In this case, a black man approached a truck, claims he saw the elderly white trucker "reach for something," and so shot and killed him. He said he was "in fear for his life" and claimed self-defense (based on nothing it seems to me). He was acquitted.
In the Yarl case, a black youth starts banging on an elderly white man's door at 10 p.m.. The white man was "in fear for his life," and shot and wounded the black youth.
* Seems to me that Yarl had greater cause to fear for his life than did Dunham.
* Yarl wounded the black youth. Dunham killed the white man.
* Yet Dunham was acquitted. Yarl is already convicted by the media, politicians, and "the community."
Sometimes, I can only wonder if Forrest was wrong.
When do the riots start?
Yarl is the kid, not the shooter.
Ralph Yarl was the young black kid who was shot by Andrew Lester.
Oh, I see. /s
It’s called juror nullification. It happened in the OJ case.
Nancy Pelosi: “Andrew Lester will have a chance to prove his innocence...”
Please..
Because you cite a miscarriage of justice, you think Yarl should be acquitted?
I am about done with this nonsense... for nearly 30 years every time some gun owner does something incredibly stupid, folks crawl out of the woodwork trying justify it or blame the person they shot....
Now folks want to play race cards as well to justify the unjutifiable?
Sorry folks, Yarl did a completely unjustifiable thing.. Both legally and morally, and there is no defense for it.
I will defend the right to bare arms, but when a gun owner does something insanely stupid and illegal I am not going to defend them for it. Yarl did a stupid and indefensible, illegal thing, and frankly just given those who want to take away your guns more ammo to try to do so.
Yarl is the kid.
Can't find the make up of the jury, but it's obvious what happened.
I think you're missing a key point. Dunham was charged, and acquitted, of murder because the jury said his actions didn't show malice aforethought.
Andrew Lester, who shot Yarl, wasn't charged with attempted murder, just assult and armed criminal action.
The problem in the Dunham case was overcharging by the prosecutor.
Justice can be served by a mysterious woodchipper event...
I will gladly contribute to a GoFundMyChipper fund for the officer’s family...
Don’t defend Yarl or the other shooter, because it gives gun owners and self defense a bad name.
Yarl was a crazy old man, a “you kids get off my lawn or I’ll kill you” type, and the other guy was younger but known among his neighbors for his difficult behavior.
Today’s environment is difficult for anybody, but when you combine it with somebody who’s clearly been unstable for years, this is what happens.
It has nothing to do with guns or 2A.
The family MUST sue him in civil court and ruin his life.