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NC: White "Neighborhood Watch" Vigilante Kills 20 yo Black Man Returning from Party
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George Washington
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Words cannot describe how sad I am. RIP. I don't know what else to say...
Beer Monkey
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"Watch".
This word does not mean what they think it means.
There is a neighborhood watch (citizens on patrol) in my inner city, highly diverse neighborhood. They are trained that they are forbidden from carrying weapons, forbidden from engaging with potential suspects, and that their action is limited to reporting activity to the police.
That's what a "watch" is.
This word does not mean what they think it means.
There is a neighborhood watch (citizens on patrol) in my inner city, highly diverse neighborhood. They are trained that they are forbidden from carrying weapons, forbidden from engaging with potential suspects, and that their action is limited to reporting activity to the police.
That's what a "watch" is.
supermarioworldE
Banned
This just makes my blood boil, yet these shooting are so common it makes me sick. R.I.P. Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas. 20 years young and had his life taken away by a gung ho monster. I hope they put this piece of shit in a hole for the rest of his life.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Like, do these people actually have this idea that it's going to play out like a scene from Die Hard?
A Link to the Past
Banned
Neighborhood watches need to be criminalized. They are excuse for harassing, threatening, assaulting, and killing the "other"
Hierophant
Banned
these people usually present themselves as the bravest and best of society when really they are the biggest cowards of any of us
mr big dick neighbourhood watch deserves to rot in prison
mr big dick neighbourhood watch deserves to rot in prison
I saw a video about this on The Young Turks a day or 2 ago. Listening to the recordings where he calls the police, on one of them he says something to the effect of
No one is fucking required to fire a warning shot and generally if you fire a warning shot, you're not firing in the direction of people to where you actually fucking shoot them.
He also said he's a part of the neighborhood watch, but it turned out that he's actually just a HOA member and he apparently thought that deputized his dumb fucking ass.
No one is fucking required to fire a warning shot and generally if you fire a warning shot, you're not firing in the direction of people to where you actually fucking shoot them.
He also said he's a part of the neighborhood watch, but it turned out that he's actually just a HOA member and he apparently thought that deputized his dumb fucking ass.
Florida sentenced a woman to 20 years for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband a few years ago. I think she eventually got the sentencing reduced. I don't know NC's gun laws but if firing a warning shot is required, even in a residential area, that seems to be a pretty dangerous law.
Sounds like the "warning shot" was a cover story for "oh shit I actually just murdered someone. Need an excuse shit shit shit"
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
Yes we do. We always advise people to stay in safe area and wait for police. Don't follow, chase, talk to, or escalate.
Seth Enosh
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There's no way that there is a law requiring firing a warning shot anywhere in the USA.
That's massively unsafe, even shots fired in the air can and do come back down and kill people.
If you fire a gun in the USA you are always considered to be using lethal force, shooting to kill, and you need a justification equal to that. There's no gradations where you can say "I was firing a warning shot and accidentally hit him, so I didn't do anything wrong"
He was running at the closed garage door and I learned that under the right drugs (reefer, pcp, gamma rays) he would bust through the garage door and hurt me and my family. I believe the police call it the "Kool Aid Man Maneuver". Would you risk your family even if for a second you thought these thugs might possibily break through, rape everyone, and drink our beverages?
*Ignorant slightly biased juror* Well, there is a reasonable doubt...
I've been on a Neghborhood Watch before, and they can be useful. These dudes are way far out of the bounds of what you are supposed to be doing. Typically speaking, you are not supposed to patrol or anything like that. You're literally just a point of contact for the police and people in your neighborhood.
It's like the police send an email out saying "Hey, there's been somebody breaking into cars around this area at night, make sure to tell your neighborhood to lock their doors, park close to the house and leave the lights on." Then you send an email to the neighborhood telling everyone. Walking around with your gun is not part of the job description and the fact that Zimmerman and this dude do that says a lot about them but nothing about Neighborhood Watch organizations.
Mr. Giggles
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It should be a crime when people don't heed your instructions and take up vigilantism
AuthenticM
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yup
Glendemonium
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You're right, but this country we have military wanna be whack jobs that take it upon them selves to be judge and jury. I mean the guy responds like this: "That is a negative" "Securing mah neighborhood" Plus he wasn't giving the 911 operator any information because he was trying to cover his own ass.
I personally know people like this, and all of them carry and aren't afraid to "exercise their right". You could be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and god forbid you stand up to these crazies they'll put a bullet in you before you can defend yourself.
Earthstrike
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So how long until conservatives put up a defense fund for this guy?
They always do. They're neighborhood watches, not deputized enforcers.
Bingo. If black people are a threat with their back turned/sleep, Imagine one anywhere near your vicinity active and in a trance by that ice cube hip rap music!!! Even a glancing view could be curtains for ya.
Dude will not have book thrown at him. As he's not alone in his fearful mindset. We've been through this. Done with getting hopes up for justice.
Imagine the jury is any % trump supporters.
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People would do the same without it. Neighborhood watches have been around for ages. I'm a part of mine. None of us are armed, we report to the police issues that come up and meet once a month with the police to see if there are any hotspots in the neighborhood we should keep a look out in the future. I caught a dude casing houses from an alley one night. Nothing wrong with having one if it's run correctly
Grab the ACLU phone app and keep it on your homepage.
North Carolina. Send him to the chair. If the races were reversed we all know that would be the only outcome.
QisTopTier
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Fuck this guy, what a delusional psycho fuckwad
i was raised in the triangle as well, im with ya man.
I think it's important to note that Marissa Alexander is a black woman.
But rehabiliton IS better than punishment.
That doesn't mean people who are danger to society shoulnd't be locked away until they are are consiredered rehabiliated and safe for society. And that person looks like danger to society.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
Thread title should be changed from "kills" to "murders in cold blood". So fucking livid right now.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Life in prison.
What a massive piece of shit...which is an insult to shit everywhere. Fuck this guy.
What a massive piece of shit...which is an insult to shit everywhere. Fuck this guy.
Fuckin hell, if this guy gets away with it, the US might as well legalize murder and get it over with.
Mammoth Jones
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Exactly. But there's a strong bias in many folks since the slave patrols were around that the point of "watching" the neighborhood was to keep "certain" elements out. And by certain I mean black people.
They did so in the past. Wouldn't shock me. Shit, I'd respect the honesty for a change...
Violence Jack
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Nah, neighborhood watches are fine. My dad was a member of ours growing up. They aren't supposed to be an armed militia, just inform the police if they see something suspicious like a house being broken into. This asshole probably wasn't even a part of his neighborhood watch.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
Copley also called 911 after shooting Thomas.
yeah this guy is a real piece of work
yeah this guy is a real piece of work
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
All the signs of preparing his defense of possible charges and arrest.
He'll get convicted.
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