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Jury Decides on Four of Five Counts in Loud-Music Murder Trial
NBC News ^ | Feb. 15, 2014 | Elisha Fieldstadt .

Posted on 02/15/2014 3:24:49 PM PST by libstripper

urors in the trial of a white Florida man who fatally shot a black teenager over loud music said on their fourth day of mulling the case that they reached a verdict on four of five counts, but cannot come to a consensus on one count of first-degree murder.

Michael Dunn, 47, says he was acting in self-defense when he shot at an SUV 10 times while parked next to four teens at a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station in November 2012.

The shots killed Jordan Davis, 17, of Marietta, Ga. Dunn is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and one count of firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle.

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To: Hilda

Agreed but I have never seen any or dances enforced.


101 posted on 02/15/2014 5:52:51 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Nuc 1.1
I vote for acquittal. Sick of boom boxers forcing their evil crap on everyone around them.

I agree. Not Guilty!

102 posted on 02/15/2014 5:53:26 PM PST by Neanderthal
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To: Nuc 1.1

I agree. When I had my hearing checked years ago, he said I had the most sensitive hearing of anyone he had tested. I keep the tv very low. That loud racket really gets to me. Are they deaf? If not, they will be when they get older.


103 posted on 02/15/2014 6:01:56 PM PST by MamaB
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To: Rodamala

Mine, who’s 3 years old, is a wonderful dog. I just pray for him to have a long and happy life,.


104 posted on 02/15/2014 6:02:45 PM PST by libstripper (Asv)
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To: warchild9
I don’t like teenagers who throw empty plastic water bottles in my yard.

Who does....don't you think shooting them is a bit of an overreaction ?

105 posted on 02/15/2014 6:04:14 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: InvisibleChurch

If you are not in your hometown, how do you know where a police station is? Just curious.


106 posted on 02/15/2014 6:13:24 PM PST by MamaB
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To: Nuc 1.1

“...bass homing missiles and foul-mouthed lyric homing bullets...”

:-) This noise pollution problem has gone on for a long time. I recall trying to figure out some kind of feedback system which would burn out speakers of sound systems being played at assault levels. Sound homing devices were part of my strategy.


107 posted on 02/15/2014 6:19:36 PM PST by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: libstripper

If ...IF the kids had a gun, all this would be different.Very different.

My understanding is the kids drove off and then came back. To get rid of the gun...the one that the police coudn’t find. If they did drive off and come back, I would have had to acquit, on the basis that there was a very probable issue of a gun being pointed at Dunn adn they drove off to get rid of it..and then there is my reasonable doubt.


108 posted on 02/15/2014 6:40:13 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: warchild9

All you need to know about the afro-Hispanic man Zimmerman, is the position of he and Martin when Martin was shot, of course seeing the photo evidence of Zimmerman’s injuries reinforces the facts of the case.


109 posted on 02/15/2014 6:58:18 PM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ealgeone

If this wasn’t a “heat of the moment” incident, then the differentiation between 1st and 2nd degree murder has no meaning.


110 posted on 02/15/2014 7:15:08 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Just why Dunn should have stayed at the scene and been the one to call the cops, just like Zimmerman did. By running he came close to admitting to murder.


111 posted on 02/15/2014 7:25:19 PM PST by libstripper (Asv)
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To: warchild9
Reading comprehension isn’t your strength, is it? I described “twitches,” and a hypothetical test for same.

I think perhaps the problem is more with your "word-smithing" than anyone else's comprehension.

Your "description" is a leftist cliche' academics use like a blowup doll to "pleasure" themselves; as a test it ranks right there with watermelon and a fondness for "white women."

jackass....

112 posted on 02/15/2014 7:36:11 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: MamaB

Phone apps. Even if not, drive to a populated area, well lit. Maybe a doughnut shop.


113 posted on 02/15/2014 7:37:08 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
I’m still trying to figure out why so many people think they have a right to not have to hear other people’s music when they are in a public parking lot.

Do you REALLY have to have the concept of "disturbing the peace" explained to you, or are you just comfortable with your rationalization for public/civic passivity?

114 posted on 02/15/2014 7:43:42 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: RIghtwardHo
So you advocate shooting people for loud music??? Seriously????

What an asinine statement.

In Florida, getting out of your vehicle in response to an altercation is considered assault. Are you so dim witted as to not see the analogous circumstances?

115 posted on 02/15/2014 7:52:03 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: SampleMan
How did he have time to premeditate?

Oh, you should have seen Angela Corey's "explanation" of THAT on the news. George Orwell would be positively giddy.

116 posted on 02/15/2014 7:58:48 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: libstripper

Yes, I have a couple of #1 rules in life. They’re “Don’t mess with strangers”, “Don’t mess with cops”, “Never marry a stripper”, “Don’t get mad if your friend bluffs you in poker”.

They can all lead to untimely ends.


117 posted on 02/15/2014 8:06:46 PM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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To: Manly Warrior

Others live and die by our decisions too.


118 posted on 02/15/2014 8:09:32 PM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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To: WHBates

I find a divergent group of opinions on FR. I thought it was supposed to be that way. Didn’t realize it was a club and not a quasi public political forum.


119 posted on 02/15/2014 8:11:17 PM PST by Usagi_yo (Standardization is an Evolutionary dead end.)
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To: libstripper

Dunn testified that one man pointed what looked like a gun. After the shooting the victims drove away, then returned with the two badly wounded teens still inside. A cousin of one was called, who then came up, spoke to them and left. then they called for help. Wonder why the police didn’t follow any of this up until weeks later ?

legalinsurrection.com


120 posted on 02/15/2014 8:14:21 PM PST by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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