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Father and son are beaten to death by burglar with a baseball bat as 10-year-old grandson calls 911 and locks himself in bathroom
Daily Mail ^ | 7/31/20

Posted on 08/02/2020 11:40:04 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

Ezekiel Hopkins, 34, faces charges of murder and aggravated assault Hopkins is accused of bludgeoning to death John Savey, 61, and injuring his wife, Lisa, and also killing their 30-year-old son, James Police in Florida say the couple confronted Hopkins as he was trying to steal their car

John and Lisa's 10-year-old grandson called 911 to report the attack and hid in the bathroom

Hopkins was hospitalized after possibly ingesting bleach before police arrived

Court records in Orange County indicate that Hopkins has a prior history of arrests on felony charges dating back to at least 2009.

He was previously convicted of violating a protection order, resisting an officer and tampering with evidence.

In 2012, Hopkins was acquitted of battery and aggravated stalking.

According to his LinkedIn page, John Savey had served as managing partner at Longview Outdoor Advertising Company for the past 20 years. A man has been accused of beating to death a Florida homeowner and his adult son with a baseball bat while trying to steal a car.

Officers were summoned to a home in the 2900 block of Sunbittern Court in Windemere on Thursday night after getting a 911 call from the slain homeowner's 10-year-old grandson reporting a violent burglary in progress.

A dispatcher instructed the child to hide in a bathroom until police arrived. The boy was unharmed.

The suspect, identified as Ezekiel Hopkins, 34, was found inside another bathroom in the victim's home.

A preliminary investigation has revealed that Hopkins was allegedly trying to steal

a vehicle at around 11pm when he was confronted by the owners, John and Lisa Savey, both aged 61, reported WFTV.

Police said the intruder bludgeoned John to death with a baseball bat, then chased his wife into the house and attacked her as well, inflicting serious injuries.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; blackonwhitecrime; blacksupremacy; ezekielhopkins; florida; jamessavey; johnsavey; lissaveya; obamasfault; orangecounty; sunbitterncourt; theusualsuspect; windemere
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To: Altura Ct.
"A preliminary investigation has revealed that Hopkins was allegedly trying to steal a vehicle at around 11pm when he was confronted by the owners, John and Lisa Savey, both aged 61, reported WFTV."

Bad move going outside unarmed, depending on State/Local Castle Doctrine. They should have just let him take the car. If he were to enter the home, that's a different matter. That's when the monster would have found it's not good to bring a bat to a 12guage gunfight.

Good for the grandson for following directions. So sorry for the kid's loss. This just shows these savages are everywhere. Look at the nice home. This wasn't a ghetto suburb.

41 posted on 08/02/2020 12:45:58 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: joma89; All

“The msm really is the enemy, folks.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nW-IPrzM1g

Sleep soundly in your bed tonight, media. Just sayin’.


42 posted on 08/02/2020 12:46:35 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: cabbieguy

why wait to 3?
These _lack animals cannot be reformed. They need to disappear


43 posted on 08/02/2020 12:48:50 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: GOPJ

Ask your representative why the prisons weren’t emptied during the Y2K crisis. Keeping them in under those circumstances was cruel and unusual.


44 posted on 08/02/2020 12:51:36 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Sapwolf

Florida was first to initiate the castle doctrine. These people were not prepared it would seem to me.

The law would allow them to use deadly force if their lives were threatened in their home, RV or vehicle


45 posted on 08/02/2020 12:52:19 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Leaning Right

That’s why I carry the bags in one hand and not tie up both hands.


46 posted on 08/02/2020 12:52:57 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Altura Ct.

Wow, sad story. Wonder how they attracted the killer’s attention.


47 posted on 08/02/2020 12:53:14 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Can’t believe FL is letting these thugs out of jail.


48 posted on 08/02/2020 12:53:16 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Hiden Biden is Outta Time)
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To: Altura Ct.

Wow, sad story. Wonder how they attracted the killer’s attention.


49 posted on 08/02/2020 12:53:39 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Leaning Right

Have one bag full of canned beans and tomatoes in your strong side hand. Have the clerk double bag it.


