According to the article, there were issues with the actions the police did during questioning. And the defense got the race element thrown out.
He took a plea deal on a federal charge of possession of a firearm used in a violent crime.
Reading the details of this case is bizarre. He claims he approached the guy's truck, with his weapon drawn to ask for a ride. He was refused. He then claimed he felt intimidated by the 77 year old man in the truck and felt the white guy was going to harm him because he is black. So he dumped 8 rounds into the guy.
I googled for awhile trying to find the demographic makeup of the jury. If anyone else can find that info that would be cool.
Really all I could find on this post was this article, an additional article by the local paper, The Post and Courier, and a bunch of social media pages linked to the P&C article.
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=62265
This is the article that goes with the headline.
According to the article, there were issues with the actions the police did during questioning. And the defense got the race element thrown out.
He took a plea deal on a federal charge of possession of a firearm used in a violent crime.
Reading the details of this case is bizarre. He claims he approached the guy's truck, with his weapon drawn to ask for a ride. He was refused. He then claimed he felt intimidated by the 77 year old man in the truck and felt the white guy was going to harm him because he is black. So he dumped 8 rounds into the guy.
I googled for awhile trying to find the demographic makeup of the jury. If anyone else can find that info that would be cool.
Really all I could find on this post was this article, an additional article by the local paper, The Post and Courier, and a bunch of social media pages linked to the P&C article.
You are describing a carjacking where the aggressor shot the driver because he didn't hand over his vehicle.
Yup, that's his defense.
Black fragility on display again.