What kind of music? If he was blasting Taylor Swift then I don’t blame the guy although I would have used a grenade launcher.
the neighbor from Hell finally got it.
Obvious Temporary insanity.
“Prosecutors also argued that “racial animus was a contributing factor” in the incident, WTOP reported. Hetle, a white man, had often referred to Prather, who’s of mixed race, using a racial epithet, according to testimony given during the trial.”
The facts seem to call for conviction — it’s not legal to kill your neighbors just because they deserve it — but prosecutors just had to play the race card.
Dog Sh#t and Bad Music? Well that’s enough to send a lot of people over the edge.
Seven shots, one when he was down, then threatening the wife goes beyond self-defense.
Another PR win for NASA. :-)
Remember this one:
https://www.biography.com/news/lisa-nowak-lucy-in-the-sky
**dog poop and loud music, **
These can cause problems. We had a neighbor in an apartment complex who allowed her dog to poop in front of our door where the children play.
One day I went out and saw someone (it was not us) had placed the dog poop on the top of her car.
Knowing she would blame us, I removed and discarded it.
She moved not long after.
In another incident, we heard a radio being played late at night, very loudly in a residential area. Neighbors also were complaining about it as it was keeping everyone in the area awake.
The police were called, and we traced the noise to a house THREE BLOCKS AWAY. The cops told them to turn it down.
Some people just don’t realize that the whole world does not depend on THEIR particular RADIO to hear music at night.
Terrible. Video is tough.
March 2020 - during the original COVID lockdown? And was the victim listed as a COVID casualty? I’m surprised more of this doesn’t happen as the “15 days to flatten the curve” continues.
Snapped. I had a loud neighbor of urban persuasion move in next door to me when I lived in Rhode Island, back in the ‘80s. I was lucky enough to get a new job out of state shortly thereafter, but this poor guy may not have had that option.
arguing over mundane things like dog poop and loud musicWhy would there have to be more than one argument over those things?
Those are not mundane things when you live in close proximity to inconsiderate assholes.
They only seem mundane to others not having to live under those conditions.
His own Ring video convicted him... what a maroon. I know an evil idiot who could be this guy’s clone.
What ever happened to being a little clever about things.
Something about “52-year-old former police officer and NASA executive” doesn’t compute.
Most people would have put up a fence or moved before resorting to cold blooded murder.
Now, he can complain about the inmates assaulting him in the showers.
Michael Hetle failed to get his nerve tonic prescription refilled troubles ensue.
Soon to be an episode of “Fear Thy Neighbor”.
White person kills or beats up a black person — it is racist act. Black person (male or female) beats up or kills a white person — it isn’t racist act because black person is victim because white person was racist.
Sorry in my book thats justifiable homicide
Don’t start nothing there won’t be nothing.
Last time there was a ‘dog poop’ issue in my yard my lab-pit mix ‘puppy’ dealt with the offender. His sense-of-entitlement was checked by a clean, bone-deep cut from his collarbone to his stomach.