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In this case it was not Stand-Your-Ground law but the Castle lawI most certainly do. Do you understand the difference between shooting to protect property and shooting to defend your own life or the life of another? I'll give ou a hint, only one has to do with the SELF-defense laws.QUESTION:
Do you understand what SELF DEFENSE means?
The Arbery defenders seem to have MAJOR TROUBLE with the concept.
#IRobWIthArbery
the homeowner was defending his property
Perhaps some clarification would help here...................Stand Your Ground: No duty to retreat from the situation before resorting to deadly force; not limited to your home, place of work, etc. Castle Doctrine: No duty to retreat before using deadly force if you are in your home or yard (some states include a place of work and occupied vehicles)In this case it was not Stand-Your-Ground law but the Castle lawI most certainly do. Do you understand the difference between shooting to protect property and shooting to defend your own life or the life of another? I'll give ou a hint, only one has to do with the SELF-defense laws.QUESTION:
Do you understand what SELF DEFENSE means?
The Arbery defenders seem to have MAJOR TROUBLE with the concept.
#IRobWIthArbery
the homeowner was defending his property
..if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
You obviously approve of black kids ripping off cars to get their walking around moneyI was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
2014: Young black men can get justice, O'Mara says. 03:05
Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
but I say its too bad his mom didnt raise him with better values
..if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---
Self-defense......nothing to do with stand your ground.
he kept going after Martin
Martin was a criminal, why not "go after him"?
I most certainly do. Do you understand the difference between shooting to protect property and shooting to defend your own life or the life of another? I'll give ou a hint, only one has to do with the SELF-defense laws.QUESTION:
Do you understand what SELF DEFENSE means?
The Arbery defenders seem to have MAJOR TROUBLE with the concept.
#IRobWIthArbery
George Zimmerman shouldn't have approached Trayvon during his watch. He should have just called the police and kept a certain distance away...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
The larger problem we as a society are dealing with is the fact that blacks committ crimes at a disproportionate rate.
Even obama admitted that ....if you deny it I will post it .......any how do you understand what 'dis-proportionate' means when it comes to the rate of black crime?
..if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---
Self-defense......nothing to do with stand your ground.
he kept going after Martin
Martin was a criminal, why not "go after him"?
Exactly...and we must remember also Z was a watchman...though any citizen has the right to follow a suspect and call the police and that is all Z did....what confused a lot of folks was when Z was assaulted by Trayvon they did not understand Z had a absolute right to use lethal force to defend his life...which he did, and the jury agreed...yet here we are all these years later and the usual suspects keep dredging this case up and trying to argue that Z was guilty of murder....they think this way mainly because they are ignorant of the law, ignorant of the facts of the case and buy into the msm propaganda.
Yeah, except for the fact that Zimmerman lost Martin when he got out of his vehicle and tried to keep him in sight after calling the Police! Trayvon Martin called his girl friend from outside of his Father's girlfriend's condo...which is a full block away from where Zimmerman was walking...then went BACK to confront Zimmerman and attack him. That's not "defense"...that's assault and battery! Martin knocks Zimmerman down...straddles him MMA style and is raining blows down on him when he's shot. Trayvon Martin got shot because Trayvon Martin was acting like a thug!..TMartin is a PERFECT case of standing his groundZimmerman was laying on his back getting his head pounded into cement...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Martin was the thug that Obama wanted to father.
The zimmerman case has been gone over ad-infinitum yet the liberals keep coming back with the same old talking points that have bden debunked time and time again....they seem to think by repeating their ignorance of the case, their posting dis-information, and their out right lying if repeated over and over as they have done and are doing might eventually wear foks down to the point where someone might actually believe them....all they are doing is propagandizing.
Zim was not going to stop chasing him
''these assholes always get away''
there--and this shows MALICE
he kept going after him in his vehicle--then got out and chased him on foot
..if someone can defend themselves with a firearm, you surely can defend yourself with your bare hands
..it is clear Zim is the aggressor
Yeah, except for the fact that Zimmerman lost Martin when he got out of his vehicle and tried to keep him in sight after calling the Police! Trayvon Martin called his girl friend from outside of his Father's girlfriend's condo...which is a full block away from where Zimmerman was walking...then went BACK to confront Zimmerman and attack him. That's not "defense"...that's assault and battery! Martin knocks Zimmerman down...straddles him MMA style and is raining blows down on him when he's shot. Trayvon Martin got shot because Trayvon Martin was acting like a thug!..TMartin is a PERFECT case of standing his groundZimmerman was laying on his back getting his head pounded into cement...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Martin was the thug that Obama wanted to father.
