But you are so quick to assume the old man is in the clear because 'he has no previous police record ... In the clear? Where, pray tell, did you read that in my response? The 'lawn guy' has no previous police record, retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years, lived in his home for nearly as long and owns it outright. Up to this point in his life he's been a law abiding, tax paying citizen, more than I can say for a helluva lot of other perps who have shot and killed someone just to see them die. You may be a 'grad student' buddy ... try getting some old fashioned walking around sense ... doesn't come with a degree ... usually with maturity and you're obviously not there yet.
In the clear? Where, pray tell, did you read that in my response?
Good grief, I didn't mean to imply you said that at all, although that is clearly what came across in my post. I apologize for that.
You may be a 'grad student' buddy ... try getting some old fashioned walking around sense ...
I only said I was a grad student to establish my relative closeness in age to this kid, but also that I have made some social progress since then (as I have had my previous posts discredited when I mentioned my age).
But your original post still irritates me.
So what is this guy had worked for 30 years at Ford? So what is he owned his home out right? According to Cornell:
87% of homes owned by the elderly poor in 1991 were owned free and clear Very few of us have criminal records. You are setting a pretty low standard here.
It wouldn't be hard to dig around a bit in the news for well established members of society, who probably were more well liked than this old bastard, and yet were hiding immense skeletons in their closets. People like Antonio Lasaga who I am sad to share the same species with.
You seemed to have jumped to conclusions based solely on this mans age and the age of the boy that was shot and killed. Clearly you did not say the old man was correct, but your post did seem to indicate that the boy must have done something to deserve retribution, albeit something less severe.
The facts of the case are that this man shot and killed a 15 year old kid because he was walking across his lawn. Anything else the kid did in the past is speculation. This isn't a hypothetical situation here: right now that kid is lying dead in a morgue and his parents are preparing for the funeral. I simply don't think it is appropriate for us to speculate on what else the kid may have done or not, but most of the posts I see in this thread seem to assume that the kid or his parents are partially at fault.
more than I can say for a helluva lot of other perps who have shot and killed someone just to see them die.
I can empathize more with the average street thug than this old man. He
shot a kid over some bent grass. At least most gang members shoot their own ilk it is over something a little more viable.
-paridel