Posted on 08/15/2019 8:41:24 PM PDT by simpson96
A chaotic chain of events that began early Tuesday, when Illinois police say six teenagers from Chicago drove to a northern suburb and attempted to steal a car, has ended in murder charges against five of them.
The Audi's owner, a 75-year-old man, told police he had watched a group of males trying to break into his vehicle outside of his Lake County home before 1:15 a.m. He grabbed his gun and as he stood outside on his porch, he said, they approached him.
The car owner saw one of the males holding an object and "feared for his life," firing his gun and striking one of the males, who turned out to be 14, in the head, according to police.
The group fled in another vehicle, a Lexus SUV that police say had been stolen two days earlier, and flagged down officers in a nearby town to get the 14-year-old first aid.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
The other teens tried to escape in the Lexus, and led police on a high-speed chase over 15 minutes from Lake County to Chicago, but ran out of gas and were arrested, authorities said.
After reviewing the case, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office announced charges this week against the five teens — of first-degree murder. Although three of the suspects are 17 and a fourth is 16, they are being charged as adults. A fifth suspect was identified as Diamond Davis, 18.
While none of them pulled the trigger in the death of the 14-year-old, later identified as Jaquan Swopes, prosecutors decided to use a state felony murder law to pin it on them.
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We must NEVER EVER
give up our guns.
When it’s time to hide them
it’s time to use them
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While none of them pulled the trigger in the death of the 14-year-old, later identified as Jaquan Swopes, prosecutors decided to use a state felony murder law to pin it on
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It’s long been the law that if one of your criminal cohorts is killed in the commission of a crime, you and all your cohorts can be charged with his death.
As it should be.
The article makes it seems as if it’s an injustice.
Amen!
“It’s long been the law that if one of your criminal cohorts is killed in the commission of a crime, you and all your cohorts can be charged with his death.”
Jaquan. Ja’Quan, Jakwann. JackWan
Juvie hall for 4 months on reduced charges. They’ll not be charged as adults. They’ll be out by Xmas.
Isn’t murder always a felony?
Never heard of misdemeanor murder.
“They’ll not be charged as adults. They’ll be out by Xmas.”
Yes they will and no they won’t. This is Lake County Illinois, not Cook County. They’re serious up there. The Lake County jury is going to convict them and the Lake County Judge is going to put them all away for a very long time.
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My theory: blacks have adopted these new-sounding first names in an effort to disassociate with whites norms. Even, to disassimilate with USA customs. Theses are very, very sad times.
They will all walk free by age 18
Wow! Good shot!
Well lads, it’s like this. You can get your posse together and rip off a mini mart. Easy peasy. But if you’re going to try to break into an old man’s car, and he has a gun in his hands, don’t approach him. So on that, you chose poorly. Oh and remember, always check the gas gauge. It helps to have a full tank of gas when you try to outrun the police.
I have also said the same thing for a long time.
I have also said the same thing for a long time.
Excellent point!
and many chinese and vietnamese adopt anglicized first names to assimilate.
Isn’t murder always a felony?
He told them to get off his lawn.
I remember “Chuck” Berry, “Stevie” Wonder, even, “Michael” Jackson, “Robert” Johnson.
Then the point arrived where the organ rejected the patient. To the point that blacks do not, will not, abide by white words and names. Maybe Ebonics was the beginning of it. 0zero certainly encouraged it. He kept calling “us”, “folks”.
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