Stand Your Ground,BREHS! Florida,Breh! Even when it's an illegal firearm! Scratch that, especially!

[88m3]

Florida prosecutorssaid Tuesdaythey would not file homicide charges against a 17-year-old who fatally shot a community choir director in the face, citing the state’s Stand Your Ground law.

In a memo released Tuesday, prosecutors explained that Tyrone Pierson was justified in using deadly force when he encountered Julius Jerome Jacobs on the street, and Jacobs was wielding a large stick. They concluded that even though Pierson possessed the gun illegally, and even though his friends successfully escaped the confrontation by simply walking away, he was immunized by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which eliminates any duty to attempt retreat first.

Two friends who were with Pierson at the time of the incident said they were walking down the street when Jacobs “almost hit” them with his SUV, driving at high speed. Pierson yelled at the driver to slow down. Jacobs slowed down and had a “hostile exchange” with Pierson as he passed them by. Jacobs then pulled into a driveway and interacted with another individual in what the teens suspected was a drug exchange. As the teens walked by, he told them he had something for them. The teens continued walking and shortly after that, Jacobs drove toward them, got out of the car, and swung a heavy stick in their direction while yelling at Pierson. One of the teens said he ran away from Jacobs as he was driving toward them, fearing that he was going to try to run them over.

In a pointed analysis that makes clear Pierson would have been expected to attempt retreat before Stand Your Ground, prosecutors conclude that Pierson is now immune. The memo, obtained in full by ThinkProgress, explains:

Prior to 2005 the law in the State would require Mr. Pierson to avoid the use of deadly force by “retreating” if he could do so without endangering himself further.Under traditional self defense rules, Mr. Pierson may have been required to retreat as Mr. Smith and Mr. Crim were able to safely do. Given the other two people with Mr. Pierson avoided the conflict by fleeing, it is not unreasonable to assume Mr. Pierson could have done also.However, in 2005, the Florida Legislature substantially amended chapter 776, Florida Statutes, by a series of enactments collectively known as the Stand Your Ground Law. [...]

In that under the current law, Mr. Pierson had no duty to retreat, Mr. Jacob’s actions make Mr. Pierson immune from criminal prosecution for any murder charges stemming from the death of Mr Jacobs.

The memo goes on to explain that Pierson qualifies for immunity from any homicide charges even though he illegally possessed the gun as a minor without a concealed carry permit. Prosecutorscite a recent Florida appeals court decisionthat concluded, even though the famed Stand Your Ground provision passed by the Florida legislature in 2005 prohibits those who are engaged in “unlawful activity” from claiming Stand Your Ground immunity, that another provision amended at the same time authorizes the use of deadly force in similar circumstances with no explicit exception for “unlawful activity.”

Prosecutors will charge Pierson on two counts for unlawful possession, and with evidence tampering for initially lying about the location of the gun. Likemany instances in which Stand Your Ground is invoked, the facts are fraught with potential misbehavior by both parties. Jacobs, a father of five and assistant church choir director, wasdescribed by friends and relativesas a “nonviolent person” who turned his life around after past run-ins with the law. But several witnesses described him yelling foul language at the teens, and one said he yelled “I’ll beat your ass.” Pierson illegally possessed a firearm, but also may have been pursued by Jacobs without much provocation. What Stand Your Ground means is that Pierson got to make the choice to fire his gun with little consequence, rather than do what his companions did, and spare a life by running away.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...d-even-though-he-illegally-possessed-the-gun/


Florida

 

[villain]

STAND YA GROUND YA GOTTA STAND YA GROUND

 

[radio rahiem]

Wild west out there in Fl

 

[AquaCityBoy]

The how the fukk did Marissa Alexander get 20 years for a warning shot?

I guess this proves Michael Dunn is getting acquitted.

 

[LebronsHairline]

Got a M1911 and the first thing i did was scratch that off

but damn thats a crazy story

 

[Crakface]

Laws are just words on paper enforced by American cacs. You think they're going to give you the justice they give their own people?

Especially in a state that used black babies for gator bait?

 

[Blackking]

The how the fukk did Marissa Alexander get 20 years for a warning shot?

breh we're not really citizens.... we're here just to feed the economy and entertain, put the US on the map for sports, and to contribute to their agendas.

Also, live in florida brehs.

Members of the Florida Cabinet said Tuesday it’s too soon to consider a pardon for Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing a shot into a wall during a domestic dispute.http://flaglerlive.com/57504/marisssa-alexander-pardon/

 

[Crakface]

breh we're not really citizens.... we're here just to feed the economy and entertain, put the US on the map for sports, and to contribute to their agendas.
Also, live in florida brehs.
Members of the Florida Cabinet said Tuesday it’s too soon to consider a pardon for Marissa Alexander, a Jacksonville woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing a shot into a wall during a domestic dispute.http://flaglerlive.com/57504/marisssa-alexander-pardon/

But they wanna believe deep down they really give a fukk about chew. They wanna believe that because they say nikka, wear their hat to the side and sing hiphop anthems they're willing to go to prison like you and experience the law the way black people do. As if they're ready to take all the police officers patrolling ghettos around america looking for pills and bring them to college campuses to incarceratewhite boys with promising futures instead of giving them a slap on the wrist. Black people have really been dumbed down since the 60's despite the perception of progress.

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

the travyon incident is going to make it tough for some of the potential cases to go to trial

 

[Jutt]

*insert Bugs Bunny gif*

 

[88m3]

*insert Bugs Bunny gif*

mods might as well make it a smiley option

 

[Jutt]

mods might as well make it a smiley option

at this point i think youre right breh. Florida racking up them Ls

 

[Rekkapryde]

 

[Jutt]

That train is never late

 

[ltheghost]

Florida is on some SERIOUS other shyt right now...WTF