Georgia man shoots and kills young Latino who accidentally pulled into his driveway

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

if there was regular gang activity next door and the shooter assumed that because the driver was latino he was therefore in a gang, that's still racism in my book.

Hardly... If my car gets jacked out of my driveway, assuming a young black male took it is hardly racism, when they account for over 90% of the crime in my area. I thinks it's basic statistics and logic.

If their is a serial killer in my location I am going to think white guy, right away.. People use stats for a reason.

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serial killers all look like white accountants.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What about the gun? Is the gun okay? Let's hope nothing happened to the gun.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I posted the entire article. I quoted the first large chunk and linked to the rest.

Taking a shot into the air is dangerous. So yes, there is something wrong with that.

I don't care that he served during war times. Show some restraint and don't lose it just because someone pulled into your driveway. Nobody even got out of the car.

Yes, it is a sad chain of events when an overreaction and paranoia causes the loss of a life.

Their family is far more forgiving than I would have been.

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

Sorry guys I am a VET. being a Vet does not give someone the right to murder.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

I didn't say I had served during war time. I said I didn't care that he had - if that makes my opinion invalid in your mind, so be it. Your way of thinking is not the only correct one.

Sorry guys I am a VET. being a Vet does not give someone the right to murder.

Thank you.

You can be a vet and have served your community your whole life.

If you shoot someone in cold blood due to an overreaction on your part, you are still a murderer in my eyes.

[decocker 7,198]

Hardly... If my car gets jacked out of my driveway, assuming a young black male took it is hardly racism, when they account for over 90% of the crime in my area. I thinks it's basic statistics and logic.

If their is a serial killer in my location I am going to think white guy, right away.. People use stats for a reason.

honestly, you're racist. first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

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serial killers all look like white accountants.

My link

Here is another link to another shooting in that area. 2 black men in an obvious racist attack shot a person .. Still racist ??? still outraged ??

Gwinnett County Police are looking for two suspects who shot a man and robbed another outside a Stone Mountain Walmart this morning around 2:50 a.m.

The suspects, both black males, were armed with a semi-automatic handgun, possibly a .40 calibre Glock, according to a police statement. They approached two separate shoppers in the parking lot, shooting one, a 35-year-old male, in the leg when "he did not understand their demands and continued to walk towards the store," the report said.

The other victim, a 20-year-old-male, handed over his keys, wallet and cell phone. The suspects took his car and left the scene. That vehicle is described as a blue 2010 Honda Fit with Georgia tag PFE8356.

Gwinnett Police reviewed Walmart security footage and found that the assailants arrived in a red Honda Civic that had been taken in a carjacking Friday in Atlanta. It was located at the shopping center and impounded.

The shooting victim was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Gwinnett County Police are asking for anyone with information about this crime to call 770-513-5700.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

I too am a vet, still serving. And I know that combat changes a person, but I also know that in some cases, restraint is needed before aggression.

[sandinista! 1,816]

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

so then does the general public have much to fear from vets, because to hear you say it, they're all barmy in the head and often armed to the teeth? they sound like a public menace, if what you're saying is true. sounds like the victim should have shot first here, when confronted with this crazy, armed old veteran.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I wasn't aware that you served during war time and were familiar with the kind of affect that has on your way of thinking, sorry for that.

My husband is a Vet who did 2 tours of Iraq, my dad served during WW2, so did my maternal grandfather. I know the long-lasting affect that had on them. My father passed in September from altzeimers, he relived many instances in his last 2 years and believed he was back in the Army hospital instead of the nursing home.

My life is different to yours, his is different to ours. My experiences alter my thinking and actions just as yours do yours. I have been reminded of this difference in thinking many times while living here in the U.S.

You can sit there and declare that he was wrong and that you would never do something you consider "wrong", but I'll bet you at some time or other he said the same thing when he saw something that he didn't agree with. You just don't know until you're put in that situation.

If your defense of this man taking another persons life is that his military service hampered his ability to think clearly, then perhaps he never should've had the gun in the first place.

Edited January 30, 2013 by Teddy B

[decocker 7,198]

If your defense of this man taking another persons life is that his military service hampered his ability to think clearly, then perhaps he never should've had the gun in the first place.

bingo.

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so then does the general public have much to fear from vets, because to hear you say it, they're all barmy in the head and often armed to the teeth? they sound like a public menace, if what you're saying is true. sounds like the victim should have shot first here, when confronted with this crazy, armed old veteran.

maybe thats one good reason to remain in a constant state of war... so we can keep them off our shores and doing harm to people other than us.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

If your defense of this man taking another persons life is that his military service hampered his ability to think clearly, then perhaps he never should've had the gun in the first place.

Seriously. How is this an argument?

He wasn't in his right mind due to serving? I can understand that. Why was he allowed to have a gun, then? Clearly he was a danger to others.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

If your defense of this man taking another persons life is that his military service hampered his ability to think clearly, then perhaps he never should've had the gun in the first place.

You're being ridiculous. I said his experiences trained him to think and react in different ways to other people. My husband had PTSD, still does to a small extent, but at least he doesn't see people waking him up as a reason to come up swinging anymore. The man in the article went for many years without killing someone, why now? There was an article I read where people in the military in support groups don't sit in a circle, because that means someone will have their back facing a window or door. Instead they're all sitting with their backs up against the walls so they can keep and eye out.

Just like I think people are rude pr*cks for certain things they say and others just think it's normal. It's all based on experience. His experience was: car full of people enters my drive way, accelerated and wound down the window. If you lived in an area of crime you'd think it was some sort of drive-by as well.

so then does the general public have much to fear from vets, because to hear you say it, they're all barmy in the head and often armed to the teeth? they sound like a public menace, if what you're saying is true. sounds like the victim should have shot first here, when confronted with this crazy, armed old veteran.

You know what, to a small extent yes. Many never come back "right", in defense of OUR freedom they've given a piece of themselves that many never get back.