Posted on 05/24/2017 3:53:58 PM PDT by marktwain
July 21, 2016 began as any other day for Wayne Parish. The Crystal Springs resident woke up, bid his family farewell and went to work at Performance Oil on McDowell Road in Jackson Mississippi. But the transformative events of that fateful day changed Parish’s life forever. On that day, the hard-working, law-abiding family man crossed paths with a 17-year-old delinquent named Charles McDonald.
Despite his youth, McDonald was already an aspiring criminal and a recidivist offender. On July 21, his mother, Yvette Mason-Sherman, tried to take him to the Henley-Young Youth Detention facility, which is located next to Performance Oil where Parish worked. McDonald had already been to the youth detention facility eight times in the past two years. During the ride, he jumped out of his mother’s car and ran off.
McDonald then entered the Performance Oil parking lot where a Lexus ES-350 caught his eye. It should be noted that at the time McDonald trespassed on to the lot, he had two outstanding warrants, one of which involved a police chase. McDonald then picked up a large rock and proceeded to smash the car’s driver’s side window in an effort to break in. His actions that day constituted a felony under Mississippi’s penal code.
The police were called and dispatched but Parish exited the store with a .38 Smith & Wesson and ordered McDonald, who was still trying to break into the car, to leave the premises. Instead of leaving, McDonald lunged at Parish in an effort to grab his gun. The two struggled for control of the revolver for less than 30 seconds but it likely seemed like an eternity for Parish. Toward the end of the life and death struggle, which was captured on surveillance video,
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DA Smith is under felony indictment himself.
People in Jackson, MS, elect very bad people to , or is there an exception?
Misleading headline.
Is this like another Duke lacrosse type indictment?
Misleading headline.
Troubled DA Ignores Video Evidence, Charges Man in Self Defense Case
After reading the entire article and watching the video, BUMP to Wayne Parrish.
This is what happens when identity politics elects a scumbag DA. I’ve seen a milder version of this locally. It has recently gotten much better.
I remember the video, open and shut justified use of force.
I looked up the DA’s bio. His picture answers the question as to why Mr Parish is being prosecuted.
Prosecutors have some of the strongest immuities ever invented by the Supreme Court.
I bet that Mr. Parish gets nothing but out of pocket expenses.
All states need to adopt a version of Washington State’s law.
If a prosecution against a self defense case fails, the State has to pay the attorney fees of the defendant.
To be clear, I mean Mr. Parish will have to pay his own expenses.
I would think that he would have a federal civil rights case but I’m not an attorney. Momma raised me better.
If only Parish had had a shiny object on his chest that imbues the wearer with special rights.
Given the demographics of Jackson and the delta in general, it would not be my choice for a jury pool. In fairness, many some of them are decent, church going and hard working.
So sorry for the legal troubles of the man who defended his property, but it does appear that the case against him has a short life span in front of it.
The DA appears to be about to follow Mr Nifong down the road to a less distinguished career.
Gerrymandered voting districts should be made illegal.
I’d guess that Robert Shuler Smith is another black racist out to get honkies. Our government, local, state and federal, is infested with black racists who hate normal people.
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