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Seattle teen kills man for cellphone — then complains the device is too cheap: cops
NY Daily News ^ | 3/6/14 | SASHA GOLDSTEIN /

Posted on 03/07/2014 5:56:25 AM PST by jimbo123

A Seattle teen shot and killed a man for his cellphone — then went to a friend’s house and complained the stolen gizmo wasn’t nice enough, police say.

Byron White, 17, now faces charges as an adult for killing David Peterson last month in the Washington city’s Greenwood neighborhood.

White was on the lam for a week after the shooting until cops caught up to him at the airport last weekend as the boy tried to board a flight to Atlanta, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.

“David Peterson went out for a walk around the neighborhood after dinner and never returned, ” King County prosecuting attorney Dan Satterberg said in a statement. “He was a random victim from a chance encounter with a dangerous young man. That the evidence shows he was murdered for his cellphone by a teenager with a gun makes this all the more tragic and senseless.”

The Ballard High School student approached Peterson, 54, around 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and punched him in the head in a robbery attempt, the Post-Intelligencer reported.

Peterson fought back and went to a parking lot, where he called 911 to report the attempted theft. But as Peterson spoke, he saw White coming back for him and warned the dispatcher his attacker was returning.

The dispatcher heard Peterson tell his alleged attacker that he was not going to hand over the phone when the line suddenly went dead, the newspaper reported.

Responding officers found Peterson dead, shot once in the chest. The suspect had fled the scene, but cops found one 9-mm. bullet casing on scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: byronwhite; crime; davidpeterson; seattle
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To: from occupied ga

I don’t know. But I’d like to see some actual statistics. As cynical as I am, I’m not willing to simply assume actual incarceration rates have remained static or gotten shorter

Over the last twenty years, sentences of ‘Life Without Parole’ for murderers have increased significantly in many States. Not the usual liberal bastions, of course, but I’d be interested in knowing if there has been any real shifts in the national averages.

I’ll see what I can find if you will...


41 posted on 03/07/2014 6:56:56 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: skinkinthegrass

Ferals are out there. Be aware...carry.


42 posted on 03/07/2014 6:58:21 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen
thanks, always am..carry an cane..and i'm trained w/it
for 20 yrs, am very receptive to the Springfield XHD.
when i hit 'em, they'll scream for the ELOs/ambulance.

43 posted on 03/07/2014 7:04:37 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: from occupied ga

I found this:

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2045

The information is not laid out as simply as the 1995 report you posted, but the 2009 data seems to indicate significantly longer median prison times for convicted murderers than reported in 1995. It’s going to take a bit of time for me to determine whether any of this data can be validly compared to the 1995 report, and I cannot do it right now, but I thought I’d post the link just in case you are interested.

PS - The longer incarceration times indicated by this data are STILL not long enough, in my opinion.


44 posted on 03/07/2014 7:05:47 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: WayneS
2009 Average is up for all violent crimes, but no breakout for murder
45 posted on 03/07/2014 7:07:21 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: jimbo123

Pathetic piece of humanity.

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46 posted on 03/07/2014 7:12:22 AM PST by Mears
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To: from occupied ga

Thanks!

That looks like interesting stuff. Especially since it’s state-by-state


47 posted on 03/07/2014 7:12:33 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: from occupied ga
Where are the loud mouthy black "activists" and their sychophantic media screaming outrage over the death of Peterson?

Peterson was only white, and therefore disposable. Now, when someone like Trayvon dies, he's so very, very precious we should all be in mourning.

48 posted on 03/07/2014 7:14:35 AM PST by Nea Wood (When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.-Sowell)
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To: Nea Wood
if identified, (the) public should defecate on the "feral" grave, repeatedly.
show them no peace, even @ the gravesite, Saint Travon should be the first.

49 posted on 03/07/2014 7:36:44 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: jimbo123

Who paid for his plane ticket to Atlanta? Any arrests for aiding and abetting?


50 posted on 03/07/2014 7:44:16 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: jimbo123
Fly his punk ass 50 miles out to sea and throw him out of the helo from 3,500 feet. No muss, fuss, bother, and residue. The fish get to dine well.
51 posted on 03/07/2014 7:46:02 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: MeshugeMikey

Punch in the head, close range bullet in the chest. Anything less isn’t justice. Oh- at the scene of the crime too. Eventually sanitation will pick up the carcass.


52 posted on 03/07/2014 7:54:05 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: WayneS

It is Washington State, My FRiend, if he gets 30 days it is considered a long term. If the guy he murdered happened to be White he will be considered a local hero by the media for striking a blow for justice and Travon Martin.


53 posted on 03/07/2014 8:00:48 AM PST by sport
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To: ClearBlueSky
Im thinking excruciating public executions might prove a worthy deterrent.

nothing swift and efficient should qualify.
being devoured by ants perhaps?

Id be willing to spring for a few bucks to supportThe Executions Channel!
54 posted on 03/07/2014 8:01:24 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (Jesus came to Save not Entertain / Ground John Kerry Now!)
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To: dsrtsage

They usually the term, “troubled teen” when they kill someone. If the victim happens to kill the “troubled teen”, the “troubled teen” then becomes an aspiring brain surgeon that is “turning his life around”.


55 posted on 03/07/2014 8:17:04 AM PST by sport
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To: jimbo123

bump


56 posted on 03/07/2014 9:30:49 AM PST by dangerdoc (I don't think you should be forced to make the same decision I did even if I know I'm right.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

‘Our president... Barraco Barner’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2575436/Dumb-Britain-Beautician-laughs-Twitter-storm-mistakenly-spelling-Barack-Obama-Barraco-Barner-sparks-inevitable-parody-accounts.html


57 posted on 03/07/2014 11:34:04 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
my misspelling=intentional,,,,




58 posted on 03/07/2014 2:35:09 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (Jesus came to Save not Entertain / Ground John Kerry Now!)
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To: from occupied ga

71 months is sad hopefully his will be a lot longer.


59 posted on 03/07/2014 6:17:26 PM PST by Carry me back
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To: jimbo123

Gads, what a loser.


60 posted on 03/10/2014 11:24:14 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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