[JohnSmithee]

"Note that his "friends" here placed no responsibility with the perp, and totally blamed the homeowner (at least in the posts I've read). Also, they have made references to how popular and well-liked he was, which is irrelevant to the events of that night. Furthermore, they have made personal insults at those who disagreed with them. All this leads me to believe that you have a bunch of kids who think that society owes them something and that they can get away with anything."

Are you saying that some of the posters here were involved in an attempted burgalry of this guy's house? If not I don't understand how their comments would in any way affect the truth of what occurred.

[Mulder]

Are you saying that some of the posters here were involved in an attempted burgalry of this guy's house?

My reference to "perps" was based on the part of the article that stated (or implied) there was more than one person involved in this.

If not I don't understand how their comments would in any way affect the truth of what occurred.

It doesn't affect the truth, which is why I keep bringing up real facts like the police didn't arrest the homeowner, instead of talking about how popular or well-liked the perp was.

[longtermmemmory]

Having seen what family will say on behalf of a defendant in court, I can say that friends will cover for each other.

I have seen so called friends come in to testify that they were just "hanging" outside of the empty house in the neighborhood. (aka crackhouse) No they did not have drugs, no their friend did not drop the drugs on the ground, the video only records them joking, it was all an innocent mistake.


We don't have enough information here. Their "truth" is just a bs push which makes a factual judgment of prosecution into mere politics.

Similar whooping and hollaring happened when a juvenile was shot carjacking a man's car in miami. The same antigun arguments came up. (property, who needs a gun, childish prank, nice kid testimonials from friends.) In the end nothing happened.