He should have had one of these...
Posted on 01/02/2003 11:59:45 AM PST by toothless
He should have had one of these...
Regardless of what really happened, this is a true statement.
If this is true(and who knows if it is), then this Toomey guy seems just a little odd.
But I do wonder whether a private citizen would have been in custody for defending his home in like manner.
Save your opinions about what is "odd" unless you know something about the situation- which you don't (that seems to be the rule on these online forums- the less you know, the more certain you are of what is right, wrong, or "odd").
Regardless of what really happened, this is a true statement.
How do you figure? Someone hits you with a metal pole, in the dark of night, on your property. You respond with deadly force (in fear of your life) and go to jail?
Maybe in California or Massachusetts, but not in any free states.
A regular guy? Regardless of what happened that summer night, I would hardly describe this kid as a regular guy.
1)
The following years brought typical city kid troubles -- scuffles and a scrape with the law. Walking home from a party one night, he got stabbed in the gut. In December 2000 -- five months before Robinson's slaying -- cops busted him for possession of crack.What part of this (other than the "scuffles") was typical city kid troubles, A scrape with the law is typical? Getting stabbed in the gut is typical? Getting busted for crack is typical? That line is nonsense.
Then there's 2)
"... . He could just shoot him in the knee or the shoulder and he'd still be alive."This is, to me, a display of ignorance of what it's like to be facing what looks like a deadly assault at 2 AM. Once you start shooting, you shoot until the threat is gone -- and when you're under assault, you're judgment is not the most subtle.
Police aren't necesarily sharp shooters. It doesn't take a significant amount of time for somebody armed with a pole to close a 7 yard gap and take out your shooting hand and your gun. And at seven yards or even closer, a 9mm isn't necessarily going to bring your assailant to an immediate halt.
While I HOPE if were ever in such a situation, I'd disable rather than kill my assailaint -- and that I'd stop shooting when he was down, I don't think anyone can guarantee how he'd react faced with a drunken assailant carrying a metal pole at 2 AM or thereabouts.
People see Clint Eastwood shooting a rope with a rifle and figure a policeman with a 9mm ought to be able to pop a shot in the knee or shoulder of a moving assailant AND that that ought to stop him. It just ain't so.
A quote from your homepage. Let me try to educate you- apparently Florida has a completely different legal system than the rest of the couintry. The "JURY" does not "prove" anything- that is the job of the State, represented by the Prosecutor. Also, just why is it important that ANYONE prove ANYTHING about this case to you- were you on the jury? Seems unlikely- although you could probably have qualified on voir dire (they were looking for really dim bulbs).
I don't want to seem to be piling on, but you seem to have made an assumption that Ron Goldman was romantically involved. I watched the entire trial, and that allegation was never substantiated. Do you just jump to conclusions, or do you get your legal advice from the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS???
Posters like you are causing me to drop Free Republic- I'm sick and tired of stupid articles being posted, and the often sub-moronic reponses.
Posters like you are causing me to drop Free Republic- I'm sick and tired of stupid articles being posted, and the often sub-moronic reponses.
Funny that you did not address my comment, but something on my profile.
Let's see. I'm drunk, scared, and running for my life from this gang that's probably going to kill me. They "confronted" me, so how much distance is really between me and them?
50 feet?
100 feet?
100 yards?
And I can't let them catch me, because they WILL kill me. But somehow, I have time to pick up this yellow pole and try to break into 6 random houses along the way to hide from this gang that's right on my tail without them catching up to me.
Oh yeah, that's believable.
Nah... If I was a cop I'd do the same thing. Wash the car in my uniform too. Sends a message out to the [neighbor]hood-- I'm a cop so don't futz wi' me.
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