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Beloved dad shot dead by neighbor after daughter ‘touched the mulch’ while on family walk: report
The New York Post ^ | 08/14/2024 | Isabel Keane

Posted on 08/14/2024 10:40:31 AM PDT by thegagline

A father of two young girls was allegedly shot dead by a neighbor who angrily confronted him after his daughter “touched the mulch” in his yard while the family was on a walk in their suburban Michigan neighborhood.

Nathan Morris, 35, was on a walk with his wife and daughters, ages 2 and 5, near their home in Canton just before noon Saturday when police say their neighbor Deveraux Christopher Johnson, 47, confronted him and the two got into an argument, Fox 2 Detroit reported.

Johnson was reportedly upset that Morris’ daughter “touched the mulch” on his property, the Michigan GOP wrote about Morris, a party member involved in local politics.

The neighbor took a gun out and started threatening the family,” the post alleged.

Nathan sent his family home and said that he would try and [defuse] the situation, but instead was shot and killed.”

Johnson fired multiple times, killing Morris, who was unarmed, prosecutors said.

When Canton police officers arrived, they discovered Morris with a gunshot wound in the street while the suspect had barricaded himself inside his home.

Morris was taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said.

After several orders to surrender, Johnson came out of his house repeatedly saying, “Praise to God Almighty” and was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder and other felonies.

Morris, who worked at Ford as an engineer, recently got into politics and was affiliated with the Michigan GOP in Wayne. ***

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Black on white = blame guns

White on black= relatively rare, blame racism and let the looting begin!

The Victim

And, you guessed correctly. The murderer:


1 posted on 08/14/2024 10:40:31 AM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline
Never try to "defuse the situation" when you have a chance to walk away.

If the person is reasonable there is nothing to defuse and if they are unreasonable you can end up dead.

Any questions?

2 posted on 08/14/2024 10:44:01 AM 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: thegagline

dilbert is right.


3 posted on 08/14/2024 10:44:12 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: thegagline

First Degree Manslaughter.

Maximum sentence in MI State Pen


4 posted on 08/14/2024 10:44:16 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: thegagline
Is that really what he said, or was he ranting about the Hawaiian snackbar?
5 posted on 08/14/2024 10:47:12 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: thegagline
Johnson came out of his house repeatedly saying, “Praise to God Almighty”

Is that really what he said, or was he ranting about the Hawaiian snackbar?

6 posted on 08/14/2024 10:47:24 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: woodbutcher1963

The article says first degree murder. Where are you getting manslaughter?


7 posted on 08/14/2024 10:47:55 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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All you fathers of young families, your responsibility is to stay alive and provide. Avoid confrontation and escalation.


8 posted on 08/14/2024 10:48:37 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: NorthMountain

Great question.


9 posted on 08/14/2024 10:49:07 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: thegagline

Is that a mug shot? I thought jewelry had to be given up? Is that some sort of “winged skull” pendant?


10 posted on 08/14/2024 10:49:20 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: thegagline

You can’t “defuse” crazy and drugged up.


11 posted on 08/14/2024 10:49:31 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: thegagline
From the article…

Johnson, who lived in the neighborhood for 12 years, had on multiple occasions assaulted neighbors, as well as police officers, officials told Fox.

He also has criminal sexual conduct charges from the 1990s.

He should have already been locked up and the key thrown away.

12 posted on 08/14/2024 10:49:35 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

This sounds like a case of mental illness.


13 posted on 08/14/2024 10:49:52 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: BradyLS

Looks like a zipper.


14 posted on 08/14/2024 10:50:33 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: NorthMountain
Is that really what he said, or was he ranting about the Hawaiian snackbar?

[our] god is greater [than your God]

15 posted on 08/14/2024 10:50:43 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: NorthMountain
Is that really what he said, or was he ranting about the Hawaiian snackbar?

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! You win the internet today!

16 posted on 08/14/2024 10:51:05 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, LGBTQs, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: BradyLS

um ... I think that’s the zipper on his shirt ...


17 posted on 08/14/2024 10:51:38 AM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: NorthMountain

That would a passable translation, I think.🧐


18 posted on 08/14/2024 10:52:01 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: hole_n_one

I’ll bet Johnson still gets to vote in November if not before.


19 posted on 08/14/2024 10:52:16 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Gene Eric; Harmless Teddy Bear

This sicko looney toon would’ve likely shot this dad in the back, regardless of what might/might NOT have been said.

We have no idea if that’s exactly what might have happened.

Where are you seeing that there was any “confrontation”?

This whacko is unhinged.


20 posted on 08/14/2024 10:52:33 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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