🎼She had hair like Jeanie Shrimpton, back in 1965....
Posted on 12/29/2023 8:40:14 AM PST by george76
Some law is strange.
I think NJ was the last state to abolish its fleeing felon statute as it relates to shooting felons on the run.
The proper answer is, “I was in fear for my life and have nothing else to say until my lawyer is at my side.”
If you broke into the store, just because you are running away does not somehow protect you from getting shot. You should still be considered a threat.
Now the guy doing the shooting was not supposed to own a firearm......charge him for that.
And please don’t say you should expect to get shot. You should expect to be killed. Dead. Finished.
“Although none of them shot Johnson themselves, the three face murder and burglary charges.”
The prosecutor is right. The shooter knew he was in the wrong which is why he and his brother tampered with evidence.
Don’t do that. If you shoot someone, don’t answer questions. Get a lawyer. You’ll be able to figure out your best possible defense if you need one.
Also, as quoted from the article above, the perps who survived are facing murder charges for the actions of the shooter. Why? They involved him in a crime that caused his death. Doesn’t matter that they did not pull the trigger.
The shooter has some culpability. But so do the robbers.
Only shoot someone when you reasonably believe they are a threat to your life or the lives of others at that moment. In some cases, you might have the right to shoot to stop someone who is in the act of committing a crime. But I’d be very certain of the right to do so before pulling the trigger.
Well I did not pronounce him guilty and there are no actual facts out yet, so I think I’ll wait to see how it shakes out.
I would point out from my review of HAM CO clerk of courts website that Mr. Thacker has an extensive criminal record and has heretofore managed to escape prison despite violent assaults involving handguns. And with eight charges pending against him he is out and about and set to be adjudicated before the Hon Wendy Cross (read Keith Ellison) for about 6 cases of felonious assault with a handgun.
So if she erred on the safe side, the grand jury can ignore it or “let em walk” Hon Wendy Cross can bond him out for $1 and an scheduled but not available ankle monitor.
I believe you.
She is prosecuting him for shooting someone in the back as they ran away and no longer constituted a threat. That is the issue. That and being a felon in possession of a gun, which is apparently the law in OH.
🎼She had hair like Jeanie Shrimpton, back in 1965....
The judicial system continues to fail the people they are hired to protect. The release criminals back out on the streets to cause crime over and over. When a citizen defends themselves, they are expected to do everything perfectly or they will go to prison but not the criminals. Once an average person is forced to shoot, they are stressed beyond reason and at that point are not in complete control over their senses. Hence I say he goes free.
The armed drug dealer felon was a felon selling drugs with a firearm. Sorry, that’s too many strikes, he should go to jail for life for being an armed felon. And what’s a felon doing selling drugs, even if supposedly “legal”?
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