Re: GUNS: Shooting of Japanese student did happen

From: Harvey Newstrom (newstrom@newstaffinc.com)
Date: Tue Jun 08 1999 - 14:31:11 MDT

> In a message dated 99-06-08 07:20:44 EDT, you write:
>
> > As far as I remember, the guy was dressed up in some outlandish costume
> > and after being warned off the front door of the guy's house he tried
to
> > get in the back door, even after being threatened with a .44 magnum.
It's
> > sad that he got killed, but that's hardly what I'd call intelligent
> > behavior; the jury obviously agreed.
>

I remember this happening. The guy was dressed outlandishly because it was
Halloween and he was on his way to a Halloween costume party when his car
broke down. It also was during a pretty bad storm, and it was not clear if
the student couldn't hear the warnings or couldn't understand the English.
He did not try to get in the back door, as I recall. He merely didn't go
away, but continued to knock on the door after the homeowner told him to go
away, speaking through the door without answering. There was no threatening
behavior on the part of the student, but the court ruled that the homeowner
perceived a threat and shot him without malice. 

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----- Original Message -----
From: <GBurch1@aol.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:55 pm
Subject: Re: GUNS: Shooting of Japanese student did happen
> In a message dated 99-06-08 07:20:44 EDT, you write:
>
> > As far as I remember, the guy was dressed up in some outlandish costume
> >  and after being warned off the front door of the guy's house he tried
to
> >  get in the back door, even after being threatened with a .44 magnum.
It's
> >  sad that he got killed, but that's hardly what I'd call intelligent
> >  behaviour; the jury obviously agreed.
>
> Actually, I think now you're confusing that with the case of a drunken
Scot
> who got shot in Houston under the circumstances you describe. -- The
Japanese
> kid in Louisiana never went around to the back of the shooter's house.
The
> Scot here in Houston did and apparently seemed pretty threatening.  From
the
> accounts I've read, the kid in Louisiana didn't seem to have been acting
in a
> particularly threatening way -- although he WAS in a Halloween costume.
>
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