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Kyle Shaw, the 17-year-old who was apparently so inspired by Fight Club that he allegedly bombed a Starbucks in May, appeared at his bail hearing today—with a bruise near his left eye! The Post reports, "Shaw got the shiner while at Rikers Island this week after another inmate punched him," and the Daily News explains, "Before he socked him, the jailbird asked if [Shaw] was part of the lockup's own fight club - brawls organized by correction officers under the rubric 'The Program,' a source said." We wonder if Shaw's affection for the film (and book) is fading. Prosecutor Chris Ryan asked that Shaw remained in custody, because he was taped saying he wanted to plant another bomb before he headed off to Outward Bound this summer—"I'm going to ... camp. I think I need to do one more before I go." However, the judge allowed Shaw to head home for the weekend before he makes a decision on Monday. Ryan complained to the News, "I can't imagine that any New Yorker believes that someone who sets off a bomb ought to go anywhere but jail."
Starbucks Bomb Suspect Endures Rikers Island Fight Club
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was there really someone under the subway at times square (42nd) like half and hour ago?
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"Before he socked him, the jailbird asked if [Shaw]] was part of the lockup's own fight club"
Every once in a while, irony smacks you in the face.
The First Rule Of Rikers Island Fight Club is - don't tell anyone about Rikers Island Fight Club!
exactly, fight club in the cul-de-sac is a little different than at Rikers.
If this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.
Planting a bomb is, of course, a serious crime, and this kid does come off as a douche. Having said that, I kind of feel sorry for him. After his first jailhouse beatdown, I imagine his swagger is now filling his shorts along with whatever else he's been full of lately. Here's hoping he gets a sentence that will scare some perspective into him without terrorizing him into a life of crime.
Proper sentences are in order for him.. He could easily come out of jail worse than when he went in.. Statistically he might be f'd here. Hopefully its just a scare and a huge fine.
i'm confused. i thought this country was pro-bombing? maybe i'm just imagining things, but i seem to remember once or maybe twice...something about a bomb and a naked baby on fire? too bad kyle's a minor. maybe if he'd waited a little longer he'd have taken cues from, you know, actual u.s. history, like, ah, the weather underground, instead of a made up story by a cut-rate novelist. yeah, i'm pretty sure bernadine dorn is teaching law at the university level now.
This country generally frowns upon bombing our own country. If Kyle wants to set off bombs in countries we don't like it's cool.
I wonder if he also joined the * Club.
You mean he might have more tham one "shiner"?
yes, I'm sure young Mr Shaw has been initiated into another type of "fight club" - the "Rikers Island Maytag Club"
Confused?
Let me explain.
You see, when slender young wimps like Mr Shaw are deposited into the - excuse the expression - Penal System it is quite common for their cellmates to take them on a tour of the prison laundry - where they get ...for want of a better word... "debriefed".
Since Vaseline is contraband in prison, this can be a somewhat awkward process for the new prisoner, who is now known as a Maytag
But I'm sure young Mr Shaw (or should we say Ms Shaw) can speak on this in detail!
Just don't ask him to sit down while he/she is telling you his/her story!
His new cellmate must be Bokeem Woodbine from Edmond
"I think you best get on my body"
Gotta respect a well-informed felon.
This is BULL, this douche sets off a bomb, and he gets to go home? I wonder if he would get this kind of leniency if he's anything but white.
It has more to do with the quality of your defense attorney than what color you are.
You know the answer to that already NO - the spirit of the Dred Scott rule is still in effect, and there is one judicial standard for one race (and you know which race I'm talking about here) - and another, harsher, standard for all the other races!
Just wanted to point out that this individual went to the same school and was in teh same grade as the Albanian Driton Nicaj, the individual that was arrested for the gay bashing incident on the UES.
I'm glad to see that the mayor has a hand on educating our youth.