Homeowner charged with attempted murder after shooting unarmed black 14-year-old.

[longhornfan1234]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-burglary.html

[AlphaWolf24]

- Problem is....Looking at the picture of the house...it has a metal GATE around the perimeter.

- If you are the home owner...and someone has climbed over the gate ...you have to think something bad is going on.

- and If you are a thief.....what do you expect is going to happen? seriously.

you know someone is going to shoot you if they have a gun.....

14 years old.....where the F are the PARENTS???

[daily]

14 years old.....where the F are the PARENTS???

As a parent that was my first thought when reading that, 14 years old and out at 2am? WTF? Kids been busted for theft before, time to set some type of boundaries for the kid before he gets himself into real trouble.

[PistonsFan#21]

so now you can shoot and kill anyone thats on your property? Or is that part of the self defense law?

[daily]

so now you can shoot and kill anyone thats on your property? Or is that part of the self defense law?

Evidently not seeing how's he's charged with attempted murder.

[bmulls]

Historical rights man!

But really, why is dude in someone else's property at 2 AM?

Just wait until Rasheed and Pointguard find out about this, we'll have a perfectly rational explanation for why this kid hopped the man's fence at 2AM

[CanYouDigIt]

How long until Al and Jesse make a National Case of this?

[PistonsFan#21]

Evidently not seeing how's he's charged with attempted murder.

he has not been proven guilty yet has he? and he stated that he killed him in self defense. So im asking if killing someone that trespassed on your property is a valid reason

[Myth]

Hmmm.... I'm not as bothered by this "self defense" killing as the Zimmerman-Martin one. You jump a fence into somebody's yard, they will feel threatened. Zimmerman pursued Martin.

[qrich]

he has not been proven guilty yet has he? and he stated that he killed him in self defense. So im asking if killing someone that trespassed on your property is a valid reason

Depends on the area. In some, if someone trespasses, that only is enough for a not guilty verdict, or to even not be indicted. In others, there needs more than just trespassing for it to be considered justifiable homicide.

[daily]

he has not been proven guilty yet has he? and he stated that he killed him in self defense. So im asking if killing someone that trespassed on your property is a valid reason

What's Louisiana Law say? I'd say since he was charged the police don't belive it's a valid reason

[jdiaby]

Nothing to see here
He may be a professional thief but he'd never carry a gun?? How's this homeowner supposed to know that? I feel bad for the homeowner who was forced to make that decision, but I don't feel bad at all for the "professional thief" who finally picked the wrong place to burglarize. Once you're on another person's property, in the middle of the night, behind a fence, all bets are off.

[Heavincent]

This guy is obviously a degenerate racist. Why would you shoot some poor kid who was on his property at 2 AM...who has a history of burglary arrests? Nothing suspicious about that at all. Kid was just minding his own business.

How long before Obama expresses his symphony for this poor child?

[ace23]

Can we stop making threads about self-defense cases?

[97 bulls]

Hmmm.... I'm not as bothered by this "self defense" killing as the Zimmerman-Martin one. You jump a fence into somebody's yard, they will feel threatened. Zimmerman pursued Martin.

Im not either. I mean, I believe he didnt have to shoot the kid for fear of his safety, but the kid was on his property at 2 am. But the man shouldve called the police