The zimmerman case has been gone over ad-infinitum yet the liberals keep coming back with the same old talking points that have bden debunked time and time again....they seem to think by repeating their ignorance of the case, their posting dis-information, and their out right lying if repeated over and over as they have done and are doing might eventually wear foks down to the point where someone might actually believe them....all they are doing is propagandizing.
Zim was not going to stop chasing him
''these assholes always get away''
there--and this shows MALICE
he kept going after him in his vehicle--then got out and chased him on foot
..if someone can defend themselves with a firearm, you surely can defend yourself with your bare hands
..it is clear Zim is the aggressor
The only reason that Trayvon was in Sanford staying with his dad is that he'd been suspended from school after they'd found a large amount of jewelry and burglary tools in his backpack one time and pot another time and was caught painting graffiti on school property! This was not some sweet young kid that was gunned down by a white racist as it was portrayed by the main stream media!Yeah, except for the fact that Zimmerman lost Martin when he got out of his vehicle and tried to keep him in sight after calling the Police! Trayvon Martin called his girl friend from outside of his Father's girlfriend's condo...which is a full block away from where Zimmerman was walking...then went BACK to confront Zimmerman and attack him. That's not "defense"...that's assault and battery! Martin knocks Zimmerman down...straddles him MMA style and is raining blows down on him when he's shot. Trayvon Martin got shot because Trayvon Martin was acting like a thug!..TMartin is a PERFECT case of standing his groundZimmerman was laying on his back getting his head pounded into cement...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Martin was the thug that Obama wanted to father.
The zimmerman case has been gone over ad-infinitum yet the liberals keep coming back with the same old talking points that have bden debunked time and time again....they seem to think by repeating their ignorance of the case, their posting dis-information, and their out right lying if repeated over and over as they have done and are doing might eventually wear foks down to the point where someone might actually believe them....all they are doing is propagandizing.
Zim was not going to stop chasing him
''these assholes always get away''
there--and this shows MALICE
he kept going after him in his vehicle--then got out and chased him on foot
..if someone can defend themselves with a firearm, you surely can defend yourself with your bare hands
..it is clear Zim is the aggressor
Exactly right..................not even to mentin Trayvon was not the saint the msm portrayed him as ....not even to mention the posters on here who have bought into the b.s. of saint trayvon
Dose of reality about trayvonista...............https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/zimmermans-lawyers-release-text-messages-of-trayvon-martin.html
The only reason that Trayvon was in Sanford staying with his dad is that he'd been suspended from school after they'd found a large amount of jewelry and burglary tools in his backpack one time and pot another time and was caught painting graffiti on school property! This was not some sweet young kid that was gunned down by a white racist as it was portrayed by the main stream media!Yeah, except for the fact that Zimmerman lost Martin when he got out of his vehicle and tried to keep him in sight after calling the Police! Trayvon Martin called his girl friend from outside of his Father's girlfriend's condo...which is a full block away from where Zimmerman was walking...then went BACK to confront Zimmerman and attack him. That's not "defense"...that's assault and battery! Martin knocks Zimmerman down...straddles him MMA style and is raining blows down on him when he's shot. Trayvon Martin got shot because Trayvon Martin was acting like a thug!..TMartin is a PERFECT case of standing his groundZimmerman was laying on his back getting his head pounded into cement...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Martin was the thug that Obama wanted to father.
The zimmerman case has been gone over ad-infinitum yet the liberals keep coming back with the same old talking points that have bden debunked time and time again....they seem to think by repeating their ignorance of the case, their posting dis-information, and their out right lying if repeated over and over as they have done and are doing might eventually wear foks down to the point where someone might actually believe them....all they are doing is propagandizing.
