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ORIGINAL: DomKen
The police officer would be fired and be facing charges.
A: failure to identify a person in distress
B: Use of force when it was uncalled for
C: such force resulted in death

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Kinda like this message board, one set of jurors did not think the officer committed a crime.

Can you imagine being a young black man in the south knocking on someone's door at night seeking help?

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Kinda like this message board, one set of jurors did not think the officer committed a crime.

Can you imagine being a young black man in the south knocking on someone's door at night seeking help?

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Kinda like this message board, one set of jurors did not think the officer committed a crime.

Can you imagine being a young black man in the south knocking on someone's door at night seeking help?

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Kinda like this message board, one set of jurors did not think the officer committed a crime.

Can you imagine being a young black man in the south knocking on someone's door at night seeking help?

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

I'd say 4 bullets in the gut told him he was not wanted...but asking what he wanted at the door could have made a difference don't you think?

Turning on a porch light may have helped... don't ya think

Saying he was calling the police may have helped ...don't ya think.

Staying in the house and waiting for the police may have helped... don't ya think

And just in case you missed the following...

I don't care what time of the day or night no one should be killed for knocking on a door

Butch

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

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Isn't there some onus in the USA on the defender to acquire a minimal level of knowledge and use some rudimentary reasoning powers before shooting someone? I mean, for instance, having a torch properly to see what's out there in the dark, and possibly intruding into one's home, along with having a gun to shoot at it?

I look at it this way... he must of had plenty of light to have hit his target 4 times... If he didn't hit his target every time... then he is lucky the rounds he missed with did not hit the next door neighbors house and kill another innocent person.

Butch

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
You do realize that Hendrix voluntarily left the safety of his home in order to confront the old man. Literally, the old man would not have been advancing on anyone with his FLASHLIGHT if Hendrix had simply opted to stay inside his house - safe and warm. Hendrix's stupidity has resulted in MANSLAUGHTER. Explain to me why he should not have stayed in his house? Obviously when he confronted the old man, the old man was not at the door (otherwise how did Hendrix even get outside). I suspect the old guy was just wandering about the property - in other words ZERO threat to someone if they just stay indoors and wait patiently for the police.

This shooter was NOT in fear - he was just impatient. And I'm sorry, but our laws should not protect that. He is guilty of MANSLAUGHTER. I hope he can live with his conscience. He takes away an innocent person's life and gets off with NO PENALTY, other than having to give a meek apology to the victim's family. How lame. Hendrix is morally vacuous.

I went back to the links for this.

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At least twice, Mr. Westbrook climbed onto the small porch, tried to open the door and rang the doorbell, Sheriff Wilson said. Dogs were barking. The police were called.

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“Westbrook never verbally responded to Hendrix but began to advance towards Hendrix in what Hendrix described as a quick and aggressive manner,” Mr. Franklin said. “Hendrix could only see a silhouette figure carrying a cylindrical object in his hand but could not make out anything else.”

This is just Me, but a silhouette figure is at least going to show a rough size of a person. Grown man, rather than small child, so the rhetoric about how it could have been a five year old isn't productive.

Knowing how I see in the dark (which isn't great) I doubt I could have determined a man's age or that he had an illness. That's just being honest.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess

My point was at the time that Hendrix went outside, Westbrook was NOT on the porch. So why does Hendrix need to go outside at the point. If he could have waited 5 minutes, Westbrook probably would have just wandered off. I really feel some patience would have resulted in one less senseless death.

I don't entirely disagree with you, and I'd have stayed inside too under different circumstances, by which I mean if I was alone. But having my wife or child in the house changes the calculation. I don't know who this guy is, I don't know if he's armed, I don't know what his intentions are, but if something's going to happen I damn well want it to happen outside, not inside.

K.

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Did all 4 bullets go into the chest? I only ask because an hour ago you posted that you were not sure if all 4 bullets even hit the guy and now you not only know they did but you know where they hit.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess

Why take it on yourself when there is no need and it actually makes things less safe for your family???

In a worst case scenario, nothing could be less safe for my family than him getting inside.

And you underestimate my skills.

K.

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
My point was at the time that Hendrix went outside, Westbrook was NOT on the porch. So why does Hendrix need to go outside at the point. If he could have waited 5 minutes, Westbrook probably would have just wandered off. I really feel some patience would have resulted in one less senseless death.

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ORIGINAL: GotSteel

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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
My point was at the time that Hendrix went outside, Westbrook was NOT on the porch. So why does Hendrix need to go outside at the point. If he could have waited 5 minutes, Westbrook probably would have just wandered off. I really feel some patience would have resulted in one less senseless death.

Because it's S̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ Advance and Escalate Your Ground.