Good Reasons to Kill

Good Reason to Kill #26: Plaid Jacket

Artist's Impression The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a Marin County driver was arrested on July 23 for trying to run down a pedestrian. According to police, the pedestrian was targeted because he was wearing a plaid jacket. Apparently, the 31-year-old…


Good Reason to Kill #25: Bought the Wrong Kind of Beer

I was going to say that alcohol was obviously involved in this incident, but I guess under the circumstances maybe it was a lack of alcohol. According to The Morning Call, a 19-year-old man pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania on Monday to…


Good Reason to Kill #24: Pancake Battery

A Muncie man was arrested this week on allegations he battered his sister after she criticized how much maple syrup he had placed on his pancakes. At first I really wasn't sure how to feel about their use of the…


Good Reason to Kill #23: Canceled His Taco Order

Police [in Corpus Christi] said a 17-year-old man canceled his taco order when he realized he was late for school. The 19-year-old man followed the teen and tried to run him over with his truck, police said. He missed, but…


Good Reason to Kill #22: Disrespected Loretta Lynn

From the Savannah Morning News: An argument about country music stars Reba McEntire and Loretta Lynn escalated into a domestic dispute that has Savannah-Chatham police looking for a man believed to have attacked two people with a hammer March 20….





Good Reason to Kill #2 (Again): Yahtzee Dispute

This would have been Good Reason to Kill #19, except that it’s not the first Yahtzee-related assault I’ve reported. So I feel compelled to list it as another example of Reason #2. The previous incident took place in June 2007,…


Good Reason to Kill #18: Ate the Last Donut

It's a first-degree assault charge for Ednel Diedrich, who allegedly got so mad after his housemate ate a donut he bought that he "lay in wait" in the kitchen the next morning and hit the donut thief in the head…