Posted on 08/15/2005 7:42:07 AM PDT by SmithL
It's been nearly six months since Oakland homeowner Patrick McCullough faced down a group of young men outside his home, wounding one of them during a scuffle, and he is still dealing with the fallout.
The latest blow came last week when McCullough read a newspaper article that said his insurance company had agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a claim brought by the family of Melvin McHenry, the 16-year-old shot in the arm during the struggle outside McCullough's home on 59th Street.
McCullough said he almost choked on his blueberry muffin when he read the article.
"We were assured that they would keep us informed and that they weren't going to settle,'' said McCullough, who was disappointed with the payout.
"There was no phone call, no letter, and this had apparently been in the works for some time because they (the insurance company) had already gone through a mediation process,'' he added.
McCullough understands that settling a nuisance claim is much cheaper than a full-blown courtroom trial, but it still irks him that his insurers folded their hand and paid the family just to go away.
The payout stems from a Feb. 18 incident when about 15 young men surrounded McCullough and shouted "snitch" and other taunts as he walked from his front door to his driveway. Someone hit him with a branch, and others threw punches. McCullough told police he had seen McHenry reach for a gun, so he drew his own gun and shot his would-be assailant in the arm.
The teenage shooting victim and his family moved from 59th Street last month, reportedly to Fremont. McCullough saw the moving van outside their home and said he was hoping they were off to Oklahoma or other points far, far away from his neighborhood.
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everyone knows you have to squeeze the trigger, if you pull, you will miss left or right accordingy
1. The teenager is not a "victim".
2. We don't want him here in Oklahoma. Send him to New York or Chicago.
Great snapshot of what is killing black America: Supporting the law is bad.
Ping.
Better "Gun Control" would have made that discussion moot.
Armed citizen ping.
"Hitting the target every time"
LM(arse)O
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