Posted on 11/23/2004 5:04:30 AM PST by new cruelty
TRENTON - Minutes after four young men robbed a Hiltonia resident of $1,500 cash Sunday night and threatened to rape his teenage daughters, one of the suspects lay dead under the victim's sport utility vehicle on nearby Route 29.
The unidentified young man was killed after he jumped from his car and began shooting at the SUV driven by Robert O'Neal, 54, who had given chase.
O'Neal ran him over, police said. "I didn't mean for this to happen," O'Neal said yesterday, fighting back tears. "I'm a single parent with two daughters. They had my credit cards, my wallet. They knew where I lived."
A union iron worker with Local 68, O'Neal has lived in the Hiltonia section of the city almost two decades.
"This (criminal activity) has got to stop," he said. "If we don't stand up for ourselves, it won't stop."
Detectives said yesterday that the four men robbed O'Neal in front of his home about 9 p.m. Sunday.
The dead man's identity had not been disclosed last night.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Oh man.......I said I wasn't going to cry......
ROTFLOL! ahem.. sorry... I don't mean to laugh at your grief.
<< One of the robbers then jumped from the car, which had been disabled by the collisions, and began firing at O'Neal's SUV, the report said.
While O'Neal can't remember what happened next, police and a gas station attendant at the Sunoco across the street from the crash said the SUV ran over the gunman.
"Right now, you could say this is in self-defense," Medina said. "The suspect shot more than once (at O'Neal). Definitely the (robbery) victim felt like his life was in immediate danger."
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Self defense indeed. He did a good thing by giving chase, and it led to a self defense situation. No one should be placed in the situation this citizen/father found himself. The ones to pay should exclusively be the perps. The community and the law should wrap its arms around the father.
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It's a damn shame he didn't get all four of them....
Couldn't help but notice the MSM didn't identify the ethnicity of the four young men?
I'm guessing they weren't caucasian; Otherwise, they'd have been id'd as such in the article by MSM in BIG BOLD CAPTIAL LETTERS WITH LIGHTS AND BANNERS.
Good point.
My bad.
From the article posted-
Police are searching for a black male about 6-foot-1 with a medium build who is known by the nickname "Black."
Anyone with information can contact Detective Lt. Robert Cochran at (609) 989-4153 or the Trenton police confidential tip-line at (609) 989-3663.
Maybe Local 68 will deal with the other three perps.
A great American! Damn criminals think they can take anything they want, without repercussions? Guess again idiots. My hat is off to this patriot! A few more cases like this, where we put a medal on him, and the country will be headed the right way!
Cue 'In a Yugo' by Paul Shanklin.
Seems to me he needs to re-zero his SUV, it appears to be about three clicks off at 100 yards.
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That sounds like good advice to me.
I'll only reinforce it by adding that cops, ultimately, are agents of the state- the very state that wants to charge and prosecute you.
Everything will be used against you, so shut the hell up- even if the question is "Do you know how fast you were going?"
"But they drove with pride ..."
I Mr O'neill remembers, the abilty, opportunity and jepoardy criteria. Sir, you are a credit + to the lawyer profession. Lifetime NRA member.
LOL!
Yeah, his Battlefield Zero was off. Maybe his rear sight was up for a 500 yd shot and he forgot to reset his BZO.
Hey, he nabbed ONE, better than NONE!
"I didn't mean for this to happen," O'Neal said yesterday, fighting back tears."
That's too bad that the guy is upset. Seems like he should be proud of himself. Hope he gets some support.
Even when an officer pulls you over and asks to search your car.
1. NO SIR, YOU MAY NOT SEARCH ME OR MY CAR.
2. THEN, ASK THEM: "AM I FREE TO GO?"
Then, LEAVE THE AREA!
His being distraught over the fact that he was put in a position to and that he took another human life is what seperates him from the scum.
Thanks, but actually, we have a defense atty come in, I am merely an instructor. I have met some slimey scummy lawyers in my life but this guy is top notch. He is an NRA member and ESPOUSES OUR cause. Nice guy.
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