Justice For Murdered Young Lady, Renisha McBride

[bobabode]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nation...807-story.html


"A Detroit area homeowner was found guilty Thursday by a jury of second-degree murder for shooting a teenager who had come onto his porch and knocked on his door after surviving a car crash.
Theodore Wafer of Dearborn Heights was also found guilty of manslaughter and a related felony firearms charge in the Nov. 2, 2013, shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride, according to local media reports.
The case's racial overtones, and the fact that McBride was not armed, drew national attention. Wafer is white, McBride was black."


"Wafer had argued that he was acting in self-defense, testifying earlier this week that McBride was banging loudly on his door and that the shooting was “total reflex reaction, defending myself.... I wasn’t going to cower in my house, I didn’t want to be a victim.”
"Michigan state law allows homeowners to use deadly force if they "honestly and reasonably believe" someone is breaking into their home.
The jury apparently disagreed with his arguments, finding that the killing was not justified. Wafer could now face life in prison."


"The prosecution has said McBride was just looking for help after crashing her car nearby." LATimes

[donquixote99]

So, his story developed into a choice between 'cowering in his house' or pulling that trigger? I wonder why the jury didn't buy that (sarcasm alert).

[Tom Joad]

Wonder how it would have turned out if it had been a black dude instead of a girl?.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarras...in-car-acciden

Jonathan Ferrell sought help after a car accident, the police were called, and he was shot and killed. Now a grand jury has declined to indict the police officer who killed him. The attorney general is asking a full grand jury to take up the case.

[noonereal]

the bagger are not gonna be happy

heck if you can't kill whoever you want in your neighborhood it's a violation of the constitution

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Wonder how it would have turned out if it had been a black dude instead of a girl?.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarras...in-car-acciden

we all know he would have been found innocent in that case

[barbara]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Wonder how it would have turned out if it had been a black dude instead of a girl?.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarras...in-car-acciden

And if she had been Caucasian .....?

[Ike Bana]

I guess we'll see how much justice gets done. It's pretty rare that a 2nd degree conviction gets even 20 years. A friend's brother was gunned down in a road-rage incident a few years back. The perp got a 2nd degree conviction and a whole 8 years in prison.

[Bigerik]

He was just exercising his second amendment rights, wasn't he? Isn't that how freedom is defined in Amurrica?

[MrPots]

Good call on the juries part.

BTW..race didn't play into this as he didn't even take the time to look at who he was shooting..... coulda' been a cop trying to tell him his house was afire....