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steve2470

(37,461 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 02:04 AM Feb 2014

Murder trial opens in Florida shooting over loud music [View all]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A Florida murder trial, stemming from an argument over loud music at a gas station that ended in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, opens on Monday, reviving a debate over the state's gun control and self-defense laws.

Michael Dunn, 47, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis on November 23, 2012.

The white, middle-aged software engineer opened fire on a car with four black teenage boys inside that was parked next to him in the parking lot of a Jacksonville gas station convenience store in northeast Florida.

Dunn has said he feared for his life, drawing comparisons to the trial of George Zimmerman, the former central Florida neighborhood watchman who was acquitted last year of murder after saying he shot a 17-year-old unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in self-defense.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/us-usa-florida-shooting-dunn-idUSBREA1205Q20140203



SYG and Zimmerman all over again.....
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another paranoid coward Skittles Feb 2014 #1
yep steve2470 Feb 2014 #2
I have on occasion jammed to such music when it is out in public Skittles Feb 2014 #4
glad you enjoyed ! steve2470 Feb 2014 #6
it's like you said Skittles Feb 2014 #7
yep steve2470 Feb 2014 #8
he was gonna take on a car of teens or they were going to hit the guy? Neither is my guess lunasun Feb 2014 #21
Actually ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #18
Dunn Trial: What you need to know steve2470 Feb 2014 #3
the guy had been drinking and was stopping for more alcohol Skittles Feb 2014 #5
"He Feared For His Life" DallasNE Feb 2014 #9
what exactly did he fear? Skittles Feb 2014 #10
He had three rum drinks before driving to the Gate station. If drinking before driving is 1monster Feb 2014 #12
As with many subjective legal calls pipoman Feb 2014 #13
Quite familiar with this case. . . JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #11
I see what you did there RVN VET Feb 2014 #16
n/s JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #17
Creeps taking guns in hand to mandate what they think is acceptable behavior. WTF is RKP5637 Feb 2014 #14
Many people who own a gun . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #15
I hate those thunder cars, too. You just drive away from them. You don't kill the people valerief Feb 2014 #19
If he was afeared why didn't he just drive away?Or walk into gas station and ask for po 2b called??? lunasun Feb 2014 #20
The precedent has been set, so he'll probably walk Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #22
If they let him walk free cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #23
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