Social Media has changed the way prosecutors and elected officials think and act. They are afraid of low IQ dickwads with a collective voice, which creates the illusion they are in political peril.
2014-
Long Beach resident Tom Greer, 80, told KNBC-TV that the burglar had said she was pregnant and asked Greer not to fire, but he shot her twice in the back anyway.
An autopsy later found that Andrea Miller, 28, was not pregnant, said coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter.
‘Long Beach police are still investigating,’ said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. ‘It’s ongoing, and so we’re waiting at this point.’
McDonnell said the homeowner came home around 9 p.m. Tuesday and surprised Adams and Miller, who were trying to break into a safe. They assaulted him, breaking his collarbone, before he was able to get a handgun, the chief said.
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No charges will be filed against an 80-year-old California homeowner who fatally shot a female burglar as she begged for her life, prosecutors have said. Tom Greer chased the robbers from his Long Beach property and caught up with Andrea Miller, 28, in an alleyway before shooting her twice on 22 July last year. -Jan 27, 2015
Textbook FAFO
“I SHOT HER ANYWAY”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
A .22 may not be the MOST lethal self defense firearm, but it is effective. Especially if these are used:
https://www.cci-ammunition.com/rimfire/cci/segmented_hollow_point/6-74.html
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https://youtu.be/NJqPbGXw-nE?si=9y8nG3JySxH_H3c6
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I feel bad for the unborn child.
It looks like the robbers were white… had they been black this old guy would get life in prison
To be honest, I don’t think his defense would fly even in Texas. Deadly force is allowed to stop a threat. In Texas it may even be allowed if the criminals took something and it is still in their possession as they run away. However, if they run away. don’t have anything, and are not posing a threat, the 80 year old may face charges in even the reddest of Red Texas.
…but Onginer might be on to something.
Amazingly, the commiefornia injustice system didn’t go after Tom Greer:
“Prosecutors said Greer was within his legal rights to shoot Miller.”
https://www.presstelegram.com/2016/08/22/man-convicted-of-robbery-acquitted-of-murder-in-home-invasion-shooting/
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Jethro: I am a bit surprised at that. However, by the tone of that news video, there is probably a great deal that we aren’t being told.
OT: When did Nikki Haley buy Conservative Review? https://www.gopher-news.com/Conservative_Review?i=Nikki_Haley_Sets_Herself_Apart_Among_GOP_Contenders&sid=90440702
The article BFH quoted said he chased her in an ally and then shot her. The article I linked to says he shot her in his home.
I worked in Long Beach for ten years after graduating from Cal State LB; not much good happens there but was a fun place to work as a leo. Don’t think it would be now
I love this guy.
I gotta be honest, even in 2015 this would qualify as murder. She posed no threat at the time he killed her.
Yea, they were white. Cranksters. The dude went to jail for beating up the old guy. A bad night in Long Beach for the bad guys all the way around, lol.
https://www.presstelegram.com/2016/08/31/long-beach-man-will-go-to-prison-in-beating-robbery-of-bixby-knolls-homeowner-80/
They would have gleefully killed him and not thought twice about it. Her accomplice needs to be hunted down given the same treatment. Scumbags.
80 years old a life sentence doesn’t mean much. That said if you have a self defense shooting there are 3 rules
1 Don’t get dead ( the Bongino rule)
2 When the cops show up immediately invoke you 5th amendment rights shut up and demand a lawyer.
3 Never EVER talk to the media.
“1 Don’t get dead ( the Bongino rule) ”
Actually that’s the Clint Smith rule. The dudes been teaching guys like Bongino, who would tell you this, how to stay alive for decades.
https://thunderranchinc.com/home
Back Lives Matter…
cfm990,
She lied. Read the article.
He got 12 years in greyrock hotel, his mom (getaway driver!?) got 3 years.
https://lbpost.com/news/crime/28-year-old-man-found-guilty-of-robbing-long-beach-home-in-2014-resulting-in-accomplice-s-death/
Alo, the LA Times had this: “Greer, who was robbed on two other occasions, “held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury,” wrote Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Janet Moore, explaining the office’s decision not to charge him.”
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-no-charges-home-burglary-20150126-story.html