If vigilantism was let loose to solve 1% of the crime 90% of it would disappear.
Don't bet on it! We're talking CA where criminal are released and law abiding citizens are jailed.
Old folks can be dangerous. They don’t have much longer to live and not afraid to shoot. It doesn’t matter if some “woke” DA wants to prosecute them defending their home.
Cue Jerry and That's a shame
He is 90 years old, there were thugs in his house. What's left to investigate?
Do the right damn thing, coppers!
Bad decison of the reporter to identify the robbery victim by name and location. The reporter probably hopes someone drives by whacks the victim as retaliation.
Moreno Valley is not a suburb of Los Angeles. It is a Suburb of Riverside.
After any self-defense shooting, we are allowed 72 hours before giving a statement. He should not have gone to the station to make any statement without his lawyer.
He should not listen to her. He didn’t shoot because he was tired of all the break ins, he did not shoot to defend his property.
The only thing anyone should be saying is that he feared for his life. He feared for his life because he was outnumbered and attacked, he feared for his life because he is a frail 93 year old man, he feared for his life because the man lunged at him with a fishing pole which in this instance was a deadly weapon.
I’ve said too much. The only words should be “I was in fear of my life”
Stupid reporting. Was the guy from Los Angeles or Moreno Valley, 50 miles away with two counties and half a dozen cities in between between them?
Never bring a fishing pole to a gun fight!
Stupid Sheriff should not have released his name.
He was in the house at the time. That makes it a robbery, which is a more serious crime than a burglary. IANAL but that’s my layman’s understanding of it.
Fun Fact: Burglary is a common law term, and by definition can only occur at night.
The penalties were enhanced over daytime breaking and entering, because occupants of the dwelling are presumed to be asleep at night, and completely unable to defend themselves. “Night” was legally defined as that period from dusk to dawn, to the point where a person’s features or face were unidentifiable.
Good on ya Gramps! You got one!
And who watches the house while the cops cart off the self defense victim?
Perfect ti e for other idiots to break in while they know the cops are grilling the victim.
Moreno Valley is majority hispanic (62%), with blacks second at 16%, and whites at about 13%. Very dangerous for white folks there.
I wonder if, when he calls again, the local police actually respond in a reasonable time rather than the long wits he WAS experiencing?
Such a bunch of BS.
Attaboy