Another Castle Doctrine case in Florida heads to the courts

Hot Air ^ | March 17,2016 | JAZZ SHAW

[TexasGator]

She came home after being alerted on her cell phone.

Where was she when she fired the shot?

[rarestia]

“You have to understand, you have to look at it from a child’s point of view that was raised in the hood. How he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school?” asked Harris.

Words... they escape me.

[day10]

“You have to understand, you have to look at it from a child’s point of view that was raised in the hood. How he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school?”

All my life, either my parents or I WORKED to "get money to have clothes". According to this cretin I didn't have to do all that - I could just steal what I needed. Who knew?

[papertyger]

Should get thrown out. Deadly force is authorized in Florida to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

Can’t think of a surer way of preventing a forcible felony than capping the felon before he gets away.

[Boogieman]

Ok, simple solution. If you find the perp crawling out of the window, instead of shooting him right off, force him at gunpoint to crawl BACK in the window, then shoot him.

[ClearCase_guy]

My view:

If you come on my land to commit a crime, I can kill you. No ifs, ands, or buts.

But of course the courts generally feel otherwise.

[Pining_4_TX]

If she shot him while he was just standing there or trying to run away, she’s in big trouble. If he rushed at her, then she was justified.

It is truly amazing to see people justify theft as a way of life, but you see it time and time again on shows like The First 48, where relatives see somebody dealing drugs as a good guy who was providing for his family.

The US is becoming Balkanized with elements of society becoming tribal groups. Whatever a member of their group does is fine; outsiders are always wrong. We are losing the western concept of justice and the rule of law. Not good.

[Sacajaweau]

Did she know whether he was climbing out or in....when she shot him?

Tell robbers to stop robbing.

[V_TWIN]

IIRC from CCW class, fear of bodily injury is all it takes to use deadly force in Fla.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The arriving police heard a loud confrontation and a shot fired.

Sounds like she legitimately feared for her safety whether the perp was inside the house or not.

Hopefully she'll be smart enough to take it to a jury of her peers if she is prosecuted.

The jury will be grateful to her for taking out the trash.

[Pining_4_TX]

They said he was climbing out. Personally, I think she did the world a favor, but the law is persnickety about thug hunting.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

#BLACKLIESMATTER considers violent crime to be a legitimate career path, and armed victims to be an OSHA violation.

[SkyDancer]

Hard to decide if I was on a jury. He was coming out and not in the house. She was outside coming home. OTOH his relatives excuse for his burglary is funny.

[V_TWIN]

Actually, it depends on where you are physically located in Florida (jury wise). Here in NE Fla. this would more than likely without question go in the favor of the home owner. As this occurred further south however......

[DoodleDawg]

The law is pretty clear. If a person had unlawfully entered the home, as this person had, then even if they had left and were fleeing the homeowner still was within their rights to shoot. Should she have shot him while he was running? I can't answer that. But did she break the law by doing so? It doesn't look like it.

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[max americana]

““You have to understand, you have to look at it from a child’s point of view that was raised in the hood. How he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school?” asked Harris. “

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Totally unreal. I thought this was from The Onion.

[Pining_4_TX]

Liberty City must be a war zone. It appears frequently on The First 48, the show about homicide detectives. Great show, BTW.

[ConservingFreedom]

It is truly amazing to see people justify theft as a way of life, but you see it time and time again on shows like The First 48, where relatives see somebody dealing drugs as a good guy who was providing for his family.

Not following you here - are you talking about theft, or about dealing drugs?

[Sacajaweau]

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