50 posted on 08/02/2020 12:57:39 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Why would you confront a car thief without a firearm in your hand or against your shoulder?


51 posted on 08/02/2020 12:59:40 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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To: KevinB
But here lies the problem.

Anyone who shoots someone for attempting to steal a car has opened himself a new can of worms. (Unless you're in the car, you're not going to be able to argue "self-defense".)

It used to be that you only needed to carry the musket or bow and arrows when you left the fort or the kingdom; it was understood that everyone inside the fortress/kingdom was a friendly, and that you weren't going to have to use deadly force to protect yourself from your fellow citizen.

But here in America, we have come to accept that the person we cross paths with might do us harm and as a consequence, we think it's perfectly normal to walk around inside the kingdom carrying a musket. (We see the musket as a normal solution.)

Unfortunately, as the couple in St. Louis recently discovered, the same State that is either unwilling or unable to protect you against violence from your fellow citizen will turn on YOU in a heartbeat and prosecute YOU for not having an "i" dotted or a "t" crossed.

This whole experiment in a democratic republic might have looked great on paper some 250 years ago, but I think it's becoming more apparent by the day (if not by the hour) that it's increasingly unworkable.

One suspects that Ben Franklin had his doubts when he uttered his words, "A republic, if you can keep it." The sad fact is that our system places an inordinate amount of weight on the individual citizen to comport himself or herself in a particular manner and without that, it's simply unsustainable.

52 posted on 08/02/2020 1:09:06 PM PDT by Captain Walker
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To: Altura Ct.

So.....

If you are the victim of a crime, you’re supposed to retreat.

If you are the thief, then you don’t have to retreat.

You just beat two guys to death with a baseball bat.

I’m guessing it didn’t take just one blow to each victim’s head to kill him.

Probably multiple blows.

Rage.

Rage for getting caught stealing a car?

Nope.

Brainwashed rage.


53 posted on 08/02/2020 1:25:05 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Altura Ct.

IF YOU DON’T READ ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE NOVEMBER 3, READ THIS!
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/07/america_youve_really_had_a_wonderful_life.html


54 posted on 08/02/2020 1:27:08 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: cabbieguy
Time to bring back 3 strikes and your out, life sentence for 3rs conviction of crimes of violence.

The "Three Strikes" laws had horrific consequences. Criminals with two strikes would kills victims and get into crazy shootouts with police because they didn't want to go to prison for life.

55 posted on 08/02/2020 1:34:02 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: KevinB
In the shit-hole called Connecticut you will go to prison if you go outside to confront a criminal. Even when they break into your house the brain dead politicians want you to retreat to a back room and hide from the intruder. It's ridiculous.
56 posted on 08/02/2020 1:51:21 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: Spok

I believe they already consider reporting on the race of the perpetrator to be racist.

A search of the article does not reveal the word black or the word white.


57 posted on 08/02/2020 2:19:53 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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To: KevinB

“It’s a bad idea to confront a thug trying to steal your car without having a firearm with you.”

Unless you can grab thw phucker by the throat and rip his effing tongue out with your other hand.
Yeah, for most, give up your shiite.

Me? There will blood. That basetards blood all over everything and me smiling the whole time.

And then, two taps to the head.


58 posted on 08/02/2020 2:21:23 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: EEGator
Says it all. Governement supplied statistics, so it isn't a mystery:

These are government statistics at the FBI UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) website. The graphic above shows how I selected data to look at so it isn't a mystery, and someone can't say I twisted the statistics to make my point.

People on the Left would no doubt say these are twisted, but then again, the truth is twisted (and broken) by them on a daily basis, so I would expect nothing less.

59 posted on 08/02/2020 2:28:13 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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To: americas.best.days...

Picture I saw was a gated community in Windemere. $$$

As they say, buy guns and ammo, and know how to use them.


I noticed that, too. That Tiger Wood’s old stomping grounds. Very odd that the victim didn’t have long guns to defend themselves/property in that neighborhood.


60 posted on 08/02/2020 2:34:43 PM PDT by lodi90
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