Re: 17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?
Re: 17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?
Texas man gets 40 years in stand-your-ground case ,zimmerman like case
HOUSTON -- Retired Texas firefighter Raul Rodriguez, armed with a handgun and video camera, had claimed he was standing his ground and had no choice but to use deadly force when he fatally shot his unarmed neighbor after confronting him about a noisy party.
A jury decided otherwise Wednesday, sentencing Rodriguez to 40 years in prison for killing the neighbor, Kelly Danaher, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher. Prosecutors said they are hopeful the punishment will stop others from settling matters with violence and trying to use Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law as a defense.
"I think it sends a clear message that this was not a case of stand-your-ground," said prosecutor Kelli Johnson. "And I think from his behavior, his intent, the provocation ... shows that this had ... nothing to do with self-defense."
Rodriguez, who faced up to life in prison for the 2010 killing, will be eligible for parole in 20 years. Jurors deliberated about five hours Wednesday before reaching their verdict. The same jury convicted him of murder on June 13.
His reference to standing his ground was similar to the claim made by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who is citing Florida's stand-your-ground law in his defense in the fatal February shooting of an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin. Rodriguez's case, however, was decided under a different kind of self-defense doctrine.
During closing arguments earlier Wednesday in the trial's punishment phase, Johnson referenced Zimmerman but told jurors that case was different from what Rodriguez was convicted of doing.
In a 22-minute video he recorded that night, Rodriguez can be heard telling a police dispatcher "my life is in danger now" and "these people are going to go try and kill me." He then said, "I'm standing my ground here," and fatally shot Danaher and wounded the other two men.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/2...#storylink=cpy
Re: 17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?
This has pretty much become a one person crusade for you Natina. Hows about giving it a fucking break? Maybe you hadn't noticed in between your frantic copy and paste exercises, but Chicago is ablaze in gang violence to a level that would make Capone's Valentines Day Massacre look like play time, and here you are beating the same tired old drum. In American Jurisprudence after the arrest and bond hearing, the defense and prosecution prepare for trial. In the interim, there will be news reports that favor the defense, and others the prosecution....and why would anyone believe any of it after the media malpractice thus far? Why don't you save all your energy and bandwidth for when people are actually under oath?
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Chill out. I appreciate the updates.
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"... media malpractice thus far" declares Miss OMK... presumably decrying the admitted liberal bias of MSNBC,....and yet in other places praises the royal family of misrepresentation Fox News.
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giovanni_hotel
Chill out. I appreciate the updates.
Me too.
If you don't want to look, just "ignore"
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Makes me wonder if OMK sent in some donations to Zimmerman. We already know that right wing nutcases are donating him money.
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Prospero
"... media malpractice thus far" declares Miss OMK... presumably decrying the admitted liberal bias of MSNBC,....and yet in other places praises the royal family of misrepresentation Fox News.
It's more than just the bias from those on the opinion shows, and it's absolutely fine for the 'opinion' side to have opinions. That's why people watch those hosts. The problem is when it's coming from the supposed 'news' part of the media.
NBC/MSNBC altered the tape of the 911 call to make it sound worse than it was. This case is compelling and newsworthy. There's no need to make anything up.
CNN did the 'we heard him say a slur', then said, 'um, actually, we listened again and there isn't any slur'.
ABC said 'the tape show no injury at all' and then changed it to 'well, um, it does actually show an injury. Maybe not a bad one, but yeah, it is an injury.'
Just dig for facts. Conduct interviews. Let all sides say their piece.
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Just dig for facts. Conduct interviews. Let all sides say their piece.
That would be lovely ... but it doesn't make money :-(
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seanchai
Me too.
If you don't want to look, just "ignore"
I appreciate your avatar...and I'll never ignore it.
:cheers:
