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2 Bellingham men charged for stabbing sex offender

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Posted on June 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM

BELLINGHAM, Wash.  -- Two men have been charged in Bellingham for the stabbing of a convicted sex offender.

The Bellingham Herald reports that 28-year-old Henry K. Redlightning faces a second-degree assault charge for allegedly stabbing 21-year-old Christopher Wade on his chest, back and lung.

A second man faces a complicity to assault for allegedly providing the knife used and throwing the knife in a river.

Court documents say Redlightning was angry at Wade because Wade would not admit what his offense was.

Wade survived his wounds.
 

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mranon said on July 1, 2010 at 11:12 PM

There we go, easier to read. Now, may I have you retype your rebuttal to me please?

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boriqua430 said on July 1, 2010 at 9:30 PM

Well mranon good thing i am not impersonating a retired USN VET i would never disrespect my country like that. I may not agree with our judicial system but i have a respect for our country as a whole. I served my time and retired out as a petty officer 1st class thank you very much... i know it hurts you heart that you really can only try to judge me based on my grammatical errors becuase you had no valid come back in our debate and that is ok. You dont have to believe me but i dedicated my life and time to USN to protect you and my country.

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mranon said on July 1, 2010 at 12:49 AM

Oh, forgot to add that the reason I said that is that most of the Public Workers I have encountered have not exactly had full command of the English language.

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mranon said on July 1, 2010 at 12:47 AM

I also find it very unlikely that you are indeed a retired USN veteran. Yet the least a person who is employed because of your lack of grammar and punctuation. Did you know it is a grievous offense to impersonate a United States Military Serviceman? With punishments ranging from, maybe imprisonment to perhaps even execution?

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mranon said on July 1, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Oh, one would imagine that the way they type and spell is how they are perceived on web based forums. I could barely discern what you were saying, seriously.

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boriqua430 said on June 30, 2010 at 9:21 PM

@ mranon i i like how your rebuttle towards me was you must be a pubilc worker.. that actaully shows that youare no better than person you critized about throwing the ya mama thing at you. To babycougt9o i completely respect ya arguement and i dont believe that the ones that are on that level or did the pettier crimes juvenlie's and were told to plead out should be done in that way. But i am also simply stating please dont underestimate because they are chldren that they are not capable of some of the more offensive S.O things. I have seen it. when i first met them it was completely.... just for lack of a better word it truly hurt to know that some of our children could be turned like that. And again to mranon i didnt realize that i needed to double check my spelling in an open forum. But i will keep that in mind when conversing with you.. P.s. mranon i am a retired united states navy veteran. And I do deal with the Public in my work but but i am not a public worker.

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mranon said on June 30, 2010 at 12:50 AM

Sucks to have an excellent counter arguement.

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:58 PM

There's a whole bunch of text I wrote that is completely missing. This is dreadfully irritating. -_- Ah well...

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:52 PM

Her whole family is meth addicts. I don't think it'd go over well.

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 11:49 PM

That guy you were talking about, babycougt90, he should have had her father endorse it so he could have totally railed her, legally.

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:42 PM

These children, labled for life by the state as "sex offenders," be it of level 1, 2, or 3 status cannot receive/have a horrendous time finding LEGAL gainful employment as well as housing because every land lord they can afford (ie. low income federally funded housing developments) has a strict no-sex-offender-of-any-level policy. And yes, I have a level one as a relative. All he did was look at what was presented to him by a misguided girl, he didn't touch or anything. I've seen all the court documents and spoke with everyone involved. I've even found evidence to suggest part of the plea was forged and yet I still cannot find a lawyer with big enough kahones to tackle it. So forgive me for being frustrated because, due to something I had nothing to do with, I can now not get housing and am forced to watch a family member struggle with essentially no future.Again I make no excused for adults. We merely need to create legislation allowed for the consideration for juveniles to be liberat

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:38 PM

-help. And if you decide in your little minds that they're "Beyond help" then you'd get fired. Plain and simple. Because you're not there to pass judgement- you're there to HELP and REHABILITATE these CHILDREN so that they can be productive members of society. And furthermore, beyond budgeting, I think this is why the state opted to close Maple Lane. I have several friends/acquaintances that work there and I am disappointed to see it closed, because the main idea is great, but it's not effective anymore because several counselors are biased AND society has decided to reject these children on a permanant basis anyway so why bother with the money? See R.C.W. 13.40.127 ---- Sex offenders who were "convicted" as juveniles cannot, under any circumstances, get their record expunged, sealed, or otherwise lifted. They can seek a pardon for the Governor, but that is solely up to her discression not the law... and would be somewhat contradictory seeing how many sex offender laws she passed

