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In the discussion thread: No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:16 AM

46. Nice falsified account in that article there.

How about the account from the DA's report?

The homeowner stated that the light was still off and he could not see what the subject was doing
but at this time the subject raised a hand towards the homeowner and took a step towards the
homeowner. The homeowner stated that atthis point he already had his firearm straight out in
front of him with his arm extended and aimed at the individual. The homeowner stated that
when the subject took a step towards him, that the homeowner shot him once.

Not "raised his hands in the air." Raised his hand (singular) toward the homeowner. As if he was holding out a weapon. That's how it would look to an observer in that darkened room. Why don't we base our arguments on the official facts, and not some BS made up by a blogger?

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159 replies	Author	Time	Post
No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]	Are_grits_groceries	Mar 2012	OP
I thought Castle Doctrine only applied if the intruder was IN your house	auburngrad82	Mar 2012	#1
It was an enclosed porch I think....	Little Star	Mar 2012	#2
Twice I have chased intruders from my home. I have never had to fire a shot. Just hearing a rifle	appleannie1	Mar 2012	#3
I once heard a personal safety expert say --	Hell Hath No Fury	Mar 2012	#4
It is more common in defensive gun usages for no shots to be fired...	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2012	#5
He was drugged up.	Drahthaardogs	Mar 2012	#141
moreover, in the event you do need to discharge your shotgun..	frylock	Mar 2012	#7
Depend what you stoke it with ....	BOHICA12	Mar 2012	#34
I worked in a PD for 15 years. Most burglars are not armed and more homeowners are shot with their	appleannie1	Mar 2012	#11
That's the best weapon for home defense, but a dog is the best thing.	Incitatus	Mar 2012	#43
it is a universally known sound somehow	ProdigalJunkMail	Mar 2012	#15
Seems reasonable considering it was in the dark at 2am.	Pacafishmate	Mar 2012	#6
i don't think it was reasonable to shoot him	JI7	Mar 2012	#25
Nonsense.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#29
Assuming the homeowner is telling the truth that Morrison really did "take a step towards"	brentspeak	Mar 2012	#8
This is the problem with these shoots...	orwell	Mar 2012	#9
Doing either is a good way to get killed	dmallind	Mar 2012	#10
I really don't want to ever kill someone	ohheckyeah	Mar 2012	#12
that's a good idea	ProdigalJunkMail	Mar 2012	#16
Yeah, the shooter was in genuine danger and "needed to defend himself"	brentspeak	Mar 2012	#13
"Shoot to wound" is Hollywood fiction.	Nye Bevan	Mar 2012	#17
Is firing a warning shot also a "Hollywood fiction"?	brentspeak	Mar 2012	#18
Warning shots are Hollywood Fiction.	ksbsnowowl	Mar 2012	#20
He can legally shoot dead an unarmed intruder	brentspeak	Mar 2012	#86
You have the location wrong. It was the back porch, and he likely trespassed to get there.	piedmont	Mar 2012	#23
Oh really?	Straw Man	Mar 2012	#154
Probably raising his right hand to apologize...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#30
I think a culture of "don't break into someone's home at 2 am" would have worked even better. nt	piedmont	Mar 2012	#33
Baloney.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#40
Would I want this to happen to a family member?	ksbsnowowl	Mar 2012	#45
"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#55
You can do better than cut-n-paste	piedmont	Mar 2012	#47
This was a party next to the guys house.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#54
And this was 2 am, an hour after police were called	piedmont	Mar 2012	#115
"committing suicide-by-homeowner."	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#117
It's how our society is ordered	gratuitous	Mar 2012	#14
+1	Art_from_Ark	Mar 2012	#38
...	SammyWinstonJack	Mar 2012	#102
and	got root	Mar 2012	#19
That seems justifiable...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#21
yeah, but i still don't think it was justified, he could/should have just called the cops	JI7	Mar 2012	#22
As said above, if I find someone in my house...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#24
in this case the guy was not inside the home, he was in the porch area hiding from cops	JI7	Mar 2012	#26
As explained above, it apparently was a fully enclosed sun room...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#27
It's a fully enclosed porch, not a typical porch but more akin to a sunroom.	Selatius	Mar 2012	#79
If this guy grabs a baseball bat instead of a gun...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#28
Or the kid gets beat to death by a blunt instrument...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#31
Nonsense...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#35
THis one is far from inexcusable....the guy came into the other guys house...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#36
Rubbish.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#39
I wouldn't expect my kids to be drunk and then break into someone's house to hide from the police	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#48
I did all the time, we usually just left the party if the cops were called	Hippo_Tron	Mar 2012	#155
Perhaps you missed this..	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#41
He didn't have a scratch on him.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#44
Nice falsified account in that article there.	ksbsnowowl	Mar 2012	#46
If it was so dark...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#56
The light was off and he could not see what Morrison was doing	brentspeak	Mar 2012	#157
Did you take video? nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#158
And what exactly does distance have to do with it?	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#50
We frankly have no idea if we walked toward him...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#66
Did you forget the DA's statement, again, or is that intentional?	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#87
Intentional?	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#88
So the DA wouldn't have pressed charges, even without castle doctrine, and your response is..	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#93
Somehow I think you have an agenda...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#94
Nice deflection.	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#96
What makes you think the DA and the police conducted a fair investigation?	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#98
Another dodge.	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#103
And you're defending a killer...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#111
And another dodge..	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#114
What makes you think the D.A. couldn't indict him and let a jury decide? n/t	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#116
"Couldn't"? None. But that wasn't the question, was it? n/t	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#118
Exactly. He's making a choice, and no one is under any obligations to make apologies for this dude.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#119
"knowing full well the kid was likely not armed" -- equivocate much?	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#120
Should go to trial...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#121
I notice you still haven't answered my question. n/t	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#122
The answer to your question is that the D.A. is making a choice...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#124
That's a dodge, not an answer.	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#126
Malice aforethought.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#130
