How do homeowners prevent this kind of liability in the future? Ban Neighborhood Watch Programs?If I were unfortunate enough to own one of the homes in this development, I would GIVE it to the first person who would take it and get the hell out of there leaving NO forwarding address. There's going to be mountains of civil suits filed that will not need Perry Mason OR Matlock for staggering awards to the family of the victim.
No matter your opinion of the circumstances, this happened on the common grounds area of the complex. A man who the HOA called "Captain" of their Neighborhood Watch KILLED an unarmed young man.
Whatever the dollar amount of the civil awards may be, all deeded owners will receive a notice of special assessment containing the amount they will have to pay. It ain't gonna be pretty.
If it was justified for him to shoot, which it seems to me so far that it was, it wasn't a crime. It was self defense.
Anyone watching MSNBC Lawrence O'Donnell just said the police told GZ'S father not to talk to the media..When did the SPD start giving legal advice?????? Color me confused uuuggghhhhhh IMO JMO and all that
Anyone watching MSNBC Lawrence O'Donnell just said the police told GZ'S father not to talk to the media..When did the SPD start giving legal advice?????? Color me confused uuuggghhhhhh IMO JMO and all that
I think this has been established many, many times by now, by many, many different people.http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/police/services/programs/neighborhood_watch.asp
Please Remember
You are not being asked to take personal risks, only to serve as extra "eyes and ears" and to report information on crimes and suspicious activities promptly to:
9-1-1 for emergencies
(crimes in progress or life-threatening situations)
Seriously??!! Dang it, how did I miss that memo?
http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/police/services/programs/neighborhood_watch.asp
Please Remember
You are not being asked to take personal risks, only to serve as extra "eyes and ears" and to report information on crimes and suspicious activities promptly to:
9-1-1 for emergencies
(crimes in progress or life-threatening situations)
Where are the reports that saw the fight from beginning to end, and not just halfway through?
Not hardly. He wasn't acting in neighborhood watch capacity that night.
It is what the police told the dad. It is in the video the dad made of the crime scene.
But the attack would be a crime.
IMO it would be a crime scene either way.
A crime happened there it just has not been established what crime yet.
JMO
I think this has been established many, many times by now, by many, many different people.
Eww O'Donnell just showed the part where the brother talked about GZ in diapers. Blech. Ugh. Imo.