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Title: Florida Man Cites ‘Stand Your Ground’ After Killing Of Black Teen Amid Loud Music Dispute
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Rawstory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/ ... -teen-amid-loud-music-dispute/
Published: Nov 28, 2012
Author: Stephen C. Webster
Post Date: 2012-11-28 10:59:07 by Brian S
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Views: 3210
Comments: 2
A Florida man who allegedly shot and killed an African-American teen on Black Friday during a parking lot argument over loud music is citing the state’s so-called “stand your ground” law as his defense. Michael David Dunn, 45, claims he was threatened with a shotgun and feared for his life during a Friday night confrontation with 17-year-old Jordan Davis over his car stereo’s volume. Jacksonville police, however, said they did not find any weapons at the scene. Police say Dunn fired at Davis’s car eight or nine times, according to The Orlando Sentinel, striking Davis twice. Several other teens were also in the car at the time. Dunn reportedly fled the scene and returned home, only to be arrested the following day thanks to tips from witnesses. “He didn’t think he had harmed anybody and he just thought he had scared them off and he wanted to report it, but he didn’t want to go in a sense, throw himself to the wolves, in a strange city without representation,” Dunn attorney Robert Lemonitis told reporters in a prepared statement. Davis’s mother, Georgia resident Lucia McBath, told First Coast News that she just couldn’t understand why someone would kill her son over loud music. “That’s no reason to kill anybody,” she said. “Something snapped in that man.” “Stand your ground” laws, on the books in 32 states thanks to lobbying by conservative groups and gun advocates, say that it is legal to use deadly force without the obligation to retreat first if a person feels their life is in danger. The laws were at the epicenter of a national controversy earlier this year after another unarmed Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, was gunned down. Martin’s alleged killer, George Zimmerman, has since dropped his “stand your ground” defense but still faces a charge of second-degree murder. )
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#1. To: Brian S, *Extended Clip Progressives* (#0)
Lemonidis has said the teens drove off after Dunn fired at them, and he fired four shots as they left to “make sure they did not fire the shotgun.” She said the teens apparently got rid of the weapon before returning to the Gate station on Southside Boulevard. Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-11-28/story/dunn-waives-first-court-appearance-jacksonville-hes-officially-charged#ixzz2DXFvEW5l They shouldn't have pulled the shotgun and threatened him, no reason to. They're taking advantage of the current resident of the white house's racism against whites, and counting on racist Eric Holder to back their play. KILL WHITEY! /s He did the right thing, pulling the trigger before they did.
Shooting at what is essentially fish in a barrel hardly requires the skill you think it does. And I doubt the shotgun story, as kids prefer handguns which are plentiful in Florida.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestDunn’s attorney, Robin Lemonidis of Melbourne, stated her client “absolutely” saw someone with a shotgun in the red sport-utility vehicle next to his car at the convenience store that night.
Still alive due to quick reflexes, and being prepared for threats.
Probably the only sober one of the bunch.
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Dunn’s attorney, Robin Lemonidis of Melbourne, stated her client “absolutely” saw someone with a shotgun in the red sport-utility vehicle next to his car at the convenience store that night. Lemonidis has said the teens drove off after Dunn fired at them, and he fired four shots as they left to “make sure they did not fire the shotgun.” She said the teens apparently got rid of the weapon before returning to the Gate station on Southside Boulevard.
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