Posted on 09/08/2010 11:37:29 AM PDT by Justaham
He was arrested for protecting his property and family.
But it’s how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.
He got an AK-47 assault rifle, pulled the trigger and he ended up in jail, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman.
George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home.
“I went around and went into the house, ran upstairs and told my wife to call the police. I get the gun and I go outside and I come into the doorway and now, by this time, they are in the driveway, back here near the house. I tell them, you know, ‘Can you please leave?’ Grier said.
Grier said the five men dared him to use the gun; and that their shouts brought another larger group of gang members in front of his house.
“He starts threatening my family, my life. ‘Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.’ So when he says that, 20 others guys come rushing around the corner. And so I fired four warning shots into the grass,” Grier said.
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Well the police only arrive to toe tag you later, out of control,
This is the first I have head the rifle described as an AK-47. Was it? Or was it just black?
This man deserves a medal, not an arrest and trial.
Local sheriffs should deputize homeowners with clean records.
head = heard
To give an indication of the mentality of the deceased punk in question: the punk's father stood in gallery and gave a "whoop whoop whoop" when that homeowner was sentenced. When a TV reporter asked the father after the sentencing how he felt, he smiled and told the reporter: "I'm going to Disneyland!" In other words, he knew his multimillion dollar wrongful death civil suit was right on track.
I wish I was kidding.
Classic! LOL. Because its so true!
dumb to stay on long island.
no one is perfect. he will get lots of time to ponder this point while he is incarcerated; and every teenage wanabe beasty boy gangbang pack maggot on the island terrorizes his family with impunity. will give them something to do nights, now that school has started.
i solved such a problem in the past without firearms. the solution is simple, but unfortunatley it can not be shared in such forum.
In another account, he also fired at least one warning shot into the air...dangerous.
I wouldn’t advertise that I have a gun. If they try to come into the house, shoot them as they cross the threshold. IMHO, firing warning shots just shows them you are afraid to shoot them.
Large parts of Long Island are becoming urban s***holes!
I’ll guess just black.
They arrested him for reckless endangerment, not a gun charge.
I hear those scum don't know how to capitalize properly.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure this one out. The man did everything right (told someone to call the police, etc) except go back outside with the gun. There’s a million things that could’ve gone wrong when he fired the “warning shots”.....innocent bystanders, babies in cribs in other houses, all kinds of what-ifs. That would be where the “reckless endangerment” would come from. Had he stayed in the house, positioned himself at the base of a funnel point and just waited then he could’ve been 100% in the right when he picked off the gang members one by one as they came through his front door. The reality of it is he had good judgement but made a bad decision.
If I was his neighbor I would then learn from his mistake, have everyone in my family trained with their own firearm and then coerce the same thugs to my property....and finish it properly.
Awww, come on, give us a hint.
He had seconds to react with 20 gang members threatening to kill him and his family.
Maybe a couple of cousins with baseball bats would have helped too...
Well said..
Big write up on the guy who had a gun to defend his home.
No big write up on the gang MS-13, who have guns to rob homes.
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