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Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« on: July 10, 2009, 06:35:28 AM »
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- William West was asleep in his bed when he got an unusual call from his neighbor at 4:30 in the morning.

"I called him back, and he was like, 'Somebody in your house right now. How asleep is you? They in your house right now," West's neighbor said.

That's when West said he got up and armed himself with a 12-gauge shotgun, taking matters into his own hands.

"I didn't really have time to think, you know what I'm saying," West said. "Didn't have time to think to be scared or not. I just know I had to try to protect myself. That's it."

West said he shot the intruder who was later identified as 25-year-old Gerald Wright.

According to the arrest report, Wright came in through West's window armed with a silver handgun and was standing in his living room.

"I couldn't really see because I wear glasses, so I just shot because I had buck shots, and I know they would spread," West said.

According to the report, Wright was able to climb back out and run a couple blocks away, where he was found lying on the ground near the dorms at Edward Waters College.

Five days later, you can still see a trail of blood from the suspect leading from the window down the stairwell.

"I was trying to protect myself," West said. "That's all."

This marks the third incident in the last couple of weeks where victims are no longer waiting for police and instead utilizing Florida's stand-your-ground law.

The law gives victims the right to use deadly force in self-defense situations.

"I don't think it should have to come down to this," West said. "I really don't."

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2009, 07:30:56 AM »
sweet, serves criminals right. 

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 07:34:16 AM »
Home invasions are through the roof here in Florida.  Poor people do desperate shit.

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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 07:35:42 AM »
Home invasions are through the roof here in Florida.  Poor people do desperate shit.

Disgusting practice.

If somebody enters your house like that, Debussey hopes you shoot first, ask later >:(

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2009, 07:53:18 AM »


"I called him back, and he was like, 'Somebody in your house right now. How asleep is you? They in your house right now," West's neighbor said.


This is just so ghetto.

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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 07:54:53 AM »
This is just so ghetto.

Both the robber and the shooter were upright brothers...

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2009, 08:13:47 AM »
Homeowner was just protecting his stuff he burglarized from somewhere else.

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2009, 11:12:54 AM »
Homeowner was just protecting his stuff he burglarized from somewhere else.

And how do you know this? 

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Re: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense(FL)
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2009, 12:02:08 PM »
And how do you know this? 

How do you know he wasn't?

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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2009, 12:11:48 PM »
How do you know he wasn't?
LOL you made the assertion brainchild its up to you to prove it...

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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2009, 12:20:12 PM »
How do you know he wasn't?

You made the assumption that a homeowner stole the items in his own home and you're asking me to disprove your assumption?   ::) 

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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2009, 12:25:02 PM »
I made no assumption of any kind.  I was being sarcastic following up my "ghetto" comment.

Because you lacked brain wattage to detect the difference between the two you clearly were expecting me to hold your hand and explain things in one syllable words? 

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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2009, 12:27:07 PM »
I made no assumption of any kind.  I was being sarcastic following up my "ghetto" comment.

Because you lacked brain wattage to detect the difference between the two you clearly were expecting me to hold your hand and explain things in one syllable words? 

LOL!  So now it was sarcasm?   ::)  Lurker what's funny about you is how often you criticize people's intellect while making a fool of yourself during discussions on the board.  :)

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« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2009, 12:29:30 PM »
^^ More showcasing of the brain drainage.

No wonder you seem to stick with  ::) all the time.  That is probably the best thing you can post without revealing a serious lack in basic mental fundamentals.

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« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2009, 12:31:26 PM »
^^ More showcasing of the brain drainage.

No wonder you seem to stick with  ::) all the time.  That is probably the best thing you can post without revealing a serious lack in basic mental fundamentals.

Thanks for proving my point. 

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« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2009, 12:32:28 PM »
LOL!  So now it was sarcasm?   ::)  Lurker what's funny about you is how often you criticize people's intellect while making a fool of yourself during discussions on the board.  :)
LOL just like True Asshat does  ;) maybe hes a gimmick

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« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2009, 12:34:03 PM »
LOL just like True Asshat does  ;) maybe hes a gimmick

Funny no?  Couldn't justify an asinine comment so it becomes a "joke," followed by the standard ad hominem crap.