Zim was not going to stop chasing him
''these assholes always get away''
there--and this shows MALICE
he kept going after him in his vehicle--then got out and chased him on foot
..if someone can defend themselves with a firearm, you surely can defend yourself with your bare hands
..it is clear Zim is the aggressor
Exactly right..................not even to mentin Trayvon was not the saint the msm portrayed him as ....not even to mention the posters on here who have bought into the b.s. of saint trayvon
Dose of reality about trayvonista...............https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/zimmermans-lawyers-release-text-messages-of-trayvon-martin.html
They did the same thing with Michael Brown! Called him a "gentle giant" who was days away from entering college! Total bullshit of course but that's the story the MSM media went with because it fit their "narrative"!The only reason that Trayvon was in Sanford staying with his dad is that he'd been suspended from school after they'd found a large amount of jewelry and burglary tools in his backpack one time and pot another time and was caught painting graffiti on school property! This was not some sweet young kid that was gunned down by a white racist as it was portrayed by the main stream media!Yeah, except for the fact that Zimmerman lost Martin when he got out of his vehicle and tried to keep him in sight after calling the Police! Trayvon Martin called his girl friend from outside of his Father's girlfriend's condo...which is a full block away from where Zimmerman was walking...then went BACK to confront Zimmerman and attack him. That's not "defense"...that's assault and battery! Martin knocks Zimmerman down...straddles him MMA style and is raining blows down on him when he's shot. Trayvon Martin got shot because Trayvon Martin was acting like a thug!..TMartin is a PERFECT case of standing his groundZimmerman was laying on his back getting his head pounded into cement...if you commit a crime, you initiate the problem ....
.. if a criminal is shot dead, it is undeniable that it is GOOD for everyone--good for the community
..T Martin was doing nothing wrong..Zimmerman should be in jail..Zimmerman was not standing his ground---not at all...he kept going after Martin
Martin was the thug that Obama wanted to father.
The zimmerman case has been gone over ad-infinitum yet the liberals keep coming back with the same old talking points that have bden debunked time and time again....they seem to think by repeating their ignorance of the case, their posting dis-information, and their out right lying if repeated over and over as they have done and are doing might eventually wear foks down to the point where someone might actually believe them....all they are doing is propagandizing.
Zim was not going to stop chasing him
''these assholes always get away''
there--and this shows MALICE
he kept going after him in his vehicle--then got out and chased him on foot
..if someone can defend themselves with a firearm, you surely can defend yourself with your bare hands
..it is clear Zim is the aggressor
Exactly right..................not even to mentin Trayvon was not the saint the msm portrayed him as ....not even to mention the posters on here who have bought into the b.s. of saint trayvon
Dose of reality about trayvonista...............https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/zimmermans-lawyers-release-text-messages-of-trayvon-martin.html
Yes.....that is the truth.....yet the msm put him up there on the pedestal with mother tereasa....hehheh
I REALLY hate thieves! When caught in the act of stealing, the public should be able to kill them. You work all day at jobs that pay nominal or fair wages, so that you can earn enough in savings to own some personal property and provide for your family, only to have some low-life scum come along and take your hard-earned property away from you. The punishment of death when caught in the act of committing their crimes is adequate, as far as I'm concerned.I was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
2014: Young black men can get justice, O'Mara says. 03:05
Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
I REALLY hate thieves! When caught in the of stealing, the public should be able to kill them. You work all day at jobs that pay nominal or fair wages, so that you can earn enough in savings to own some personal property and provide for your family, only to have some low-life scum come along and take your hard-earned property away from you. The punishment of death when caught in the act of committing their crimes is adequate, as far as I'm concerned.I was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
2014: Young black men can get justice, O'Mara says. 03:05
Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
If don't disagree with your sentiments however if the law allowed for shooting someone caught in the act, you know there would be people who would use that as an excuse or justification to shoot & kill someone particularly when there are no witnesses to dispute their story.I REALLY hate thieves! When caught in the act of stealing, the public should be able to kill them. You work all day at jobs that pay nominal or fair wages, so that you can earn enough in savings to own some personal property and provide for your family, only to have some low-life scum come along and take your hard-earned property away from you. The punishment of death when caught in the act of committing their crimes is adequate, as far as I'm concerned.I was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
