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Dead criminal’s family whines that Dallas homeowner didn’t warn home invader before shooting him
Bearing Arms.com ^ | 6/12/14

Posted on 06/12/2014 12:12:08 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Lakesha Thompson sports a particularly warped view of the entitlement mindset:

An elderly man shot and killed a would-be burglar inside his Oak Cliff home.

Police say the homeowner saw Deyfon Pipkins, 33, trying to climb into the window and fired his weapon at least once at the intruder.

The homeowner is legally protected by the Castle Doctrine, which allows a person to defend his or her home against an intruder.

“It means they don’t actually have to retreat once someone comes in their home,” Sergeant Calvin Johnson, Dallas Police Department, said. “You have the option of using deadly force if you believe your life is in danger.”

After police notified relatives of Pipkins’ death, some showed up at the house. They were upset, and questioned the homeowner’s actions.

“He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said. “He could have let him know that he did have a gun on his property and he would use it in self-defense.”

Pipkins had a lengthy criminal record. He served time in prison and was convicted of theft, possession of a Controlled Substance and criminal trespassing.

Thompson almost seems to view home invasion as a “no-harm, no foul” game until someone in her family earns a bullet as a result of his criminal activity.

It bears noting that the homeowner had been robbed repeatedly before this incident.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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Hey, Lakesha,

go move to Southern Croatia, where you can, ahem, CRIMEA River.
1 posted on 06/12/2014 12:12:08 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Deyfon Pipkins

You would be correct.

2 posted on 06/12/2014 12:13:54 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Impala64ssa

“Pipkins had a lengthy criminal record. He served time in prison and was convicted of theft, possession of a Controlled Substance and criminal trespassing.”

As always.

And guess what: HE WOULDN’T BE DEAD IF HE WAS IN JAIL WHERE HE OBVIOUSLY BELONGED!


3 posted on 06/12/2014 12:14:41 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name (\w)
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To: Impala64ssa
She's absolutely right.

But, by the same token, Deyfon Pipkins should have submitted his burglary request in writing no later than two weeks before his planned break-in.

4 posted on 06/12/2014 12:14:58 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Impala64ssa

Time To Die or Make My Day or You won’t Be Back ?


5 posted on 06/12/2014 12:15:20 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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They wanted a warning? I'd have given him a warning shot, but...


6 posted on 06/12/2014 12:15:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Impala64ssa
Pipkins had a lengthy criminal record.

Enough said, he knew the risk and was willing to die. His choice, and a homeowner helped him finish the game of life the crook played. Lakesha can pound sand (or dirt).

7 posted on 06/12/2014 12:16:48 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Impala64ssa

For some cultures, robbing is an acceptable vocation.

The victim defending himself is view as workplace negligence.


8 posted on 06/12/2014 12:17:31 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: molson209
Time To Die or Make My Day or You won’t Be Back ?

"Say goodnight."

"I'm sending you to a better place.

"I saw him coming through my window, so I fired a warning shot through his medulla oblongata."

9 posted on 06/12/2014 12:18:07 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Impala64ssa

10 posted on 06/12/2014 12:18:23 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Impala64ssa

Due to the increase in price and scarcity of ammunition, a warning shot will no longer be given.

If I were the homeowner, I would be on the lookout for retaliation by the relatives.


11 posted on 06/12/2014 12:18:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: wideawake
But, by the same token, Deyfon Pipkins should have submitted his burglary request in writing no later than two weeks before his planned break-in.

Perhaps he did but mistakenly placed it at the City Hall display department in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

12 posted on 06/12/2014 12:20:28 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Proudly posting before reading the whole article since 2001.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Too bad so sad. If there were more men like this gentleman, there would be fewer deadbeats going around robbing people.

Break into someone’s house and take your chances.

He couldn’t have not known that.


13 posted on 06/12/2014 12:20:31 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: wideawake
submitted his burglary request in writing

dint no how 2 rite

shud hab pick up deyfon an cald n adfanse

14 posted on 06/12/2014 12:21:13 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Impala64ssa

Ahem. Crimea is in Ukraine.


15 posted on 06/12/2014 12:23:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Just wait until the thousands of illegals begin their “home invasion” routines and then have assigned government attorneys. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.


16 posted on 06/12/2014 12:23:30 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Just a Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: Impala64ssa

Well Lakesha, Deyfon got the same warning that he gave the homowner he was about to rob.

By the way, Lakesha, I’m sure you are proud of the way you raised your son.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 12:23:47 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Impala64ssa
“He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said. “He could have let him know that he did have a gun on his property and he would use it in self-defense.”

How that plays out:

"Hey you! I have a gun on my property and ..."

BANG!

"Ugggh! Grgghlr...[thud]"
18 posted on 06/12/2014 12:25:28 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If youÂ’re litigating against nuns, youÂ’ve probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Impala64ssa

Another aspiring rapper cut down before his first album.


19 posted on 06/12/2014 12:26:54 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Um, did anyone else notice the part about how members of the dead burglar’s family showed up at the house where he’d been shot???

It strikes me as a reprisal tactic on the part of the ferals.


20 posted on 06/12/2014 12:29:50 PM PDT by tanknetter
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