Georgia woman shoots 15 y/o for walking past her house. (legal, death)

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by jade408

Nope, you don't get to shoot people for throwing rocks. You, Jane Citizen are not judge, jury and executioner. This is why we have a court system.

Depends on the rock. If someone is throwing a golf ball size rock at the head, its time for them to be shot.

[Icy Tea]

If she was sick and tired of those primates harassing her, threatening her and damaging her property she could have gotten a video of them, identified them and then gave their parents the bill.

[Luvvarkansas]

Originally Posted by katzpaw

These were not innocent kids "walking past her house", and this was an ongoing problem that cops wouldn't/couldn't control, but she should not have shot at them.

I agree on both your points.

At least she could have just fired a warning shot into the air. That would have sent them running just as effectively, I'd bet.

Hopefully the other boys have learned from this....

[Phyxius]

Originally Posted by Icy Tea

If she was sick and tired of those primates harassing her, threatening her and damaging her property she could have gotten a video of them, identified them and then gave their parents the bill.

Police intervention didn't work the first time.

[Ih2puo]

Never fails.

People throw rocks at you don't shoot. Specially if dey poor oppressed black kids.

[thefragile]

Originally Posted by 8won6

Georgia woman shoots 15-year-old boy walking by her house - NY Daily News

Yet another stable mable with a gun. Idiot.

[Mouser]

Originally Posted by jade408

Nope, you don't get to shoot people for throwing rocks. You, Jane Citizen are not judge, jury and executioner. This is why we have a court system.

Better to be judged by twelve then carried by six

[Old Gringo]

We don't have the complete picture here.

But what it sounds like is that she was assaulted by multiple attackers throwing rocks. If that's what really happened, she's justified.

[LuckyGem]

You can't be hit with a rock if you're inside of your house.

A surveillance camera would have been better than shooting a gun at them.

If she only wanted to scare them and not hit them why not shoot toward the ground.

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

We don't have the complete picture here.

But what it sounds like is that she was assaulted by multiple attackers throwing rocks. If that's what really happened, she's justified.

Agreed , not enough details here. It does seem like no win situation. A video camera would certainly be the best choice but I have no idea if that was already tried. If it had gone on for months then you are going to want to document it on video. Now if she were surrounded and cut off from retreat, rocks can be a deadly weapon. Then its a good shoot. Based on the information it could go either way.