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:33 PM

-caught for cooking meth than hire a young man who, as a 16 year old, had a 14 year old proposition him for sex and expose himself to her. That young man is only a level one, may I enlighten you, and he has had no other issues with the law since then. He was not tried- rather he was coerced by a public defender into signed a plea which he thought meant was not an admission of guilt but in fact was, which he still does not comprehend to this day despite how I try to explain it to him... and he was denied any opportunity to withdraw or appeal his case by his counselor at the facility he was housed in. She told him, "Doesn't matter- you're a sex offender for life now." I was appalled to hear that anyone we entrust to rehabilitate the children that have gone astray to have such a black-and-white picture about it. If I had my way, you would all be being psychiatrically evaluated to see if you really had the interest of rehabilitation on your minds or if you all decide these kids are beyond

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babycougt9o said on June 29, 2010 at 11:29 PM

boriqua430: There may have been a time in the past when I would have acted as you to defend my family member that had been scarred. I have a better understanding of, as MrAnon put it, the judicial system. As I stated earlier, I know of several people who are labeled as "level one" and "level two" sex offenders. I've found that they're the types that, unless they tell you, you would never know because they seem ordinarily, cordial, friendly and even polite individuals. The people I know are even hard working individuals who have had to endeavor as best they could to "make do" on wages that were either under the table or minimum because the vast majority of jobs these days do not permit felons [or sex offenders] to work for them. Did you know it's perfectly legal for all companies and agencies, even those that do not even encounter the public in any way shape or form, to have a no-tolerance policy for sex offenders or for felonies? In some cases, they'd rather hire a guy who got-

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 9:22 PM

I barely could read what you just said. So many grammatical errors and severe lack of punctuation. You really sound like someone who is a public worker.

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boriqua430 said on June 29, 2010 at 8:22 PM

you are obvisiuoly missing my point. i have 3 children and a grand child... an i am sorry for what ya daughter has been thru no child should but i know as some one who has molested and raped. that if some one ever touched my child i would kill them no questions asked.. as far as as throwing the knife he actually didnt reread the article another man did the same man that gave him the knife. so i dont believe it was a hate crime assault yes.. also for the record i i am tired of all the excuses people give these type of people. I have been on the victim end i am sorry i am happy someone stood up when our systen again said here is 5 yrs some counseling i hope you get better. them through them in ya neighborhoods right by you ...

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 7:08 PM

Oh, and the stabbing was a hate crime, as well as an assault. Why did the stabber toss the knife? Because he knew he shouldn't have done it, that it was wrong to stab another person because you hate them.

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 7:06 PM

Oh, by the way, my 11yo daughter was raped and left for dead. They found him, 3 days later. He is in prison right now. She has PTSD. It is hard for her to let even me hug her. Her mother died 6 years ago. Her mother would have said the same thing.

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 7:02 PM

The Judicial system is not corrupt, the politicians and lobbyists who make the blind laws are. The Judges are all intelligent. Hell, most of the Public Defenders are intelligent, to some extent. Do you know the specifics of Mr. Wades case? When was he charged? When did the actual offense take place? Perhaps, the offence happened when he was 14, on a 12yo. And like impoorbutsexxxy had said, thats normal.

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 6:57 PM

Oh, the answer is simple. Leave it to the Judicial system.

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boriqua430 said on June 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM

this is from the article i was telling you about just so you understand were some elses train of thought would be on why they stabbed that S.O. or any S.O. for that matte..... "Meanwhile, the existing research raises tough questions about the relative danger child molesters pose to society. Their likelihood of being convicted for a Sexual Offensive crime after release is much lower than average for all criminals released from prison, at least in the short term, as measured by a Bureau of Justice Statistics study and others. Yet their crimes, when they do repeat child abuse, are unusually harmful, and their victims particularly vulnerable." Now tell me what would you do again . if it happend to someone you loved. knowing that they have done it once got out and wait now done it again.... Tell me now you wouldnt try to hurt them?