That word..	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#133
You really don't help your argument...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#138
What leads you to believe that the homeowner intended to kill the intruder?	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#139
He's an experienced gun owner.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#140
That's another dodge.	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#143
There's no dodge there at all.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#144
Why do people like not answering my questions?	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#145
I know where you stand on these issues.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#146
Lol, so you didn't actually answer the previous question. Okay.	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#147
You couldn't buy a clue...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#148
Without "Castle Law" the homeowner would have been found justified anyway.	ksbsnowowl	Mar 2012	#42
Yeah, in this particular case, and after the fact.	krispos42	Mar 2012	#32
They aren't saying who called the police in the first place...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#37
Actually, the DA and the cops are saying the defending homeowner called police in the first place.	ksbsnowowl	Mar 2012	#49
So he knew there was the party...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#57
Because no bad people ever came to a party? nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#90
Stupid question.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#92
It's a very relevant question. You seem to believe that a party somehow means that the homeowner	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#97
You seem to believe one ought to shoot first, and ask questions later...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#100
When you find someone skulking within your house, yes. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#101
Hope you don't shoot the neighbors kid some weekened...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#104
20 years old is now a kid? Soon it will be 25 or maybe 30.	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#105
No, I wasn't in the "in" crowd.	krispos42	Mar 2012	#51
Well I did go to such parties...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#58
Maybe Bo should have manned up and accepted the underage drinking citation instead of breaking...	JVS	Mar 2012	#62
Really?	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#64
Really! It's not the homeowner's job to know the intentions of the guy breaking into his house	JVS	Mar 2012	#71
"or use the doorbell and ask to enter."	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#74
Do you believe that Bo is entitled to enter other people's houses without their consent?	JVS	Mar 2012	#77
Do you believe a homeowner is entitled to shoot an unarmed drunk kid in cold blood?	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#78
How are you defining 'cold blood'??	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#81
As in he knew there was a party, he confronted them, he then called the cops...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#82
When someone breaks into your house it isn't "cold blood"	JVS	Mar 2012	#83
He had time to ask him what he was doing there...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#84
Never knew someone who hid in a house though. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#91
He hid in a covered porch. That's how the houses are built there...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#95
Why can't you grasp what a covered ENCLOSED porch is? nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#99
What don't you understand about malice with forethought? n/t	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#106
Because this has nothing to do with this case. You want it to, but it does not. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#107
The hell it doesn't.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#108
The fact that he had a gun really burns you up doesn't it?	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#110
"The fact that he had a gun really burns you up doesn't it?"	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#131
Wait he had a father? Well that changes everything. Please post some more stories where homeowners	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#135
And from the abstract view, withhindsight and evidence	krispos42	Mar 2012	#134
Negative.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#137
"Judicial review"	krispos42	Mar 2012	#149
He can get a public defender for free.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#150
Sure, a public defender for free.	krispos42	Mar 2012	#152
Mr. Morrison wasn't an angel...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#153
Yeah I remember all the times I got drunk in high school...then ran from the cops, then broke into	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#52
Well I hope you never feel "threatened" enough...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#59
So if you succesfully defend yourself (not have any harm come to you) it is murder?	Kurska	Mar 2012	#53
These are the facts.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#61
This person broke into this house...why is this hard to understand?	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#65
Under a bullshit law.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#67
You think you should have to run in your own house? Are you kidding me?	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#68
I think you have a duty to responsibly employ deadly force.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#70
Al Sharpton's will read it and think to himself...	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#72
Actually Ed Schultz is already all over this case...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#73
Castle law and stand your ground are two very different things...but you know that.	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#75
Your question should be "Did you ever break into someone's home while fleeing the cops?"	JVS	Mar 2012	#60
There's more to this story.	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#63
You want it to be the same, and it's really,really not.	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#69
Yeah it is...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#76
I'm sad for his family, but his son should not have broken into a house...he wasn't stalked, he	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2012	#80
Exactly..	sendero	Mar 2012	#109
If you don't like people who break into houses getting shot,	Nye Bevan	Mar 2012	#85
Do you haved any empathy for the dead young man?	Comrade Grumpy	Mar 2012	#128
I do have a kind of world-weary empathy for people who get themselves killed by doing stupid things.	Nye Bevan	Mar 2012	#129
Why not let a jury decide?	treestar	Mar 2012	#89
That might require the D.A. to bend over...	ellisonz	Mar 2012	#112
Then the homeowner would have some pretty high legal defense costs.	kiva	Mar 2012	#113
That's no reason not to charge someone with a crime they may well have committed	treestar	Mar 2012	#132
But that's the job of the DA's office,	kiva	Mar 2012	#151
That's how it works in the UK.	Nye Bevan	Mar 2012	#127
According to this, that doesn't seem to be the case	Hippo_Tron	Mar 2012	#156
What gets lost in this discussion...	Comrade Grumpy	Mar 2012	#123
One where we fear criminals	dsc	Mar 2012	#125
Listen to what the DA dude says on the video. It's not just Castle Doctrine.	slackmaster	Mar 2012	#136
Guns provide an illusion of safety.	McCamy Taylor	Mar 2012	#142
I prefer a pair of cybermen. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#159

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