Posted on 08/24/2011 11:57:31 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
SHERWOOD, AR – Officers from the Sherwood Police Department are on the scene of a home invasion where a burglar has been shot dead.
Officer Josh Adams tells Fox16 that police responded to 1300 Maelstorm Circle where a burglar was shot dead by an off-duty Arkansas State Police Trooper in an attempted home invasion.
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So this was an amateur ~ probably a doper.
My thoughts exactly ;-)
You might want to familiarize yourself with Arkansas Law before spouting off.
Arkansas state code 5-2-608 says deadly force may be used against another person if the “person reasonably believes the use of deadly physical force is necessary to prevent the commission of arson or burglary by a trespasser.”
North Central Arkansas has had a couple of these involving citizens this year. Yep, the statute is clear. Similar results and similar handling by law enforcement.
Arkansas is not one of the People’s Republiks that suffers excessive nanny-ism.
Grand juries are used only if a prosecutor believes a crime has been committed. You may be thinking of a coroner’s jury.
Looks like Tony Soprano’s house ~ guy really, really, really should have checked the front!
I’m assuming the presence of the marked police car. Do they take their cars home in Arkansas? They do in WV and VA.
Burglary and Robbery, in common law are clearly distinct. Statutorily, however, the definitions become more intermingled.
Relevant Arkansas Burglary Statute:
5-39-201. Residential burglary
(a)(1) A person commits residential burglary if he or she enters or remains unlawfully in a residential occupiable structure of another person with the purpose of committing in the residential occupiable structure any offense punishable by imprisonment.
In this case a second offense of Robbery or perhaps Assault or attempted homicide.
You ever read an NRA magazine. They’ve got an entire page of stories about citizens shooting criminals in their houses, driveways, store parking lots, etc. You may wish to try and be a little more accurate in the future.
How many times have we heard of self-defense cases all over the country being referred to grand juries by the prosecutor? Many... when the home defender is non-LEO, he has to overcome the objection that he had no choice, or was in fear of his life, or prove that he was (in the better states) just "standing his ground" as opposed to "lying in wait."
I couldn’t care less about Arkansas law. I’m making a general point about the frequent, practical disparity between the ways in which ordinary citizens are treated, as opposed to law enforcement officers.
no, I don’t read NRA, but in general, they are VERY quick to exonerate the cops, but second class citizens (the rest of us) get more scrutiny. Show me a case of a cop’s kid killing themselves accidentally with a gun and them being charged. If it is a cops kid there are no charges. A normal citizen will get a negligent homicide charge.
An off duty cop killed a jogger here recently and there were no charges. They are held to a lower standard than the rest of us, and that is dead on accurate, sir.
I’ll repeat myself. Grand juries are used by prosecutors when the prosecutor believes a crime has been committed. Pretty simple and straightforward sentence that neither expresses approval or disapproval.
Depends 0on the state, jurisdiction, etc. Who are “they” by the way?
LOL!!!!! Excellent!
Absolutely right.
He has provided a much needed counterpoint to those who believe that burglary is a low risk profession.
In my experience, grand juries are an outrage.
In other words no matter what the cop does you are gonna bitch.
Many times they are. How many times, in your experience, have you been indicted?
My point is, generall and practically speaking, whatever citizens do, we’re not afforded the same presumptions.
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