Florida woman shoots burglar

[baldgriff]

Wasnt sure if I should add this to any other thread but: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/03/11...led-homeowner/


So a 50+ year old lady get notified by her security company that her house has been broken into. She gets home, finds the burglar climbing out the back window. It seems she and the burglar get into some altercation where she shoots him one time. He dies later at hospital.

Friends say she shouldnt have shot him - “You have to look at it from every child’s point of view that was raised in the hood,” said Harris. “You have to understand… how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.”


just flat out confused.

[TranaGreg]

seems that there are two distinct issues here - one is, is it okay to shoot someone who broke into your house & is in the process of running away; my personal opinion is no. The other question is, is burglary justified in the ghetto; umm, I'll go with the no side on that one too, though to my first point, death seems like a rather harsh sentence.

[madducks]

I love stories with a happy ending.

[cardboardbox]

seems that there are two distinct issues here - one is, is it okay to shoot someone who broke into your house & is in the process of running away; my personal opinion is no. The other question is, is burglary justified in the ghetto; umm, I'll go with the no side on that one too, though to my first point, death seems like a rather harsh sentence.

tough choice, I probably wouldnt have shot at the suspect unless i thought he was taking something of great value or he posed a threat to me.

[Hornsby]

It's just stuff, things, replaceable. The kids life isn't. Let the cops deal with it and move on with your insurance claim and your life...it's just not worth it.