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Cut off in traffic, a man flung a glass bottle. The other driver opened fire
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via MSN ^
| September 5, 2019
| Emerson Clarridge
Posted on 09/05/2019 7:19:06 PM PDT by familyop
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To: cherry
Thought he was being fired on. Speed counts.
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posted on
09/06/2019 8:02:40 AM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: bigbob
It only matters what a reasonable person would think was happening. Given the publicity of the dangerous things going on in society, I think it would be reasonable to believe that your window as broken by gunfire....
Just have to have the jury believe it too.
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posted on
09/06/2019 8:19:35 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
To: bramps
Thanks. Maybe there’s more to the story, but apparently, the wife of the deceased didn’t present enough for a prosecution.
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posted on
09/06/2019 12:22:56 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: csvset
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At the time of the killing, investigators labeled the situation as a road rage incident and identified the shooter, a 28-year-old African American male, yet did not charge him."
Yes. A grand jury in that majority Texas Chicano area might cause him to go through a trial. If he has good "insurance" (retainer service), it might be an interesting affair. From what he has said and done in the aftermath so far, that's a possibility. And if the grand jury chooses to have him prosecuted, I wonder if he might be better off putting his future at the mercy of a judge instead of a jury in that neighborhood.
Having lived in both places as a Gringo, I'd much rather be at the mercy of a west Denver Mexican jury than a Tex-Mex jury. But a black man could find it difficult in either area.
Amazing shooting, by the way, considering the likely conditions at the time. I wouldn't want to surprise someone like him with what could reasonably be seen in a flash of a moment as a life threatening attempt to attack. Maybe he was a student of the NRA, Colion Noir and a good insurance outfit. We'll see.
Colion Noir channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC193r5YXcpQJV34N99ZbhzQ
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:20:51 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: mewzilla
"Was this road rage...or a hit?"
I find it difficult to call it road rage. We know that at least one of the two was throwing a tantrum, though.
Self-defense often looks like a hit to people who haven't been exposed to violence much, because such events often happen so fast. And afterwards, guilty parties often lie. We'll see how the incident in the news turns out, but obviously, a local prosecutor didn't find enough to make a case. Police information on these matters often goes through prosecutors before decisions on whether or not to charge.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:36:20 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Equine1952
I pulled out in traffic and a guy with his wife pulled around me and flipped me off. Murphyss law being what it is I pulled alongside him to make a left hand turn at the next light. He flipped me off again,He was just bragging how high his IQ was.
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posted on
09/06/2019 7:54:29 PM PDT
by
Oatka
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