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boriqua430 said on June 29, 2010 at 6:15 PM

I understand what point is coming from as far as what i used to look up mr wades record you have access to it ya self . you should just use that educated mind and you would be able to find it. And agian back to what i was saying please tell me what you would do if it was you sister daughter niece mother son nephew that had been molested .. what would you do.. slap them on the rest or wait better yet our beautiful judicial system say hey lets lock drug dealers up for life .they kill people with drugs etc. etc but hey this 32 yr old man that raped or molested a 6 yrs we will give him 5 yrs and some consuling and he willbe ok.. lets talk stats it appears that approx. 70 % of sex offenders especially level 2 and 3 are more likely to offend. you are right not all S.O. should be thats why they have different levels. again i still would like to know what you would . I found this article online on the wallstreet journal ... continued

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mranon said on June 29, 2010 at 5:58 PM

Human rights. Even they were afforded to Nazis. I could be wrong though, I am only an educated person. Now, it would appear to me that you were using State/County records for your own service. Not a good idea to go blabbing that around the old neighborhood. My views are not twisted, I was stating that if one sex offender deserves to get stabbed, then all of them, even that one kid from Lacey who was caught sexting, deserve it. Not every S.O. is actually an S.O. I am not defending Sex Offenders, I am defending a person who was attacked. You like to read Hustler Magazine? Larry Flyyn was prosecuted for publishing it and eventually won the case. He had a lawyer, and you wanna know something funny? The lawyer hated Mr. Flynn's material. He represented Mr. Flynn because Flynn's civil liberties were violated. Mr. Wade was an American and thus must be treated as one and I am appalled that no one can see this.

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boriqua430 said on June 29, 2010 at 4:22 PM

oh yea and a correcton to that i am sorry he was a level 2 sex offender

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boriqua430 said on June 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Ok so Mranon while i see you have a good arguement and you appear to be very intelligent. i belive ya views of this is very twisted. in my everyday i deal with childrend that are registerted sex offenders and it is not for sexting. i know you would love to believe oh they couldnt really do thtat and oh you set them up with the system .. blah blah blah. on and on.. and while reading ya arguements some of which i agree you are right you shouyld be so quick to judge the man that stabbed mr wade.. do you know if it was his sister niece daughter or hell maybe even son . Also i did a check on Mr wade in a system i have access to and it does show Mr wade beinga level 1 sex offender convictrd of child molestation. so with having those facts i refuse to say the mr redlightning was wrong.. mranon and babycougt9o.. please tell me how you would fee if some who was around age of 13-17 molested your lil boy or girl who lets say hypothecticall is lets say 3.. what would you Do?

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mranon said on June 28, 2010 at 5:28 PM

LOL impoorbutsexxxy, I am actually a 32yo Anthropologist. I like how you made that jab at me. Any illiterate can slam a yo' momma joke, especially a fancy 'yer mama'. Such class. It is really pathetic when someone makes an intelligent counter argument and it is rebutted with "yer mama". Makes the audience really sympathetic to your cause. What you just said is totally contradictory. y'all were raging about sex offenders and how glad you were he got stabbed. Y'all were ready to blanket class all the S.O.s into one big disgusting and less than human class. SO, by that class, the kid who was caught 'sexting', should also get stabbed or even murdered. "GOD, I HOPE THAT 13yo KID WHO WAS SEXTING GETS STABBED IN THE FACE BECAUSE HE IS A NASTY 13yo SEX OFFENDER" And remember, not every S.O. is created equally. So next time, try and have a little class.

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impoorbutsexxxy said on June 28, 2010 at 3:19 PM

mranon, that depends, remember this is the interwebby, we cant see you mashin keys in yer mamas basement, so we really have no clue how old you are to answer the question. Yeah boohoo to small % of the exceptions to the rule: the poor 13 y.o. playing doctor with a 7 y.o. or the poor 13 y.o. who stuck his hand down the pants of a 9 y.o.girl on the playground because another kid dared him to do it....yeah ok, I admit these are somewhat lesser crimes than say kidnapping and violent rape but even those 'exceptions' to the rule are red-flag behaviors that we've all known since about age 5 or 6 are not ok to do to someone else. As for the 17 y.o. dating a 15 y.o, yeah, ok, sure the law is in the books and Im sure on occasion a prosecution happens in a purely innocent situation where they're both consenting and "in love", where nothing wrong except the age, and it is in no way 'rape', but I would guess most prosecutions are for them 27 or 35 y.o. Einsteins who want to date a 14 or 15 y.o.

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mranon said on June 28, 2010 at 12:23 AM

Oh, excellent! My neighbor has a cutie 16 year old. Does that make me a sex offender that I want me neighbor to endorse me being married his 16yo daughter?

