Alabama woman guns down son’s gay lover at truck stop

[DonViejo]

Source: Raw Story

An Alabama woman has been charged with murder after allegedly fatally shooting her son’s boyfriend.

Tuscaloosa County Deputies said that 51-year-old Anita T. Hill’s son was “involved in a long-term relationship” with 36-year-old Jamie R. Johnson. According to deputies, the three agreed to meet at Love’s Truck Stop in McCalla on Monday to talk.

Investigators determined that the group talked for a while and then Hill’s son returned to his vehicle. Hill and Johnson continued speaking for a few more minutes. When Johnson turned to walk away, Hill shot him in the back, WBRC reported.

Police also said that they believed that Hill shot Johnson because he had been “violent” and abusive with her son. But no criminal records were immediately available to back up that story.

“We don’t see this in any way being a hate crime,” Sgt. Dale Phillips noted. “We see this being a family having issues in this. All the people involved in this were either related or had been acquaintances for several years.”

Phillips said the he did not believe Hill went to the truck stop with the intention of killing Johnson.

Hill was being held in lieu of a $75,000 bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

Watch the video below from WBMA, broadcast April 15, 2014.

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[KamaAina]

1. Anita Hill? Say it ain't so!!

Uncle Thomas must be laughing his fool head off.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. She may not have gone "with the intention of killing Johnson", but wasn't

it handy that she had a loaded gun with her?

[rocktivity]

10. More to the point

how do you punish someone for being "violent and abusive" with your child by shooting him in the back UN-intentionally?


rocktivity

[Exposethefrauds]

14. It’s Alabama the same state where a Black man shot in the back of the head

is deemed a suicide; and everyone knows how they feel about homosexuals in Alabama too. I will be more surprised if she does not walk after a jury trial.

[William769]

3. So much for sweet home Alabama. nt.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Sgt. Dale Phillips sounds related to Clancy Wiggum.

How the fuck does he know what Hill intended to do at the meeting? It isn't a hate crime because everyone knew everyone?! WTF?! It is very possible it was a domestic issue, but claiming it is already not a hate crime is bullshit!

[FarPoint]

11. The culturally clueless are making the calls.

I believe this case indeed rises to the level of a hate crime. ..not domestic as the relationship was between the victim and the son. Mom's just hated gays making this a hate crime.

[hack89]

5. A ready made country song. nt

[upaloopa]

6. One of those good law abiding gunners we hear so

much of here. Mix anger and a concealed weapon and that means potential good gunner turning into bad gunner.
Everyone should be able to carry a gun what harm is it?

[Aristus]

7. Alabama+gun+gay= acquittal.

I can see the PR program now:

Somebody poses with a gun over the caption - "When you can't pray away the gay..."

[Loudly]

8. Guns and ammunition in the hands of the public.

Settling grievances, commencing crimes, and lashing out generally.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. She will walk

the police are already setting up the acquittal.

[struggle4progress]

12. "Hill has since been released from the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $75,000 bond"

Woman, 51, charged with murder in fatal shooting at Love's Truck Stop in McCalla
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 11:20 PM EDT Updated: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:30 PM EDT

[Android3.14]

13. This one is about domestic abuse. "Gay" is in the headline simply to attract views

If a mother had shot her daughter's abusive husband in the back, I doubt it would have made it out of the town paper.
And nary a peep from the son. Nada.
The folks here who are thinking this is a hate crime about homosexuality are being oversensitive. At 51 y.o., you can bet the mother has dealt with the issues of her son being gay.
It sounds to me more like a mother trying to rescue her adult offspring from lethal domestic abuse.
If so, then those who are defending the dead guy in this story are actually supporting domestic abuse.

[nomorenomore08]

15. "Actually supporting domestic abuse"? WTF? This is Alabama we're talking about, first of all.

Can you really blame people for thinking there might at least have been an element of homophobia here?

Second of all, just because your kid's S.O. is abusing them doesn't mean you can shoot them in the back. That's still murder, not self-defense, in almost any scenario I can think of.

And a straight person accusing gays (and allies) of "being oversensitive" just looks like a jerk no matter what.

[Android3.14]

18. Sure it's murder

I've seen women driven to killing their abuser, and it was murder for them too.
But when it comes to domestic abuse, karma's a bitch. Anyone who abuses their spouse or lover deserves it back tenfold. I've dealt with abusers, and while murder is never justified, I'd guess the former victim of a dead abuser might now enjoy a stroll across the living room without having to walk on egg shells every night.
As far as looking like a jerk, I'm not accusing gay folks of anything, and I most certainly am an ally of gay people. You are making the fundamental mistake that all gay people agree with you, either that or that somehow if a man is gay it's okay to dismiss any testimony that he abused people. Because, after all, <sarcasm>it's Alabama.</sarcasm>
Truth is, I'm not the yahoo mistreating a mother, who appears may have been defending her gay son from an abusive lover, like she was some sort of newly discovered member of the Westboro Baptist Church.
So yes, I can judge people for their narrow minds, especially when the evidence indicates that, you know, they have narrow minds.

[nomorenomore08]

20. Maybe you're right. It just seems too quicky and easy to dismiss the influence of prejudice

out of hand. We'll see how this shakes out, though.

And I'm actually straight - not that it matters - but the "being oversensitive" part rubbed me the wrong way.

Otherwise I agree with your points about domestic abuse. It is a pernicious, evil thing.

[Android3.14]

22. No prob.

I'm curious how this turns out as well. Thanks for listening.

[DonViejo]

17. I prefer reading comments from those "being overly sensitive",

as opposed to comments by those that are dramatically insensitive.

[Android3.14]

19. Oh puh-shaw

You put the word "gay" in a headline, and for some folks (gay or straight) they will have to respond like the guard dogs in the movie, Up
SQUIRREL!!

[warrant46]

16. A little extreme to protect your child this way

From outside influences you feel are unacceptable and dangerous

[nomorenomore08]

21. I honestly have no idea what her motive was. But it doesn't look good no matter what.

Maybe I'm assuming too much, given the location, but it's not as if there's no track record to go off of.

[blkmusclmachine]

23. Let me guess: "Stand Your Ground."

[BigDemVoter]

24. Yeah, that will definitely turn her son straight. . . .

[valerief]

25. Someone must have tossed popcorn. Some people find popcorn very threatening it seems. nt