Seaman drunk before fatal shooting (U.S. Marshal Road Rage)

The Washington Times ^ | 6-1-05 | Arlo Wagner

[JZelle]

A 20-year-old Navy seaman was legally intoxicated the night that a deputy U.S. marshal fatally shot him in a busy Rockville mall last fall, a Maryland medical examiner testified yesterday. An autopsy showed that the blood alcohol content in Seaman Ryan T. Stowers' system was 0.21 percent to 0.22 percent, Dr. Theodore M. King Jr. testified. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08 percent. ?I would consider that Mr. Stowers was intoxicated at the time of his death,? Dr. King told the jury. ?The manner of death is homicide.?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If you shot every drunk sailor the Navy would cease to exist.

</joke joke joke warning will robinson joke joke joke>

[dangus]

Just because he was drunk, that's no excuse to go shooting seamen.

[RichInOC]

"What do you do with a drunken sailor,
"What do you do with a drunken sailor,
"What do you do with a drunken sailor,
"Ear-lie in the mor-ning?"

[BrooklynGOP]

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[GaltMeister]

If you shot every drunk sailor the Navy would cease to exist.

LOL - Hold muh beer bump.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Now some of our fellers had bin drinkin',
An' I meself wuz heavy on the booze;
An' I wuz on me ol' sea-chest a-thinkin'
I'd turn into me bunk an' have a snooze.

[paul51]

A drunk driving sailor can be dangerous. So can a guy that can't control himself with a gun.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So can a guy that can't control himself with a gun.

Or a keyboard.

[VeniVidiVici]

From the article:

Defense attorney Barry Helfand focused his questions on a bullet's path through the sailor's upper body. The downward, left-to-right path described by the witness was contrary to prosecution testimony that indicated the last three bullets had been fired from behind the sailor's Camaro as he drove away.

So the defense attorney is arguing that the Marshall shot him as he sat in his car? In addition to the bullets that did shatter the Camaro's rear glass. I fail to see how this keeps his client out of jail.

Maybe there is a grassy knoll around?

[RichInOC]

Four or five Long Islands? At least he didn't die in pain. It's a wonder he was still able to stand up.

[Keyga8tor]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

[lilylangtree]

4 or 5 Long Island Iced Teas--Good God! Some years ago, I drank 3 and went home. Less than 1/2 mile from home, the suckers hit me. By the time, I got through the front door I was climbing the stairs on all fours. Whew! After I collapsed on the bed, I spent the rest of the evening hanging my head over the commode. Yuck!

[paul51]

I didn't see any mention in the article of him having a keyboard also. That's really scary

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That's really scary

Yes, you are.

[paul51]

Don't worry, I won't hurt you.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Don't worry, I won't hurt you.

It's not me I'm worried about.

[paul51]

I pose no threat to man nor beast except those that wish me harm. In that case it starts to get a little more complicated

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I pose no threat to man nor beast...

That's what the hillbillies in Deliverance said.

[Deaf Smith]

This short article is bogus as far as court reporting should be.

It appears that the reporter is adlibbing the testimony. Upper body? Leg? Not very exact from a medical standpoint, much less for court use to a jury.