Kudos to The Washington Post as this was their headline:
A teen missed the bus to school. When he knocked on a door for directions, a man shot at him.
I can't find a picture of Corey Williams but judging from his other articles he's a race baiting socialist.
I wonder what would happen, if the roles were reversed?
No...Ain't buyin' it.
In this age of government-subsidized cell phones provided to anyone even remotely poor, I somehow doubt that this young man needed to knock on anyone’s door because he missed the school bus, and he didn’t need to knock on anyone’s door because he was lost, either, not with geolocation and directions on practically any phone. So, what was he doing? I think I know the answer, and I think the homeowner knew the answer too, that’s why he reacted as he did.
It isn't wise to have a security camera if it contradicts your story to police about shooting at people. This guy will likely get off easy, only because he missed.
He dindu nuffin!
In New York City the method was to ask what time it is, and then jump the guy.
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The narrative here is that white firearms owners sit around waiting for the opportunity to shoot at black people. I suggest that these clowns have a look at the interracial crime stats which are overwhelmingly black on white. This is even more pronounced given the difference in population size between the 2 groups.
Yes the AP is a bunch of race baiter. Think they wrote any articles about the black man who shot and killed the black man in Chicago?
Don’t hold your breath since such an article does not fit the narrative lie that theses horrible liberals write about white people being bad.
JoMa
There he was all alone minding his own business while breaking into this man’s home, when all of a sudden from no where, this guy took a shot at him....
One common reason for knocking on doors is in the hope that there will be no answer so you can safely burglarize the home. A second common reason is in the hope that there will be an answer so you can rob the surprised homeowner. I have almost never heard of kids of that age knocking on strangers’ doors to innocently ask for directions.
That said, one common legal reason for shooting a criminal is because you have a reasonable fear of death or of serious bodily harm [details vary by state]. Even if the homeowner suspected criminal motives, the homeowner may not have met this standard - if the prosecution is honestly motivated. The 911 call suggests that the belief was sincere, but it also has to meet the “reasonable man” standard. That could become unpleasant for this man in court.
If robbery was the concern, he could have ignored the knocking (pounding?) on his door. If burglary was the concern, he could have shouted to go away through the door. If he wanted to shoot, he could have waited to see if the kid physically broke in and then fired as soon as the legal standard was met. He may even have met the standard due to something that will not show on the video (or something a leftist prosecutor will ignore just for the joy of persecuting a gun owner, even if he expects to lose in court).
I’ve been there, but I didn’t shoot so I didn’t face charges. Instead, I called 911 . . . and waited . . . and waited . . . and . . . 20 minutes later . . . when the police arrived, they caught the guys (teens, plural) at a nearby home. The baby thugs had chosen not to break into my home for reasons that I do not comment on. The biggest difference between my situation and this homeowner’s is that I carefully studied the laws of my state. I would accept at least a little personal risk rather than shoot when that shooting didn’t meet the legal standards for my state. I shoot well, so the risk even from multiple intruders is manageable. The risk from liberal prosecutors can be deadly.
The homeowner was just taking the home security advice given by Joe Biden.
So...today was the first day of school? No...couldn't be.
The boy had never been to his school before? That I can believe.
I don’t know why, but I’m reminded of another black teen who oft missed the bus to school. I recall, his name was Trayvon Martin.
Black teen who cut school looking to score a quick burglary score for money to get high, came up with lame excuse of asking directions, when caught trying to get into a house.
They give the races ONLY when it’s this way. When it’s the normal way, black against white, they hide the races.
It must be hard to be black when 50 percent of your race are acting like violent thugs.
Stay off of my lawn!
Put this guy in front of a jury and he will be home by nightfall. Mama and her innocent “child” are liars and any jury could see right through that. This whole thing stinks!
Remember the golden rule, you can shoot them inside your house, if you shoot them outside your house, drag them inside before you call the cops!