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In reply to the discussion: No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)75. Castle law and stand your ground are two very different things...but you know that.
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No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Mar 2012
OP
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 worked in a PD for 15 years. Most burglars are not armed and more homeowners are shot with their
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#11
Assuming the homeowner is telling the truth that Morrison really did "take a step towards"
brentspeak
Mar 2012
#8
You have the location wrong. It was the back porch, and he likely trespassed to get there.
piedmont
Mar 2012
#23
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
yeah, but i still don't think it was justified, he could/should have just called the cops
JI7
Mar 2012
#22
in this case the guy was not inside the home, he was in the porch area hiding from cops
JI7
Mar 2012
#26
THis one is far from inexcusable....the guy came into the other guys house...
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#36
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
So the DA wouldn't have pressed charges, even without castle doctrine, and your response is..
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#93
Exactly. He's making a choice, and no one is under any obligations to make apologies for this dude.
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#119
Actually, the DA and the cops are saying the defending homeowner called police in the first place.
ksbsnowowl
Mar 2012
#49
It's a very relevant question. You seem to believe that a party somehow means that the homeowner
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#97
Maybe Bo should have manned up and accepted the underage drinking citation instead of breaking...
JVS
Mar 2012
#62
Really! It's not the homeowner's job to know the intentions of the guy breaking into his house
JVS
Mar 2012
#71
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
As in he knew there was a party, he confronted them, he then called the cops...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#82
Because this has nothing to do with this case. You want it to, but it does not. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#107
Wait he had a father? Well that changes everything. Please post some more stories where homeowners
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#135
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
So if you succesfully defend yourself (not have any harm come to you) it is murder?
Kurska
Mar 2012
#53
You think you should have to run in your own house? Are you kidding me?
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#68
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
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
I do have a kind of world-weary empathy for people who get themselves killed by doing stupid things.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2012
#129
That's no reason not to charge someone with a crime they may well have committed
treestar
Mar 2012
#132
Listen to what the DA dude says on the video. It's not just Castle Doctrine.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#136