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Post by warrior1972 on Feb 5, 2014 15:22:08 GMT -8
(SIGH) (CNN) -- It was the day after Thanksgiving 2012, and Michael Dunn had just left his son's wedding. He'd had two drinks but wasn't buzzed, and he and his girlfriend were in a "great mood" -- headed to a nice bed and breakfast in St. Augustine, Florida, where they planned to enjoy a bottle of wine, he told police. A stop at a Jacksonville gas station would flip the happy day on its head. His car doors and windows shut, he was annoyed by the "heavy bass" coming from a nearby SUV and asked four teens to turn it down. He heard what might have been a threat, Dunn told police, then saw what might have been a gun. He pulled a 9mm handgun from his glove compartment and fired four times. Then four more times. He picked up his girlfriend as she came out of the convenience store and fled the scene, not realizing one of his eight bullets had killed 17-year-old Jordan Davis, Dunn told police interrogators. The couple continued on to St. Augustine, where they checked into their room and ordered pizza but didn't call police, Dunn said. Opening statements are expected to begin Thursday in Dunn's trial. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Davis' death and to three counts of attempted first-degree murder for shooting at three teens accompanying Davis. Dunn has told police fear for his safety drove his actions that day. www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/justice/florida-loud-music-murder-trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |
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Post by Sailor on Feb 5, 2014 15:54:07 GMT -8
"In hindsight, he says, he shouldn't have left the scene, but he was too afraid to stay." For that reason, the fact that he instead stayed in that St Augustine bed and breakfast and continued on with his plans instead of heading straight to a police station or calling the police is why I believe he is fucked. Nothing he did after the shooting makes any sense or does anything to support a "self-defense" claim.
He is sooooo fucked and he did it to himself. The only question in my mind is "will the prosecutor go for the death penalty" in this case or will he get life without parole.
In the prison general population he is going to be "very popular." I think he'd live longer on death row.
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Post by 101ABN on Feb 5, 2014 18:40:00 GMT -8
He drives an SUV and stays in B&Bs and doesn't have a cell phone to call the PD?
Something doesn't wash.
I hope one of the charges against him is "Felony Stupid."
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Post by warrior1972 on Feb 5, 2014 18:53:20 GMT -8
Agreed, on all counts.
SERIOUSLY.
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Post by 101ABN on Feb 5, 2014 19:24:41 GMT -8
Well, the DA has a chance to redeem herself here.
If she can't get a conviction on this guy she should consider a new career path.
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Post by warrior1972 on Feb 5, 2014 20:29:11 GMT -8
Well, the DA has a chance to redeem herself here. If she can't get a conviction on this guy she should consider a new career path. That thought did come to mind.... |
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Post by prospero on Feb 6, 2014 2:30:11 GMT -8
Rap, hip hop, and the new cookie cutter pop dance garbage that is popular now makes me almost feel like shooting people sometimes.
I don't see any of it as music it is just annoying noise in my opinion. However, a man can't go around killing folks because he is annoyed. The guy deserves some serious jail time.
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Post by 101ABN on Feb 15, 2014 19:55:16 GMT -8
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Post by prospero on Feb 16, 2014 4:39:53 GMT -8
Attempted murder? He did more than attempt................
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Post by Sailor on Feb 16, 2014 6:58:16 GMT -8
I wonder why the jury failed to convict on the murder charge? What was the "reasonable doubt?"
On the other hand, he isn't going anywhere anytime soon and is going to be "very popular" with a lot of the prison population. I think he will be dead within 12 months. The same would have been true if Zimmerman was convicted and put in with the general population.
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