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77-Year-Old Oakland Homeowner Fatally Shoots Burglary Suspect, Gets Arrested
RVM News ^ | June 12, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 06/12/2024 3:16:29 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Bob Wills is still the king
And if you do talk to the police you are still getting arrested.

I always remember the Texas security guard. He talked to the police. It was a good shoot. The jury said it was a good shoot. After he had sat in jail for two years.

41 posted on 06/12/2024 10:03:42 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Red Badger
Reports indicate that the homeowner encountered a harrowing situation when two men and a woman arrived at his property in a stolen Infiniti Q40. Eyewitnesses recall observing the trio trespass onto the premises, with one of the men wielding a crowbar. The peaceful tranquility of the neighborhood was shattered by the sound of a gunshot, signaling the onset of a series of alarming events Responding swiftly to the distress call, law enforcement authorities arrived on the scene to find the homeowner brandishing a stolen Colt Python revolver at the female suspect.

Someone got a new thesaurus for Christmas.

But that someone also doesn't understand that the verb "to brandish" should not be used with a prepositional object.

In other words: One can "brandish" a firearm. But one cannot brandish a firearm at someone.

Regards,

42 posted on 06/12/2024 10:57:16 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Lurker
Beautiful gun. I love shooting it.

Correction: You loved shooting it - before that dreadful boating mishap!

Regards,

43 posted on 06/12/2024 10:59:22 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: heartwood
AI-generated nonsense.

I should have suspected that!

The article isn't quite as jumbled and self-contradictory as it would have been if written by a typical modern leftist journalist.

Regards,

44 posted on 06/12/2024 11:02:16 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

It doesn’t change my disparity of force argument.

Also people do not have the obligation to let the assailants break into the house. Its clear exactly what they were trying to do, armed.


45 posted on 06/12/2024 11:05:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Robert357
Yes, the guy was 77, but how would the guy with the tire iron be portrayed to the jury?

How about 3 suspects show up to the old mans home in a stolen vehicle, they enter his property, one is armed with a tire iron, one is armed with at least a replica firearm....And no doubt these 3 all have prior convictions/criminal records.

How would you portray these suspects if you were defending them?

46 posted on 06/12/2024 11:41:52 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: antidemoncrat

>Ditch the gun and give the perp whatever he wants and the government will then not charge you.

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Then 6 close friends and relatives can carry you to your final resting place.

EC


47 posted on 06/13/2024 3:13:23 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: Lurker

I’ll buy it right now. $25.00 and a great Wendy’s coupon.


48 posted on 06/13/2024 3:17:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Trump's experience? We're next.)
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To: dragnet2

“....How would you portray these suspects if you were defending them?....”

It is how the prosecuting DA will portray this man arrested for murder to the jury. Depending on the skill of the DA, the skill of the defense attorney, and the bias of the jury; any verdict can happen. That is why one needs to be willing to go to jail (i.e. to preserve your life or that of someone important to you) if you use “deadly force.” The legal system is not about “justice” it is all about technicalities.


49 posted on 06/13/2024 8:44:02 AM PDT by Robert357
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Depending on the skill of the DA, the skill of the defense attorney, and the bias of the jury; any verdict can happen.

You bet, never mind justice. It's all about the skill level of corrupt lawyers and government prosecutors and how many white hating jurors they can pad the jury with.

50 posted on 06/13/2024 9:26:48 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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