Now this poor man can't go home.
How are we supposed to teach children right and wrong when so many people this glorify the murdered teen thug and persecute the man who likely would be dead if not for conceal and carry?
Sorry for no paragraphs folks (oops).
Tameka is orchestrating this........
The people in his neighborhood who have made him a pariah will be the next victims of street thugs, and richly deserve to be. What did they want him to do? Wait until the little bastards killed him?
Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | April 27, 2007 | Gabriel Baird
Posted on 04/27/2007 11:54:33 AM EDT by Paved Paradise
Damon Wells will not go home. He is a pariah in his neighborhood.
The 25-year-old Cleveland man shot one of the two teens trying to rob him at gunpoint on Saturday in front of his home. The youth he killed, Arthur "Ace Boogie" Buford, was 15.
Since the shooting, windows in Wells' home have been shattered and are boarded up. Many in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood have sided with Buford and his accomplice rather than with Wells. Two people close to Wells want to defend him publicly, but they will speak only on the condition of anonymity because of rumors of retaliation. They say Wells is in hiding now, leaning on his family and his faith in God. He is struggling with grief for the boy's family and frustration with how the community turned on him.
The trouble began about 8:30 p.m. Saturday with a trip to the corner store less than a block away, but even that can be dangerous in this Mount Pleasant neighborhood just north of Kinsman Road. Last year, one out of 100 residents in the blocks around his home on East 134th Street north of Kinsman Road was robbed or seriously assaulted, according to a Plain Dealer analysis of police data.
Wells was prepared. He wore a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol in a shoulder holster. It is unclear if a shirt or jacket hid the holster.
That day temperatures rose to 68 degrees. It is also not known what, if anything, Wells bought at the store. He has declined to comment, and police have been guarded in the details they have released.
On the way home, Wells saw two teens. One was Buford, who was on probation for a 2006 robbery. He was wearing black sneakers, RocaWear jean shorts and a baggy white T-shirt. The two teens approached Wells - one went in front of Wells, the other behind. He told police he felt threatened.
Contrary to previous reports, Wells did not get to his porch. Police say he reached the porch steps, but before he could climb them and run inside to safety, one of the youths - it is not clear which - pulled a handgun and said, "Don't move or I'll pop you."
Wells put up his hands. The second youth reached for his pants, and Wells later told police he believed the robber was reaching for a second gun. Wells quickly drew his handgun and fired three shots. One hit Buford in the chest.
Both boys ran, but Buford bled profusely. He didn't get 15 yards before he tumbled onto the sidewalk not far from the corner store.
A surveillance camera from a building across Kinsman was pointed toward Wells' home. Police have not released the tape, but they said the image quality was poor. It could not have captured a shooting in front of Wells' home.
A crowd began to gather around Buford. Emergency workers rushed him to MetroHealth Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at 9:18 p.m., about 30 minutes after the shooting.
Back at home, Wells went inside and put down his gun. A woman in the house and several frantic neighbors called police. When they pulled up outside, Wells was there, hands in the air. He told them the gun was inside.
Investigators found three shell casings and blood. On Kinsman Road, they found a handgun that they believe was used in the attempted robbery. They took Wells to jail. He answered their questions and, after consulting with city prosecutors, police released him.
Police said all the evidence suggested he had done nothing more than what he had to do.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: gbaird@plaind.com, 216-999-4141
The only real surprise in the story is that he didn’t get prosecuted. Does he get his gun back?
Sounds like the dead thug was a member in good standing of the local gang.
Black folks want double standards. Here’s a great one.
And there you have it, in a nutshell, the core of the “black problem.”
It’s just like it was in the old Italian neighborhoods when the “Black Hand” came to the US. They scared people into not cooperating while the mobs took over the community. That is how the black gangs are working today.
They need a Giuliani type government! I’ll bet they have dimocrat appeasers and victimhood whiners.
Good shooting anyway, regardless of the "righteousness" of the shoot.
Maybe this guy will move the hell out of the shiitehole known as Cleveland.
A move out in the country would do him good.
Are they reporting on a robbery/shooting or a fashion show?
I wonder how come the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons are not out protesting about the damage black on black crime does to black neighborhoods? Why aren’t they defending the rights of a black citizen to be safe in his own home and neighborhood? This man deserves thanks and honor, instead he gets this load of crap.
Some areas are so bad I honestly think that they should be declared CCW zones. Instead of neighborwatch signs a few
Warning Residents Carry Concealed Weapons might cause some punks to back off.
Very sad. I don’t know why the “black community” turns out to support its thugs and not guys like this poor citizen (who I imagine was probably also black).
Or maybe it’s simply that the media magnifies the support for the thugs and never reports the support for the decent citizen.
Everyone I know, knows to never come to my house without calling. Otherwise, the get to meet Mr. 45 with Hydrashocks.
The great part is since I live on a hill, it’s easily defensible property (especially with a mini 14) plus I live in a conservative neighborhood except for one guy who had a Kerry lawn sign.
We’ve since driven him out of the neighborhood with pitchforks. /sarcasm.
One time I was off sick and someone tried to put a key in my lock, I heard it and drew down on him in a second. He was not pleased nor was his friend. Turned out they were legitimately delivering a sofa to a friend. I took his plate number down and sent him on his way. 15 minutes later the local cops came by, I told them the story, they laughed and left. This was when I lived in a suburb of Sacramento.
These are not civilized people. Regardless of their ethnicity, they have become tribal, and are operating according to tribal law. You kill a member of the tribe, you face the wrath of the tribe. Period.
Smokin’ youts can be hazardous to your healt.
Does anyone have any doubt, that no matter what gun control feed good law is passed, that this culture will ever change?