shoulda called the cops...
Posted on 05/25/2010 4:58:51 AM PDT by marktwain
I hope he goes to jail for longer than that.
Those are some really stupid kids. Yelling racial epithats to two armed black men. Perhaps according to the law this was the correct ruling, but in my mind, this shooting seems justified. If the father and son had walked inside, you know those kids would not have stopped.
This was a 911 call, this man tried to use home invasion as his defense. He did not have to have a confrontation with this young boy.
I think there was a racial component, this mans decision to shoot a white boy.
Why ON EARTH would you go outside and escalate this issue and shoot the kid?
‘but in my mind, this shooting seems justified”
Really? Where is the threat of great bodily harm or property?
Do you also support shooting people for cutting you off in traffic?
Clairvoyant much?
Maybe its racial maybe it aint. I just know that if a bunch of young ‘hoodlums’ showed up like that & shouting epithets and taunts I would be real fearful too.
Don’t jump on me! I am only looking at the facts from what is presented in this case. I realize I could be wrong or don’t have all of the facts. I think we can both agree that these kids are stupid. The next thing is, were they criminal. I have to ask, why did they travel out to this kids house to challenge him to a fight. What else was said in the altercation? Did they convey threats?
I can tell you that if I had four punks outside my house harrassing me and not leaving I would definitely arm myself and call the police. What happens next depends on how the situation unfolds. How long did it take the police to respond once he called 911?
I think you’re right. First, these kids were stupid enough to start something with someone who is armed (and they weren’t). That’s doing us a favor, removing such stupidity from the gene pool. Second, I believe in that situation the homeowner had a reasonable belief his life and the life of his son were in danger. Of course, I didn’t read the transcripts from the trial or anything, but at first blush it sounds reasonable.
shoulda called the cops...
Looks like stupidity on both sides.
One thing that I just thought of. I wonder how many on here are condemning this black homeowner also were defending the man in Houston Tx who went out of his home to his neighbor’s house and killed the two illegals robbing his neighbor. None of his property or life was at stake.
I’m just saying....
How do you know the kids would not have stopped. And this was not a JUSTIFIABLE shooting. This was not a home invasion and when the son came in claiming someone wanted him dead - the Father should have called “911”.
Sorry, this man has no right to take the life of the 17 year old.
I wonder how you would react to four thugs standing in your yard threating your son. Challenging a man with a gun shows extraordinary threat and stupidity. In the end all these punks had to do was leave when an armed homeowner showed that he was willing to protect his family and property.
That was my immediate thought as well after I read the first comment criticizing the homeowner.
You thing you can be sure of is that if the homeowner had been a cop, there would have never been a trial.
The main thing I see wrong is the homeowner was way out at the end of his property.
If he had stayed on or very near his porch and they had advanced within inches of him, as stated in the report and shouting threats, he would have a better chance of it being a legal shooting. Escpecially at night, at least those are the rules under the Castle Doctrine in Texas.
However, with him being in NY there are probably rules that you have to retreat from a threat.
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