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Man Who Shot at Car Thief Won't Be Charged(TN)
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| 26 September, 2011
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Posted on 09/27/2012 1:34:13 PM PDT by marktwain
The case of a car theft victim who fired shots at the man who was stealing his truck from a Walmart parking lot went before a grand jury. The grand jury decided there should be NO CHARGES filed in the case.
Desi Arnez Lawrence, 55, apparently laid his keys down in the Brainerd Walmart September 11. Police say that Christopher Goins picked up those keys and headed outside. They say he found Lawrence's truck and was driving off as Lawrence walked outside. When he saw his stolen truck driving off, he pulled a handgun and opened fire at the perpetrator.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; car; defense; tn
Grand Juries are a block against tyranny. Some are catching on.
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:34:16 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Not exactly jury nullification, but close.
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:39:12 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:45:02 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Hopey changey Low emission unicorns and a crap sandwich)
To: marktwain
Goins, you have some ‘splainin’ to do!
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:47:04 PM PDT
by
RPTMS
To: marktwain
Goins, you have some ‘splainin’ to do!
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:47:06 PM PDT
by
RPTMS
To: muir_redwoods
What can you say?
That Cuban had game waaaaay back when.
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:48:10 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: marktwain
The only regret is the difficulty in deciding what to charge the perp. More range time, and the only charge for him would have been the casket.
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posted on
09/27/2012 1:54:31 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(The time is upon us, fish or cut bait, may God guide your heart.)
To: marktwain
I'm not so sure that this is the proper discharge of a weapon. It's during the daytime in a crowded parking lot. How many shots did he fire and where did the bullets go. Police aren't even allowed to do this in most cases.
Some states's laws distinguish between night and day useage. Since this was daytime, the owner of the vehicle would have been prevented from using his weapon to fire at the vehicle.
To: marktwain
Wow. A glimmer of sanity in Bizarro America. Nice.
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:08:00 PM PDT
by
cld51860
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: marktwain
Shooting at a moving vehicle in a Wal-Mart parking lot, like leaving your car keys on a counter, is not a smart move.
If he missed and hit a toddler or other innocent bystander, this would not have gone so well for him.
Everyone involved was very fortunate.
To: marktwain
Charged with what? Interfering with a robbery?
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:36:51 PM PDT
by
Burkean
(.)
To: marktwain
It doesn’t say the perp was hit, so this guy needs more range time.
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:43:05 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO GTFO!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
nixing it at the grand jury saves a lot of time and money
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:12:27 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: marktwain
Glad he didn’t hit any innocent bystanders.
Also hope he didn’t mess up his truck too much.
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:40:14 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: marktwain
So, did Goins just stop or what? No details about how he got captured.
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:43:04 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Burkean
Charged with what? Interfering with a robbery? Reckless endangerment of bystanders in the parking lot, most likely.
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:46:05 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
To: Uncle Chip
Police aren't even allowed to do this in most cases. So? Police are hardly a standard to use.
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posted on
09/27/2012 5:57:08 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: marktwain
Some common sense for once!
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posted on
09/28/2012 9:21:21 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
To: marktwain
Some common sense for once!
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posted on
09/28/2012 9:21:37 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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