Posted on 06/27/2023 4:11:23 AM PDT by Salman
If you can’t shoot a witness.....then whats the use in living??
Putting blacks in jail is now criminal behavior
From the description, it seems that this woman is a psycho killer and turned her 14-year-old into one.
They seem like black street thugs, the usual, don’t dis me killers.
BS! That is NOT self-defense any longer.
The mother might claim temporary insanity (stupidity?) from all the blows she took to the head.
So it gets me thinking that either there is selective prosecution or there is an inalienable right to self defense and defense of one’s family. Or something else. I’m no lawyer. So which is it?
That young man is 14 years old. It is NOT legal in the State of Illinois for a 14 year old to possess a handgun. He doesn’t have a FOID card, which is needed in Illinois to posses a handgun, or ANY firearm.
Self defense my a**. In Illinois, shooting someone in the back doesn’t count as self defense, especially if the person being shot is running away.
This is wrong on so many levels. BUT, it’s Chicago, so……
BS! That is NOT self-defense any longer.
You are absolutely right.
There’s got to be more to this story since “emerging evidence” is the reason to drop the charges.
I’m guessing the parties involved knew each other. It’s possible Brown had threatened to go to Hood’s place to attack someone else.
EC
As a juror, I will not convict anyone of any felony in connection with taking out the trash.
Sure it is, you see if the son did not do the deed to Bootsie, well one day Bootsie most likely would pay back the mom and son.... so the mom was just taking care of future problems. Isn’t Chicago great!
The statement didn’t specify what the new evidence is, but it comes after video surfaced over the weekend that appears to show Jeremy Brown, the man who was killed, punching Hood immediately before he was shot June 18.
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Rush to judgment by video:
1. We need to see the new evidence and compare it to the old evidence.
2. And what is meant by “immediately” before the shooting?
“The mother might claim temporary insanity (stupidity?) from all the blows she took to the head.”
That’s the best explanation I’ve seen.
South Side of Chicago...a man named Brown...
I could be mistaken. I thought I did read where he had a legal license and proper firearm and if I got it mixed up, I apologize.
I believe you would be correct. A 14 year old cannot legally own a firearm in Illinois.
Good catch.
It’s a good thing the kid had a gun so he could shoot the guy that “dissed” his mother in the back. The cops probably wouldn’t have come anyway. sarc/
No prob.
I have a concealed carry permit here in Illinois. I’m no expert on the law, but I’m pretty sure I know know what “self defense” is in this messed up state…
Another thing…Mom should be in trouble as well for ordering her son to shoot the guy. The guy who hit her was at fault, too.
Everybody reacted poorly.
I think everyone on this thread is overthinking the “self defense” or “is it legal” arguments.
I think that a man was laying hands on a mother of a boy who had a weapon, probably very little training, questionable self control/discipline and no legal education did what HAD to be done. He HAD to kill the guy.
The reason he HAD to kill the man was that if the man attacking his mom was arrested, wounded, injured or even disrespected, this man WOULD have returned and continued or finished the attack.
That is why you kill attackers/robbers/rapists when they see your face, take your id, live in your neighborhood or know where you live.... they will not release you from their “influence” and will return in order to steal more, kill you as a witness (so they won’t return to prison) or to show others that they are not to be trifled with.
As far as predicting the fate of the mother/son... “they’re not going to live very long” or “they’ll be killed”....Meh, they already lived with that threat and have lived with that type of threat from the time that kid was born. It’s cultural and is what most keyboard, middle class, legal experts and commenters don’t realize.
I grew up in that type of “place” and we NEVER called the cops except if bodies needed to be removed. Not one burglary, strong arm robbery, assault etc... was ever reported by locals... maybe a visitor or relative that didn’t live in the neighborhood would... but not the locals. Of course we were not a very “diverse” neighborhood.
Back in the early 60’s my grandfather was pushed down off a curb and robbed. As teenagers my father (God rest his soul)future Marine and cousin (future superintendent of school district) found the young man, broke his arms and legs with crowbars and left him in the street. My grandfather never owned a car and walked and took the bus for the next 20 years without a bother.
Sending someone to prison is just making sure that they hone their skill set and acquire better training in distributing violence and desensitizing them to violence.
Was it “right” or “justified” or even “legal” to kill that man......If asked by investigators I’d (shrugging my shoulders) say, ...” I don’t know anything and it’s none of my business.”
I have the same problem in my very blue state. But it is pretty clear-you can shoot to remove a threat, but if someone is running away, the threat is considered removed by the law.
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