010 - 02:13PM JST

Not nearly as dramatic as back in the days of tube televisions. That would have made 29 loud implosions.
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SargeFeb. 11, 2010 - 02:17PM JST

"Strellis has so far provided no motive for why he smashed the TVs"

I'll bet it was stress.
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Gombei424CanadaFeb. 11, 2010 - 03:12PM JST

I hope someone tells the young TV smasher that violence never solved anything.
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m5c32Feb. 11, 2010 - 03:17PM JST

What a jackass. Community Service cleaning septic tanks plus compensation.
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MolenirFeb. 11, 2010 - 03:25PM JST

Don't know why the guy did this, but he's going to be hating life, when he has to spring for that many TVs. Or maybe his daddy can pay for it.
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bobbafettFeb. 11, 2010 - 03:25PM JST

could have been worse. He could smashed one of the bats that shops all wallmart with 29 TVs.

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?paged=8
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moonbeamsFeb. 11, 2010 - 03:32PM JST

Probably lost his job, love life and wanted to dig a deeper hole
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SuperLibFeb. 11, 2010 - 08:07PM JST

So if he had done it at a more expensive store would the charges be more?
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TheQuestionFeb. 12, 2010 - 12:28AM JST

Hurrah for random acts of violence? I think we're ignoring the very real possibilty that he broke the televisions for the heck of it. I've seen a lot of strange things in my life and a man suddenly deciding that he wants to break some televisions isn't all that bizarre.
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MadvertsFeb. 12, 2010 - 01:47AM JST

Could have been worse - he could have been hitting people shopping!
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ca1ic0catFeb. 12, 2010 - 02:56AM JST

Could have been worse - he could have been hitting people shopping!

True. But since he was in the South he probably would have been shot if he started hitting people.
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ca1ic0catFeb. 12, 2010 - 02:58AM JST

as a clarification the North tends to restrict concealed carry more than the South. I was not implying that the South is more violent than the North. Anybody who has studied Sherman's March knows better.