Ben, what would you do if a Mexican came up to you on a creek in the Ozarks that you had been to many times and told you to leave? Paper says dead kid was 6’5”. Any idea why the ILLEGAL would have to shoot him much less 4 times?
Ozark County Sheriff Raymond Pace said that despite being on private property, the spot on Lick Creek where the shooting occurred — known as Opossum Walk — has been a popular swimming place for many years. “I used to swim there when I was a little boy,”
I would leave, but, I wouldn't have been there in the first place. How about you? I guess I can see how some young men might have been there, but I have a difficult time understanding how Alonso Foster, Sr would be taking his family out for a Sunday afternoon of trespassing. Likewise, I have a difficult time understanding how a property owner would try to confront and evict someone of that size. I'm curious about what part alcohol may have played.
I'm in the area and I see the same thing here. The adjoining lot owner is absentee and they cross his land to get to the river. I've asked a few of them about it and they all say that they have been crossing this property to get to the river for years and don't plan to stop.
BTW, I have the internet, and I can read Sheriff Pace's entire quote, not just the part you posted above.