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Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:37 PM Oct 2014

Loud-music shooter gets life in prison

Last edited Fri Oct 17, 2014, 02:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: USA Today

Loud-music shooter gets life in prison
Rick Neale, Florida Today 12:22 p.m. EDT October 17, 2014

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Wearing an orange shirt-sleeved inmate jumpsuit with his hands and legs shackled, Michael Dunn apologized Friday to the family of an unarmed teenager he shot and killed during a parking lot dispute in November 2012.

"I am mortified I took a life, whether it was justified or not," Dunn said during his sentencing hearing at the Duval County Courthouse.

Circuit Judge Russell Healey sentenced the 47-year-old South Patrick Shores, Fla., software developer to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Jordan Davis, 17, during their argument sparked by loud rap music at a Jacksonville gas station.

*Adds Cowbell - As Per Requested*

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/17/michael-dunn-loud-music-murder-sentence/17433007/



Just saw this, and posting since I haven't seen any one else doing so.
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Loud-music shooter gets life in prison (Original Post) Xyzse Oct 2014 OP
good although he sounds like he's not all that sorry belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1
That is pretty close to my reaction as well. Xyzse Oct 2014 #7
Stand Your Ground Defense Failed PNW_Dem Oct 2014 #40
KKK Gun Nuts billhicks76 Oct 2014 #44
Yeah... (n/t) Xyzse Oct 2014 #46
He's not sorry. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #9
my reaction too vlyons Oct 2014 #15
He's sorry that he got caught... Bryce Butler Oct 2014 #16
He's sorry he didn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #24
Yep. Delphinus Oct 2014 #30
Yep sakabatou Oct 2014 #26
And ironic that he used the term "mortified" OnlinePoker Oct 2014 #36
Yep wheniwasincongress Oct 2014 #53
I hope he doesn't get off on appeal. Thugs like him are dangerous. nt valerief Oct 2014 #2
Good. LoisB Oct 2014 #3
"whether it was justified, or NOT??!!!" Demeter Oct 2014 #4
Yeah, that was a stupid parting shot. byronius Oct 2014 #22
Can't get any peace and quiet anymore. candelista Oct 2014 #5
^^^ LiberalElite Oct 2014 #18
Thump! candelista Oct 2014 #19
Umm... gcomeau Oct 2014 #33
Michael Dunn gets life without parole for murder of teen who played loud music KeepItReal Oct 2014 #6
That's true. Xyzse Oct 2014 #8
Justice? In Florida?! KamaAina Oct 2014 #10
Same as "justice" in Hawaii. candelista Oct 2014 #13
Are you thinking about Kollin Elderts? KamaAina Oct 2014 #20
I'm thinking about the entire racist, xenophobic, crony driven system. candelista Oct 2014 #21
I'll give you crony-driven. KamaAina Oct 2014 #23
Congratulations! candelista Oct 2014 #25
The rule? KamaAina Oct 2014 #27
Please don't tell me something I know not to be true. candelista Oct 2014 #28
Or justice in Denver, CO! ReRe Oct 2014 #54
Did he have to use the word "mortified"? thecrow Oct 2014 #11
He's embarrassed that he got caught. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #31
good riddance VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #12
That's about all the words this fuck head deserves. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2014 #58
He would have walked if he had been an off duty policeman. nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #14
Whether it was justifed or not. That is not an apology. jwirr Oct 2014 #17
"without the possibility of parole" Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #29
Justice is served!!!!! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #32
Once in awhile they get something right in Florida LynneSin Oct 2014 #34
Good to see no white privilege getting him off the hook (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #35
EXACTLY! marym625 Oct 2014 #42
If he was black, the police would have shot him on the sight. hughee99 Oct 2014 #59
I would love to see . . . Brigid Oct 2014 #37
YAY! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #38
Nice, half-hearted apology, jackass! n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #39
Good marym625 Oct 2014 #41
He celebrated with a pizza! Runningdawg Oct 2014 #43
Although the wheel grinds slow it grinds exceeding fine Recursion Oct 2014 #45
To the folks who followed the second trial: ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #47
It wasn't justified. SHRED Oct 2014 #48
That's one piss poor "apology" Tom Ripley Oct 2014 #49
Dunn: life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Jordan Davis, 17 sheshe2 Oct 2014 #50
"mortified"??????!!!!!!! does he even know what the word means? he's not sorry AT ALL secondwind Oct 2014 #51
Nothing less would be honorable, and right. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #52
K&R ReRe Oct 2014 #55
one out of a hundred heaven05 Oct 2014 #56
He still thinks it was justified. BS apology. EEO Oct 2014 #57
 

belzabubba333

(1,237 posts)
1. good although he sounds like he's not all that sorry
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:39 PM
Oct 2014

"I am mortified I took a life, whether it was justified or not,"

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
7. That is pretty close to my reaction as well.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:42 PM
Oct 2014

However, I can see why he would say such a thing since I think they may want to try to appeal.
His main defense was to basically say that he was justified in doing what he did, so he may have wanted to leave that open.

I find that as a weakness in our justice system where apologizing is considered indicative of guilt and people have worse sentences due to it.

