Kind of risky labor robbing drug stores. I guess he knew he might die when he tried to do this. I hope the pharmacist is vindicated and is released, I wish I was on the jury,.
Charged with murder for taking out the trash?I dont care how many shots are fired to take this dirt bag out.I wonder how many times law enforcement would have shot him?
Well let’s see here. Did they bother to do a drug screen on the thugs blood? Robbing a Pharmacy is sort of self explanitory.
"How many shots is enough to end the threat?"
When faced with a deadly threat, only the defender can judge what must be done to end the threat and he must do so with lightning speed.
If a defender had run out of ammunition and stopped to reload and resumed firing after the perpetrator was obviously down from multiple gunshot wounds, there might be some argument.
Antwun Rayshaun Parker, 16, of Oklahoma City was knocked out after being shot in the head and would have survived that injury, Dr. Collie Trant told The Oklahoman.
Can the Doctor testify if the dead perp wouldhave continued his attack if he woke upbefore the police arrived? How long the perp would have been out?How about the sequence of shots? Were they minutes apart or nano seconds apart?
Bottomline is the Doc was not there and has NO IDEA what really happened what people were thinking feeling etc while the incident was occurring.
My take on the incident.1 scumbag dead 1 productive citizen still alive.
The point is to cover their asses. If they don’t drag the shooter to bankruptcy defending himself in court, they haven’t done their job
We live under a tyranny of lawyers, not a republic under the law.
We have a government of men, not of law
If this pharmacist is convicted of murder, then the right of self defense will be null and void. Citizens will then have a right to be executed by any perp; for the “greater good” as a certain Supreme Court nominee might say.
Mr. Ersland performed a great deed for the local community that day.
Agreed...
I think the DA is doing this to prevent a massive race riot. You know the scum-bag’s mother said he was “such a great kid and an artist”!!!
LOL....
If it is true that from a legal standpoint, he is guilty of murder, it is time to change the law, whether by appropriate legislation or (more likely) jury nullification.
IMHO, if someone comes at you with a weapon, whether he discharges it or slashes at you with it (depending on weapon type) or not, you have every right to be certain in your own mind that the individual has completely stopped being a threat to you.
If that certainty requires that you burn through 58 rounds in assorted calibers, so be it.
IMHO if you go into someone’s home or place of business threatening deadly force for any purpose whatever, you forfeit any right you might have had to leave that place alive.
If it takes the homeowner or other defender two or three tries to finish the job, than— sucks to be you. Should have gone someplace else.
Conversely, if the homeowner or whoever takes pains to keep you alive and hand you over to authorities, then you owe your life to that individual along with restitution for any loss or damage to him. The appropriate response is gratitude and an overwhelming sense of obligation.
As Bernard Goetz learned on a NY city subway, once your attacker is down and out, you cant keep shooting him. I don’t have a problem with that. However, if he is still moving and in possession of a gun, he is still a threat and can be dealt with until the threat ends.
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Not up to speed on this case, but if the head shot failed to stop the threat, weren’t the followup shots consistent with shooting until threat is stopped?
After the druggist plonked the (unarmed) punk on the head with his .380, he
That was not "imminent danger self defense".
If the robber had been white, I don't think they would be accusing the store owner of first-degree murder. The authorities are probably afraid of the reaction in the black community if they don't go after the store owner. Maybe their reasoning is that maybe he'll be convicted on a lesser charge but that will be enough to avoid civil disturbances.
After watching the video.It appears Jerome Jay Ersland was over the perp for 2 maybe 3 seconds.
Five shots in 2 to 3 seconds ?
I don't think so.
>>If it were up to me, I would create an “open season doctrine” whereby anyone who pulls a gun has just created an “anything goes” environment where the law will not protect them.<<
I think that is an excellent idea. Seriously.