And their vote counts as much as yours*
And, seriously, his name is Trevon?
Someone’s precious snowflake went out and tried to rob someone and, in the process of robbing someone, took a fatal bullet and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Prompting his cousin to say:
You have to look at it from every childs point of view that was raised in the hood, said Harris. You have to understand how he going to get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.
How about getting a damn job? And, no, you imbecile, I don’t have to look at it from his point of view. His view doesn’t matter. He was robbing a 54 year old woman. And some more gems from the piece Robb links:
Whats wrong with her, asked Johnsons sister Nisha Johnson when discussing the homeowner. She did not have to shoot him.
Its no reason she should have waited until I think he walked out the yard to try to shoot him, said Harris. If she called the police already why would she shoot him?
What’s wrong with her? Are you stupid?
* Assuming she’d old enough to vote.
March 16th, 2016 at 9:07 pm
You have to look at it from my point of view: How can I have money for school clothes if I have to give it away to every freelance socialist that kicks my door in?
March 16th, 2016 at 9:18 pm
If I looked at it from his point of view, I’d be a lowlife punk too. Thank God I don’t have that point of view.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:06 pm
I like the point of view from the shooters standpoint. AKA nice sight alignment.
March 17th, 2016 at 9:50 am
Looks like Trevon encountered one of the hazards of his chosen occupation.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:03 am
I have only one lingering question: why did the homeowner arrive before the police?
If her security system alerted her to the break-in, did they response not start a 911 message? If it did, an intruder in a home is a very high priority call. The local police need to analyze exactly what everyone on duty was engaged in when the call was received. Without the privilege of flashing lights, the homeowner arrived from work to her residence BEFORE the police.
I would imagine the devil is in the details on this case.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:11 am
A hookup to the police costs extra and, also, you might be charged for false alarms, so people don’t always buy that option.
March 17th, 2016 at 10:50 am
Most PD’s will not allow a direct hook up to their dispatch facility. Only a few smaller, and usually very affluent towns will allow it. Normally the alarm is received by a private monitoring company who will call the subscriber before notifying LE to verify the legitimacy of the alarm. Also, due to the percentage of false alarms to actual break ins, most departments don’t give these calls a high priority, i.e. lights and sirens, unless information is received verifying the burglary, such as a video feed to the alarm company or an independent second call.
March 17th, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Looks like the lady did what she had to if the official line is correct that he exited the house and confronted her. Of course media quotes a relative that the thug was running away and shot in the back, easy enough to confirm that.
Wonder if the idiot who made the point of view comment understands the irony that the little angel’s (literally an angel? Maybe, he’s a minor, God might give him a break) point of view right now entails dirt and the bottom view of daisies.
March 17th, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Is defense of property a legal justification for the use of deadly force in Florida? It isn’t in my state.
Shooting a burglar who is leaving your home might make for a bad time in court if there’s no question of self-defense.
March 17th, 2016 at 1:32 pm
Obviously, I’m speculating here as to what happened, but I can see an easy explanation.
Likely one can conduct a citizens arrest in Florida if it’s anything like my own states laws on this case. In this case, she probably confronted him and he likely got aggressive. An aside, are hood rats who are in the habit of breaking into homes generally conciliatory and meek when caught? Somehow I doubt that.
He got lippy, aggressive, made an overt step towards her to keep her in her place and she shot him. Disparity of force and all that for a woman against a man will bear out a self defense argument easily.
Even so, after a certain point, it’s getting to where people are bloody tired of burglars getting off.
March 17th, 2016 at 1:38 pm
Treyvon, made “a catastrophic error in victim selection”–which is something against which the President and others of the elite ruling class seek to protect perps like him.
March 17th, 2016 at 2:12 pm
@Lyford,
Distinctly unlike the case of the other Trayvon, this appears to be exactly what the “castle doctrine” is intended to address:
The Florida “Castle Doctrine” law basically does three things:
One: It establishes, in law, the presumption that a criminal who forcibly enters or intrudes into your home or occupied vehicle is there to cause death or great bodily harm, therefore a person may use any manner of force, including deadly force, against that person.
Two: It removes the “duty to retreat” if you are attacked in any place you have a right to be. You no longer have to turn your back on a criminal and try to run when attacked. Instead, you may stand your ground and fight back, meeting force with force, including deadly force, if you reasonably believe it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to yourself or others. [This is an American right repeatedly recognized in Supreme Court gun cases.]
Three: It provides that persons using force authorized by law shall not be prosecuted for using such force.
It also prohibits criminals and their families from suing victims for injuring or killing the criminals who have attacked them.
In short, it gives rights back to law-abiding people and forces judges and prosecutors who are prone to coddling criminals to instead focus on protecting victims.
March 17th, 2016 at 3:06 pm
FWIW, one version of the story (which I can’t find the link to anymore, drat) said he was shot “in the chest”, not in the back – which makes things pretty clear, if true.
March 17th, 2016 at 6:27 pm
He’s a late teen and has a family (at least of sorts).
Why is it he needs to rob people to “have clothes for school”, exactly?
Even people stuck on public aid aren’t without clothing in this country, last time I checked. (Heck, people so far out that they’re not even on welfare tend to have clothes, because “clothes” are cheap.)
So I read it as “nice clothes as status objects”, which removes all sympathy.
I would not be surprised to find that “clothes” ends up meaning “very expensive new shoes”, in fact.
(That is especially so with the prologue of “raised in the hood POV”.
Thus criminality is of no importance and having the right name-dropping material culture is status.)
March 18th, 2016 at 9:56 am
Anyone else notice that there’s no photo of the home-owner anywhere in this? I’m suspecting that its just not fun to persecute her that much if she’s of the same race as the burglar kid.
March 18th, 2016 at 10:32 pm
@Lyford: IANAL, but my reading of California Penal Code section 197 and California Jury Instructions — Criminal (CALJIC) 5.50 suggest that:
(1) Property can be defended with lethal force, if no lesser degree of force is adequate,
(2) The defense of oneself, other, or property is not limited to one’s dwelling place,
(3) California is not only a “stand your ground” state (surprise, surprise!), but allows pursuit of the attacker if that is reasonably necessary to end he threat.
March 18th, 2016 at 11:29 pm
Akatsukami, I AM surprised that California is a SYG state. However, your responses are limited to Assault Frisbees and harsh words.