2014: Young black men can get justice, O'Mara says. 03:05
Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
Oh do you have a problem with Muslims? And I noticed you didn't answer my question, why is that?I REALLY hate thieves! When caught in the of stealing, the public should be able to kill them. You work all day at jobs that pay nominal or fair wages, so that you can earn enough in savings to own some personal property and provide for your family, only to have some low-life scum come along and take your hard-earned property away from you. The punishment of death when caught in the act of committing their crimes is adequate, as far as I'm concerned.I was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
2014: Young black men can get justice, O'Mara says. 03:05
Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
Exactly....we need to have public hangings....instead of incarcerating all these criminals at a tremendous expense.....and not even to mention the girl you are replying to is a muslim....and we all know what muslims do to theieves.....she must have little knowledge of her religion. hehheh
.Oh do you have a problem with Muslims? And I noticed you didn't answer my question, why is that?I REALLY hate thieves! When caught in the of stealing, the public should be able to kill them. You work all day at jobs that pay nominal or fair wages, so that you can earn enough in savings to own some personal property and provide for your family, only to have some low-life scum come along and take your hard-earned property away from you. The punishment of death when caught in the act of committing their crimes is adequate, as far as I'm concerned.I was indicating just last night in a thread regarding the killing of Ahmud Abery in Georgia that Texas is the only state that I'm aware of that allows shooting someone to protect property and then only under a very specific set of circumstances.
Again we find that the shooter in this case originally claimed to have acted in a manner which is contrary to what the law allows. Thank God for that documentation which is as I understand it, heard in the 911 call.
By the way, the attorney representing the family of the 17 year old is the same attorney who represented George Zimmerman in his criminal trial
The family of a black 17-year-old fatally shot in the back by a homeowner during an alleged car break-in in Sanford, Florida, has hired Mark O'Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman, the lawyer said.
Zimmerman shot and killed another 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, in the same city in 2012. He was acquitted of all charges after claiming self-defense.
In the new case O'Mara has taken, he is representing the family of Adrein Green, who was killed before 2 a.m. Tuesday after, police say, he attempted to burglarize a vehicle in a gated community.
The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator reporting a possible home burglary when he fired two shots at Green, which can be heard on the 911 call released by police.
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Officers found Green unresponsive on a road near the home, police say. They performed CPR, but Green died at the hospital from "an apparent single gunshot wound to his back," Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference.
Evidence at the scene shows Green tried to break into one of the homeowner's vehicles, Smith said.
The homeowner wasn't arrested because he was justified in using deadly force when Green allegedly engaged in a "forcible felony," said Assistant State Attorney Dan Faggard with the 18th Judicial Circuit.
The homeowner told police he feared for his life and for the lives of his wife and baby, Faggard said. Authorities have not publicly identified the homeowner.
Under Florida law, a person can use deadly force if she or he "believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."
The person using deadly force "does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be," the law states.
O'Mara contested the prosecutor's claim, saying the homeowner says in the 911 call that he fired his weapon to scare Green off of his property.
"They weren't shooting in fear of personal safety," O'Mara told CNN. "In this case, it's pretty clear, in my opinion, you aren't allowed to shoot someone because they are breaking into your car."
The investigation is ongoing, State Attorney Phil Archer's office said in a statement, and once a final determination is made it will be announced publicly.
Florida's stand your ground law was a topic of debate in the Zimmerman case, as well as in the cases of Michael Dunn, who killed Jordan Davis, 17, during a 2012 argument over loud music in Jacksonville, and Michael Drejka, who killed Markeis McGlockton after McGlockton pushed him in a 2018 confrontation over a handicapped parking space in Clearwater.
Like Zimmerman, Dunn forewent a stand your ground defense and argued the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was convicted of murder, Drejka of manslaughter. Both are in prison.
Eight years after Trayvon Martin, another 17-year-old is killed in a Sanford, Florida, stand your ground case
Exactly....we need to have public hangings....instead of incarcerating all these criminals at a tremendous expense.....and not even to mention the girl you are replying to is a muslim....and we all know what muslims do to theieves.....she must have little knowledge of her religion. hehheh
