Simple:
You understand now?
Posted on 12/20/2009 7:30:08 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Rochester, N.Y. —After nearly 20 hours of deliberating, a jury has found Roderick Scott not guilty of manslaughter.
Scott says he never meant to shoot and kill 16-year-old Christopher Cervini in April, when he caught the teenager and two others breaking into cars in his neighborhood.
Scott faced a charge of first-degree manslaughter. His trial in state Supreme Court began Nov. 30.
Scott says Cervini threatened him — and he fired his gun in self-defense....
Assistant District Attorney Julie Finnochio said she respects the verdict and recognizes that it was a difficult case.
"I just hope it's not a message to the community that you have the right to shoot a 17-year-old unarmed kid for trying to break into a car," she said.
But Scott's attorney John Parrinello hopes it does send a message.
"That people that are out there take responsibility like Rod did that night," Parrinello said. "As I said, he was being a good neighbor and in an instant your life can change."
(Excerpt) Read more at mpnnow.com ...
I am sure this man did not want to kill him, but stealing is just as risky as defending yourself.
Had this kid been driving 110 miles an hour and hit a tree, sure, I would say he didn’t deserve to die, but I also would have understood why he died. He was reckless, and so it auto theft.
When you try to steal from someone, you must understand that there are inherent dangers. Had his parents raised him properly, this youth would have known that. I leave Mr. Scott blameless in this matter. I too would have went out there with my pistol and it could have ended up the same way.
You first.
yes, we should all run and hide from the bad guys stealing from us. Next they’ll be in our homes stealing from us and then its us that wind up dead instead of the thief....
We do in Texas.
Doesn't mean it's the best idea in the world.
But if 17 y/o kids don't want to get shot, they should not be breaking into other people's property.
Where I live, “wait for the cops” means an hour wait during 9am to 5pm and a 3 hour wait from 5pm to 9am.
So here no body messes around with others property. It can get you dead quickly.People tend to ask few questions and call a neighbor for help. And within minutes guns are up.
I'd only prosecute him if he did so out of season.
That would be Obama's new "tax collector corps".
Like to know the physical sizes of Scott and Cervini and how close Cervini was to Scott when the shooting happened.
Simple:
You understand now?
Was this a black/white thing?
Hey, now there's an idea, don't call 911, call one of those pizza guys who carries! Help will be there guaranteed, in 30 minutes or less, or else your pizza is free!
:-)
Horse thieves. Hang'em or shoot'em. Either is appropriate.
I had three cars broken into in my driveway last night.All I can say is that they are quite fortunate they were extra quiet about it and I didn’t find out about it till later this morning or there might have been additional headlines in the paper this morning.
It would have been better if it were a report of *3* dead criminals, shot dead in the act.
Hey, now there's an idea, don't call 911, call one of those pizza guys who carries! Help will be there guaranteed, in 30 minutes or less, or else your pizza is free!
A great Capitalist ideal.
How about: Gun n' Pizza
“Just me, maybe, but I would never use deadly force to defend a car, regardless of what the law says.”
Well, you wouldn’t be “defending a car”. You’d be defending your property.
You have to decide what you are willing to live with.
“Should it be the death penalty for the crime of stealing a car?”
Should property owners have to suffer the loss and or destruction of their property rights at the whim of some thief? I don’t believe so. I believe that if you embark upon a criminal activity, whatever befalls you is on you and no one else.
The govt has already proven beyond all doubt that it is incapable of handling most crime. There is too much of it, and the penalties do not deter. As a result we make more laws, criminalize more activity and end up impinging on honest citizens’ freedoms and rights.
Enough already.
Without the appropriate license and tags.
Or even better: A florist shop / protection agency known as "Guns N Roses".
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