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Retired firefighter who fired shotgun at black teen asking for directions gets up to 10 years
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| Nov. 13, 2018
| Minyvonne Burke
Posted on 11/13/2018 10:59:09 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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Was this teen asking for directions or scoping out the house?
To: yesthatjallen
Doesn’t really matter - he was running away when the guy fired that shot. Not a viable threat at that point.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:03:36 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: yesthatjallen
Whatever the case, it’s not a good idea to fire at someone running away, especially if there’s no evidence of a crime.
To: yesthatjallen
its always innocent until it isn’t....like saint trayvon just walking about the neighborhood drinking his lean....because that stolen jewelry in his back pack at school meant nothing...
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:07:45 AM PST
by
cherry
(official troll)
To: yesthatjallen
I cant get the NBC link to work. Was the boy hit? How do we know he was running away?
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:08:44 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: yesthatjallen
Why go to a house to ask for directions? This is a scam.
To: yesthatjallen
Looked to me like he just knocked on the door. I could be wrong but haven't seen to many burglars with a back pack on. I think the guy just over reacted....I don't think he should do four years since he did not hit the kid!!
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:12:55 AM PST
by
ontap
To: yesthatjallen
Not breaking the law by knocking on a persons door at 8:20 am and the video confirms most of the rest.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:12:57 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: conservative98
Why go to a house to ask for directions? This is a scam.
For most of my life I would have disagreed with that statement. But today everyone's got a cell phone with GPS on it, don't they?
To: Telepathic Intruder
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:13:38 AM PST
by
ontap
To: yesthatjallen
Why would people be concerned about a black teen repeatedly knocking on the door during normal week day hours?
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:14:57 AM PST
by
The Toll
To: Vaquero
The kid was not hit. But the video clearly shows the homeowner aiming his gun at the kid as the kid was running away.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:15:14 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
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To: dirtboy
I agree he was foolish to shoot indiscriminately.
He reacted to his wifes' reaction to this kid without stopping to learn the facts.
But who stops to think when you're wife is screaming about a stranger at the door?
He overreacted because his wife overreacted.
However, we'll never know this kids' true motive for knocking at this door asking for directions to the school he attends everyday.
To: yesthatjallen
"...answered the door..."
Why do people insist upon reflexively opening their doors for knocks or doorbells?
If not expecting someone or a specific UPS/FedEx delivery, my technique is to ignore it.
If really interested might view the camera or through the peephole, yet not often.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:21:37 AM PST
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Vaquero
I cant get the NBC link to work. Was the boy hit? How do we know he was running away?
—
Surveillance video.
To: dirtboy
Yep. If the kid’s story is the truth, this guy disgusts me.
Sounds like he got what he deserved.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:27:00 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
To: yesthatjallen
People kill people and get less time. He should get time, maybe six months. The kid was not hit.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:29:08 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Blue Jays
p.s. That retired firefighter is a flippin moron. No reason at all to be shooting at that kid.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:30:56 AM PST
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: yesthatjallen
I assume the kid was scoping out the house to rob empty homes - the ones where no one responds to repeated knocking. In the real world, no teenager “walking to school” gets lost. If it’s the first day, he shouldn’t be walking if he doesn’t know how to get there. After that, he should know his way.
Despite that, the law does not permit decent homeowners to shoot wannabe burglars who are running away. It was a bad shoot.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:34:28 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: dirtboy
Doesnt really matter - he was running away when the guy fired that shot. From the article:
"The teen was uninjured in the attack"
Wait. This guy fires a shot in the general direction of someone running away from his porch after his wife said someone was trying to break into their house?
Does not kill fleeing person. Does not even injure fleeing person. Presumably fired the shot over his head to scare fleeing person.
Four to ten years in prison for that? That's nuts.
When I first saw this article, I thought he had killed someone. I didn't realize he hadn't injured him at all and had only scared him, which I think was the entire point.
This is bullsh*t. 30 days in Jail at the most.
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posted on
11/13/2018 11:37:35 AM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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