PNW_Dem

(119 posts)
40. Stand Your Ground Defense Failed
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 03:08 PM
Oct 2014

Don’t overlook the most important development here. This happened in Florida and he was unable to use the “Stand Your Ground” defense. This is a promising tactic used successfully by the prosecution. I think that we will see a lot more use of second-degree attempted murder. Maybe something was learned from the Trevon Martin tragedy…

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
44. KKK Gun Nuts
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 03:12 PM
Oct 2014

They will surely be upset over this...especially all those racist elitists in Missouri and Florida.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
15. my reaction too
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:02 PM
Oct 2014

waddaya mean

whether it was justified or not
? What kind of apology is that? Not much of one; that's for sure. If hadn't been carrying his stupid gun, how very different the outcome. Well he'll have a nice long time to meditate on this.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
18. ^^^
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:10 PM
Oct 2014

There was no reason for him to say anything about the music. No one's in a gas station for long. He could have just got what he was there for and left - but he felt entitled.

 

gcomeau

(5,764 posts)
33. Umm...
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:46 PM
Oct 2014
"There was no reason for him to say anything about the music."


Frankly, if all he had done was said something I would be on his side, people who blast their music as obnoxiously as possible in public spaces are assholes and it's not entirely inappropriate for it to be pointed out to them from time to time.

It's when he pulled the gun out that he became the bad guy in the situation... because while you have a right to tell people they're being assholes they still have a right to be them without getting shot for it.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
6. Michael Dunn gets life without parole for murder of teen who played loud music
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:41 PM
Oct 2014

Better headline from CNN...

A Florida judge Friday sentenced Michael Dunn to life in prison without parole for the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis.
Before sentencing Dunn, Duval County Judge Russell Healey said, "This case demonstrates that our justice system does work."

Dunn, 47, was convicted of first-degree murder this month for shooting into an SUV full of teenagers at a Jacksonville, Florida, gas station after an argument over loud music from the teens' vehicle.

Dunn had said he shot at the vehicle because he thought Davis had a weapon and feared for his life, but the prosecution said Dunn was the aggressor and pointed out that he kept firing even after the teens fled.

Investigators say Davis never had a weapon, nor was one found in the teens' SUV or in the area.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/justice/michael-dunn-sentencing/
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
20. Are you thinking about Kollin Elderts?
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:12 PM
Oct 2014

Despite the name, I have been on "the Continent" for about five years. Yeah, $#*! like this happens everywhere, but in Flori-duh, it's a daily occurrence.

 

candelista

(1,986 posts)
21. I'm thinking about the entire racist, xenophobic, crony driven system.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:14 PM
Oct 2014

Which has turned a beautiful paradise into a hell-hole.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
23. I'll give you crony-driven.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:21 PM
Oct 2014

But I never once in nine years encountered any problems as a haole. Granted, being in the minority does take some getting used to.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
27. The rule?
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:25 PM
Oct 2014

I believe that you're an exception to the rule that most folks, including haoles, are treated with aloha.

 

candelista

(1,986 posts)
28. Please don't tell me something I know not to be true.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:27 PM
Oct 2014

I lived and worked there much longer than you.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
54. Or justice in Denver, CO!
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:30 AM
Oct 2014

Did anyone see Amy Goodman yesterday? If not, you have to check it out. I really was shocked to hear what has been going on there. Hadn't heard about it anywhere else. http://www.DemocracyNow.org

thecrow

(5,519 posts)
11. Did he have to use the word "mortified"?
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:47 PM
Oct 2014

His victim was ACTUALLY mortified... what does he understand about that? What an insensitive word choice.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
37. I would love to see . . .
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 02:21 PM
Oct 2014

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The racial, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds of these jurors as compared to those of the jurors on the Trayvon Martin case.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
45. Although the wheel grinds slow it grinds exceeding fine
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 03:28 PM
Oct 2014

I wish Davis were still alive and Dunn were a free man today, but that's not how it happened. Justice is served.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
48. It wasn't justified.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 07:45 PM
Oct 2014

Besides if it truly was a justifiable self defense then why would he be "mortified".
The guy makes no sense.

Dunn is done. Good.

sheshe2

(83,341 posts)
50. Dunn: life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Jordan Davis, 17
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:15 PM
Oct 2014
Davis' father, Ron, said his life has been shattered by the shooting, and he has been emotionally unable to return to work.

"I held my son in my arms at the hospital and kissed him for his last goodbye. You see, I gave him his first kiss when he came into this world," Ron Davis said.

"And I could never imagine giving him his last kiss."


Rest in Peace, Jordan~

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
55. K&R
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:35 AM
Oct 2014

Hadn't seen it anywhere. His future isn't looking good at all. He will NOT get a good reception in the maximum security prison they throw his bigoted arse in. They'll probably have to keep him in solitary confinement to protect him.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
56. one out of a hundred
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 08:09 AM
Oct 2014

while justified, he just killed that kid too soon after Trayvon Martin to have really gotten away with it. If it had been a little longer where the DA would have figured the people would not create a Ferguson he would've walked. I hope his soul dies in that prison cell. Amerikkkan justice has not been served, he was someone all the little racists and 'others' can point to and say "see. see, our system works"!!!!! Bullshit, it's BROKEN, big time. This guy was the racist 'Oswald' patsy.

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