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babycougt9o said on June 28, 2010 at 12:16 AM

Believe it or not, MrAnon, Washington State law protects people married to children if their parents endorse the marriage. I, personally, think nobody should be able to be married before they are legally an adult... it's a huge choice even IF their parents okay it.

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mranon said on June 28, 2010 at 12:12 AM

Oh, and I was looking it up on a Christian web page in regards to sexual conduct. It says all the usual of how your not supposed to be diddling outside of marriage and how incest is wrong... But it says nothing about diddling with a kid. I got an idea, lets say that kidrickrockford married impoorbutsexxxy's 11 year old daughter and actually consummated the marriage, that night. Does that make him a child molester? I think it certainly would.

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mranon said on June 28, 2010 at 12:07 AM

Oh yea, I almost forgot to add. Any of you guys want to get stabbed? Sounds like fun to me! Who is up for stabbing people just minding their own business?

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mranon said on June 28, 2010 at 12:02 AM

Yea! Why don't we disband the Boy Scouts of America because the guy who made that was a pedo himself! He enjoyed seeing pictures of boys with their shirts off. And I mean he *really* liked seeing those pictures. Lets also ban Catholicism from our towns too. You guys all sound ignorant. I understand y'all are practicing your freedom of speech and all, but seriously, you all sound like stupid idiots. Sometimes its smarter to say nothing at all.

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babycougt9o said on June 28, 2010 at 12:02 AM

What I think is moreover interesting is that this "Redlightning" idiot will probably just get a slap on the wrist. I know several people, several really good people and great friends of mine, however who's parents thought it was unnatural for them to be curious and sacrificed them to the justice system for the most idiotic of childhood things. I make no excuses for adults who are convicted of a sexual offense, but in many cases the children who are found guilty are doing the same things you boys may have done when you were little guys just discovering things... just you didn't get caught. And now you think you have the right to accost someone or kill them? Wade should have died so that Redlightning could get a nice felony on HIS record.

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babycougt9o said on June 27, 2010 at 11:58 PM

All of you disgust me. You do not know what Wade's alleged crime was... it's quite possible it could've been something as a juvenile such as he was the "seventeen year old that dated the fifteen year old" or [god forbid] could've been one of the countless participants in sexting that get labeled for life as "sex offenders." You don't know his level and you don't know what happened... not all sex offenders are created equally- in this state particularly. Any and every young man has the capacity to be labeled a level one if he gets caught exploring his sexuality. And I say that as a female that was once of your opinion. Isn't it justice enough that these people have an incredibly difficulty for their entire lifetime finding jobs and homes because nobody wants a sex offender on their block or in their rental? Vigilentism is not the answer. What if he has, since, not committed any crimes and is now someone's father? Would you like it if you were a woman and YOUR SPOUSE was stabbed? No.

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kidrickrockford said on June 27, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Everybody knows now!! What his charges were, stabbing hims a bit extreme but I can rationally understand the protectionism that people face today with there children, now what if that guy took a kid, or your kid, I can understand the desire to expel him from our mist to ensure the safty of our children, bottom line is, once you've committed a sex crime against a child your life seems to become forfit, you are the lowest of the low and you deserve the exposure and the distain of our society, we have been seen to many of our children taken from our streets and too few caught to explain the numbers, people learn from the teachings of those who commit the most grusume crimes and now society reacts with justice of its own, time tested and god approved. Let that be a lesson and example to them all. Karl

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mikthrac said on June 27, 2010 at 8:24 PM

The men should get rewards! Clean up the trash!

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trucker45 said on June 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM

Denkoko, you mean too bad for kids or women. Since many sex offenders were molested in their childhood it makes sense to kill off the offenders. That way the overall rate of sex offenses would go down. Dead molesters cannot molest again.

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lotsofspareparts said on June 27, 2010 at 4:24 PM

HA!! They should have been charged with being Citizens of the year. No place in the world for filth like that!! It was a good try guys, but when you are aiming for a heart that is so small, it is real easy to miss it.

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impoorbutsexxxy said on June 27, 2010 at 3:46 PM

YES! Nice and old testament style! You metaphorically stab childrens souls with your rage, control and need for power and then you got stabbed literally in your worthless flesh. I hope there are 40 more stabbings waiting for you as soon as you recover from this one! Like Joe Pesci in Casino, "And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your f****n' head open again!" . Godspeed Mr Redlightening, you emperor. All applaud now.

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denkoko said on June 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM

To bad wade survived. Now we have an ANGERY sex offender on the loose.

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