Posted on 06/15/2018 6:01:58 AM PDT by Simon Green
Janique Walker knows the cost of a split second.
Her younger brother, 17-year-old Charles Macklin, was killed while trying to steal a Jeep from a Chicago fire lieutenant on the West Side last August. The lieutenant had left the Jeep running, and Macklin jumped behind the wheel.
The lieutenant ran in front of the Jeep and shouted, “Get out,” according to a police report. When Macklin began pulling away, the lieutenant drew his gun and fired through the open driver’s side window, hitting the teen in the chest.
Macklin’s last words were, “Sorry, bro,” according to the police report. The teen died on the pavement. He did not have a gun on him.
The lieutenant had a concealed carry license. He was not charged and he was not disciplined by the department, according to spokesman Larry Langford.
“That was investigated by us, and we found no violation of any rules,” Langford said. “The police didn’t arrest, the state’s attorney found no reason to charge. There was no wrongdoing as far as the Fire Department is concerned.”
Walker, 20, has organized protests, started a Facebook page and launched a hashtag on Twitter. She says she hasn’t given up hope of getting justice for her brother.
She believes her brother was found guilty by one man with a gun. Walker said her brother should be alive to stand before a judge and take responsibility for his actions.
“When has it ever become legal to shoot someone because they’re pulling off in your car?” she asked. “Even if (Macklin) did that, if he did steal the car. You’ve got insurance
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Car jacking has it’s pit falls. Nothing to see here, move along.
Oh but he did. Don't want to get shot. Quit stealing sh*t!
Yeah, well, did Macklin check to insure there was not a child in the back seat? I doubt it. Regardless, if I am in front of a car that is peeling out towards me in a reckless nd dangerous manner- I might just make the lethal force equation and respond to protect my life, the fact that the shot went into the drivers door etc is irrelevant- that’s like saying, well the bullet missed me or the knife just cut my shirt, so no harm no foul.....
I believe it would be justifiable homicide at night in Texas.
When has it ever become legal to drive off in someone else’s car?
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Tawk bout a warped reality...these people feel they should not encounter ANY resistance when victimizing law abiding, hard working citizens.
The young feller put himself in harms way.
But... but...he was just getting his life together.. he was thinking about getting a job to help support his four kids, each by different baby mamas... and he was an aspiring rapper.
“But Pooky was going back to school”
Yes, he was turning his life around, as an aspiring rap artist.
Shooting someone who is committing a felony used to be legal in most jurisdictions before 1950.
Shooting someone who is stealing your car is still legal in Texas, at night.
Stealing other people’s property is not acceptable. We cultural Marxists attempting to make it so.
What’s the big deal her brother died?
The insurance will take care of it.
Typical attitude of a large class of people.
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Defense of Property
You cannot shoot someone for stealing your car. You cannot shoot someone for stealing your wallet. You cannot shoot someone for wandering over your property line. In the eyes of the law, life has priority over possessions—even a criminal’s life. You may defend your own safety with the use of force, but not your stuff.
“I believe he got just that already.” Agree.
(I realize it may have been self defense)
Personally, I think you should be able to “legally” shoot the sumanabitch. BUT....
https://www.concealedcarry.com/law/can-you-shoot-a-carjacker/
Yeah, I figured. A car is considered a deadly weapon.
You cannot shoot someone for stealing your car. You cannot shoot someone for stealing your wallet. You cannot shoot someone for wandering over your property line. In the eyes of the law, life has priority over possessions—even a criminal’s life. You may defend your own safety with the use of force, but not your stuff.
Cultural attitudes are changing. I see juries tending to reverse this doctrine, or at least, having self defense expanded quite broadly.
The Chicago case is an example of this.
A great many people are fed up with crime, and do not care what happens to thieves.
I will not be surprised to see the law itself changed closer to Texas law in the nest decade or two.
“Seems to me many, many potential victims were spared by eliminating this threat to humanity and civilized society that otherwise would have continued for at least 30 more years had it gone unchecked.”
Well put.
Young black men: 3% of the population. 53% of the murder.
In Texas it’s still legal to hang horse thieves.
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