What the hell is wrong with Americans?

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

It could actually be an accident and he still goes to jail. Sometimes accidents are crimes. He shouldn't have had that twitchy finger on the trigger,

The stinky thing is, before anyone knew anything, the police were telling people the body was 'dumped' there. If they could have gotten by with it, they would have swept it under the rug.

Yup....maybe the SYG law needs an "Eye for an Eye" law tacked onto it for cases found to be BS.......

[whell]

As tragic as this story is, it needs to be kept in sad perspective with what happens in Detroit on a fairly routine basis.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

[donquixote99]

What do you mean, "in perspective?"

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by whell

As tragic as this story is, it needs to be kept in sad perspective with what happens in Detroit on a fairly routine basis.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

Yes, Detroit is crime ridden. So is Chicago and Oakland.
This is a case of an innocent woman seeking help and getting her head blown off for knocking on someone's door.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

As tragic as this story is, it needs to be kept in sad perspective with what happens in Detroit on a fairly routine basis.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

Do you always have to be the Devil's advocate, Mike?

[BlueStreak]

I don't buy the "accident" crap. I think he was just another idiot who thought the castle doctrine meant he could shoot anyone who stepped foot on his property. I don't know this, but...............

It's another case where there are only two witnesses and one is dead. Sad, very sad.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

It's happened before. In Warren, Ohio, 2008, two Obama campaign workers were shot on the sidewalk as they approached a mans home. By his own testimony, he saw them coming up the sidewalk with campaign signs in their hands, he stepped out onto the porch and shot them. No words were exchanged. One of the victims died.

He tried to invoke the Castle Doctrine.

IIRC, it didn't fly.

I remember that! The guy was a loon, and had signs all over his property saying don't come in the yard iirc.

Pete

[CarlV]

KGO had a story about Oakland schools getting shot detectors. Great move, those things work well in various spots they are used around here. They also noted that there have been 85 school shootings this year.


Carl

[donquixote99]

Wha? Aren't they for enforcing the vaccination policy?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I remember that! The guy was a loon, and had signs all over his property saying don't come in the yard iirc.

Pete

Yeah, but the thing was they weren't really on his property, they were on that strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street; public property. So, the "No Trespassing" signage meant nothing.