Robert L. Clark, Jr., 55, Kills Grandson, Michael Levigne, 6, Over a Dispute About "Either Dropping a Watermelon, or Cutting it Prematurely"

Robert L. Clark, Jr., allegedly kills grandson, Michael Levigne over watermelon,
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This has got to be one of the worst cases I have ever heard about. Robert L. Clark Jr., 55, shot and killed his six year old grandson, Michael Levigne, because “the child either dropped the watermelon or cut it prematurely. The ensuing argument escalated and resulted in deadly violence.” This monster also shot and injured his wife, Linda Dale Clark. The boy's five-year old brother was unharmed and is now in the custody of Family and Children Services. What this dirtbag forgot is that we have the death penalty in Georgia and the prosecutors will be very happy to seek it in this case, as they should.

The police said Clark was shot by police after a 45-minute standoff when he opened the front door while brandishing a handgun. Two officers from Commerce, two from Jackson County, one from Pendergrass and a Georgia State Patrol trooper fired shots. I am glad he wasn't killed. He needs to be tried and sentenced to death for what he did. I have never heard of anyone getting violent, much less killing someone over a watermelon. These people have literally gone mad. The man was a ticking time bomb because law enforcement has been called to the home at least six or seven times and DFACS has been involved with this family before. These people are a bunch of scumbags and these children did not deserve to be in such a family.

The GBI is leading the investigation because it involved a police shooting. It has charged Robert Clark with murder, aggravated assault and aggravated assault of a police officer. The police said the biological father, Andrew Levigne, has been busted on drug charges by Commerce police. Police had been unable to locate the boy’s mother, Crystal Levigne, as of Monday afternoon.

“I would characterize the family environment as dysfunctional,” Commerce Police Chief John Gaissert said. “It was clearly a domestic violence incident.” Gaissert said: “It’s very tragic. I’ve done this for a long time and it’s always the children that particularly affect me. It’s a very difficult task professionally when you have to deal with child victims of crime. It’s going to affect this community and it’s going to take time to heal.” Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

The criminals Mr. Clark will meet in prison will be only too happy to kick him around like a soccer ball, if you know what I mean. This story was floating around in Atlanta all weekend, but I deliberately waited to get more information as to the motive before putting it on the blog. I can't understand why some of the cruelest people have no problems conceiving children, only to bring them in this world to suffer and be abused. This man deserves the death penalty.