How have we morphed this incident into a "home invasion"? The girl was unarmed and alone.
Reports say she was bleeding after the accident, so she may have been dazed in more ways than one. It's also confirmed that she was shot in the face (from the front), not in the back of the head.
>> A homeowner
will be charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed woman on a suburban Detroit porch earlier this month.
...Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy announced three charges against the homeowner — 54-year-old Theodore Paul Wafer — on Friday, the most serious of which was murder in the second degree. << (
NBC)
New Details Emerge on Renisha McBride's Accident in Hours Before her Slaying
Shooter "Torn Up"
>> I know this may ring hollow unless you knew this man, but this is really weighing on him,” Bloomfield Hills criminal defense attorney Cheryl Carpenter said. “He realizes the extent of this tragedy. Right now, he’s a monster in the eyes of the public. I can’t wait to share who he really is.” <<
One hopes time will tell what really went down, but the last named article does give the name of one man who really needs to be locked up:
>> The
Rev. Sharpton also made a plea in the case, which has drawn national attention.
“We are in prayer for the family of Renisha McBride but we are also urgently calling for justice for the loss of this daughter, sister, and friend,” said Sharpton, who leads the National Action Network. <<
Given his record on Tawana Brawley, Sharpton needs to find something to do that has nothing to do with current events. His kind of "help" just isn't.