Posted on 10/20/2018 11:22:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Oct. 3 shooting was captured on store surveillance and showed Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn firing at Christobal Lopez, 50, at the front door of Dunn's Vets Army & Navy Surplus.
Dunn could be seen grabbing Lopez, an agricultural laborer, as he tried to leave, then firing a semiautomatic Glock at him. Lopez was holding a hatchet in his right hand that belonged to the store, police said, but wasn't seen in the video physically threatening Dunn.
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first reports were Lopez was homeless...now he was an agricultural laborer
Yep.
5.56mm
If he had a Magic Blue Costume on or Legally Owned one, the mere Sight of ANY Weapon would be Justification for Deadly Force
The liberal media doesn’t care about keeping their lies consistent anymore. (Of course, their coverage of Christine Blasey-Fraud was a bigger example.)
There’s a lesson to be learned... Never bring a stolen hatchet to a gunfight with the owner of the hatchet.
There’s a lesson to be learned... Never bring a stolen hatchet to a gunfight with the owner of the hatchet.
This is Lakeland, a conservative hotbed and home of Grady Judd, a famously tough sheriff. Therefore I predict the commissioner will be acquitted.
The problem is he shot this guy as he was trying to get away and not posing a threat to the shop keeper. This is going to be tough to defend in court.
Well, just going by the video, the perp thief was trying to get away and was outside when he was shot trying to escape. The shooter was not in any danger at the time so yeah; at least manslaughter of some kind. Can’t just shoot someone if your life or some one else is not in danger even with stand your ground laws.
This thief paid the ultimate price for his crime but would have probably been ROR’d by the court or picked up by ICE if illegal.
One less dem voters.
Yep. No matter the emotions, don’t mislead with posts.
Some people believe keyboard lawyers.
“There’s a lesson to be learned... Never bring a stolen hatchet to a gunfight with the owner of the hatchet.”
The lesson also is don’t shoot someone unless you fear for the safety of someone.
“One less dem voters”
Maybe one less republican voter also.
I suspect that Mr. Dunn’a lawyers will cost more than that hatchet.
Fleeing felon rule.
US is different than common law. (no idea on state law)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule
My thoughts exactly.
Looks like a good use of force but you never know what the jury and the DA will do.
You don't have to let someone bury a hatchet in your head before you shoot them.
“don’t mislead with posts.”
Is that generic? I didn’t mislead anyone.
5.56mm
In Texas you can use deadly force to stop a thief from fleeing with your stolen property. Personally I would not unless he was a mortal threat
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