FL: Relatives of Dead Teen Burglar Defend his Actions

Ammoland ^ | 17 March, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

It is common for the relatives of young criminals to find ways to justify their criminal actions, while at the same time criticizing as illegitimate, the actions of the person who shot them.  We see a clear example of this in the shooting of 17-year-old Trevon Slick Johnson in Florida, 10 March, at about 5:30 p.m.

The 54-year-old homeowner had been repeatedly burglarized.  She was alerted by the alarm system that she had installed.  Police say the woman shot the young burglar after a confrontation outside the home.  She observed him crawling out of a window before he was shot.  Police arrived seconds after the shooting.  Here are some of the words of young Trevon’s relatives. From cbslocal.com:

“What’s wrong with her,” asked Johnson’s sister Nisha Johnson. “She did not have to shoot him.”

“It’s no reason she should have waited until I think he walked out the yard to try to shoot him,” said Harris. “If she called the police already why would she shoot him?”

Relatives said they don’t believe Johnson stole anything from the home but detectives would not confirm that.

“You have to look at it from every child’s point of view that was raised in the hood,” said Harris. “You have to understand… how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.”

Is it bad that a young man was killed in the middle of a burglary?  Yes, it is bad.  I know someone who committed a burglary in high school.  He was caught, returned the property, was frightened of the consequences, and became a productive and upstanding citizen.  I think that people can turn their lives around at

[dfwgator]

Look at the bright side, at least he died doing what he loved.

[MasterGunner01]

Note to parents of this 17-year old wannabe burglar that's now room temperature: your son picked the wrong house and wrong homeowner to confront while engaged in criminal activity. You failed to raise him properly and he died a stupid and avoidable death as a result of his actions. That's too bad for him, but those to blame for his thuggery and criminal actions are you “parents” that support him even now. No, black lives don't matter when they are engaged in B&E of an occupied home. It is the victim's lives that matter and your son's is forfeit.

[Lady Heron]

“You have to look at it from every child’s point of view that was raised in the hood,” said Harris. “You have to understand… how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.”

Seriously????? You train up your child to do right and get a job to support himself....not train him and excuse his breaking into someone's home to steal from them.

This is what 3 or 4 generations on welfare have given America....a useless criminal class that have no future thanks to dems.

[peeps36]

His family should look at it from the lady’s point of view. She was confronted on her property by a criminal who just robbed her house. Was she supposed to offer him milk and cookies?

[sheana]

I ever find someone in my house they’re dead. I won’t try to second guess why they’re there. They’re dead. Simple as that.