Posted on 12/24/2019 4:50:19 AM PST by grundle
A Phoenix father was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter after he beat a man to death outside a Phoenix convenience store in August 2018.
Melvin Harris III, 41, admitted to investigators he punched a man, later identified as Leon Armstrong, outside the QuikTrip on 19th and Dunlap avenues.
Harris had gone to the convenience store to pick up his daughter and her friends when Armstrong asked him for money in the parking lot, police say. After getting money from Harris, Armstrong went inside the QT store.
Harris's daughter and her friends came out of the store and told him that Armstrong tried to get into his daughter's bathroom stall inside.
Police documents say Harris went inside the store and "told a security guard he needed to take care of the situation, or (Harris) would do it himself."
Harris then approached Armstrong outside the store and punched him in the face. With Armstrong on the ground, Harris continued punching and kicking him before driving off, according to police documents.
Armstrong was taken to a hospital with brain swelling and a fractured nose. He was unresponsive and later died, police say.
Harris pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
To Kill a Mockingbird comes to mind.
Nothing really wrong with Mr. Harris letting Mr. Armstrong know that he did not necessarily approve of his actions regarding gender confusion. However, Mr. Harris possibly emphasized his point a bit too strongly for the specific circumstances.
(in other words, he shouldn’t have beaten the shit out of the guy)
Just TCB. I don’t see the problem.
He should have gone to trial. I doubt if a jury would have found him guilty.
Not many juries are gonna convict the guy IF his story is true.
Harris pleaded guilty to manslaughter.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Big mistake. He could have elected for a jury trial and gotten off.
The right jury would have sent him home to his family.
Need some ‘good ole’ boy reasoning.
The molester was found in the river wrapped in chains, and the Sheriff looked around and declared....
Just like old CD, stole more chain than he could swim with.
CASE CLOSED!!
Not enough known about the story,,,,did Armstrong deliberately try to harm the child or did he mistakenly go into the wrong bathroom? Some of those convenience marts only have one bathroom.
> Harris’s daughter and her friends came out of the store and told him that Armstrong tried to get into his daughter’s bathroom stall inside. <
The daughter was out of the store, and thus no longer in immanent danger. So the father was wrong to attack the deviant. He should have just called the cops, and pressed charges.
“After getting money from Harris, Armstrong went inside the QT store”
First of several mistakes by Mr. Harris. Like that famous sign in the park: “don’t feed the bears, it only makes them lazy.”
Nailed it.
No matter how much any of us agree with the outcome, he took it too far. And driving away from the scene only made it worse. Once he made his complaint/issue known to the security guard it was time to sit and wait for the law.
“Not many juries are gonna convict the guy IF his story is true.”
I know, I worry about that too...young girls have been known to make up stories to ruin the lives of men. Perhaps the guy said something that his daughter didn’t like, and so they figured they’d teach him a lesson.
As it is, at least from the story, I would vote to convict as I consider beating him while on the ground akin to shooting someone in the back, after they’ve already been shot in the front and are trying to flee. I normally give a wide latitude, but if a person doesn’t know when to stop, at least within reason, I don’t want him in our society.
What??? Womyn lie???
As in claiming child abuse during a custody battle
As in telling the children that dad is a no good deadbeat
As in claiming rape due to buyer’s remorse
And yes I’m a female who is absoutely disgusted by some of these female actions from the matriarchy, errr, “child” support system to affirmative action.
I think people have an unrealistic idea - from the movies - about the kind of punishment a human body can take. I doubt the guy intended to kill, but that’s just how the beating panned out.
Meanwhile, one punch killings in NYC, out of the clear blue, are being punished with a slap on the wrist. One Irishman punches another in Queens. The recipient ends up in the morgue:
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/danny-mcgee-family-laws-one-punch-death
[Last Friday at Queens Criminal Court, O’Brien pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison. He tearfully expressed his sorrow to the McGee family, and will return to court in January to begin serving his sentence.]
The charge to which he pleaded guilty? Misdemeanor assault. If the case had gone to trial, the perp faced a maximum of 1 year in prison.
He pleaded guilty. It is quite a different story then I was expecting. I thought the guy was going to be in the stall with the daughter but the guy never made it in. The guy who pleaded guilty should have just called the police as no danger was going on at the time. Or at least let a jury figure it out.
[I know, I worry about that too...young girls have been known to make up stories to ruin the lives of men. Perhaps the guy said something that his daughter didn’t like, and so they figured they’d teach him a lesson.]
I’ve been called to Jury duty twice in the last 6 months. Both times the case has been settled before trial. I hope I get a case like this so I can nullify this BS.
None of us was there.
never plead guilty to that... always face a jury... i vote to acquit every time.
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