Don't carry a stick to a gunfight.
I wonder if things happened exactly as the slimy Mr. Ames says they did.
This shows that the carrot and stick approach doesn't necessarily work all the time.
I realize I'm posting without reading the whole article, but how do you retrieve a wayward bull without going on the property? Send it a text message on its Blackberry?
"first in the face, then several times in the chest after Mr. Brooks hit the ground."
Love thy neighbor. This guy was just too afraid that he might get his a$$ whupped.
In fact, after the man fell to the ground, he shot him several more times.
Ol' Sparky probably needs warmed up ~ get ready for this bad boy.
The articles about this case have been published in the Feelance Star (Fredericksburg,VA)...a better read
Not to jump to conclusions, but the lawyer seems like a manipulative SOB who rather than try to get along with this neighbors, did everything he could to antagonize them. This includes charging the victim a boarding fee when the bull came on his property. He also had a restraining order on the victim so he couldn't legally retrieve the animal. I bet all of this neighbors would like to beat this guy with a stick. On the bright side, a murder trial will cost him considerably more than the fence would have.
Why was this man even charged? This is proof to me the old fool
was asking for whatever he got.