I think people are just trying to understand "why".
reminded now of how other members discussed how very very similar her own house looked to the homeowner's who shot her.
Very intoxicated, possibly injured (concussion), either way likely confused, scared, etc. after an automobile accident.
She really did probably just want to go home. Poor kid.
There is no judgment attached to this. Young people, teens specifically, just really live more in the moment. That is normal. They sometimes make really stupid mistakes without really thinking a bad result will happen to them. It happens to others. KWIM
Just very sad case all the way around.
I will never really get why the fella got his gun, opened the door and fired. But I am more inclined to believe she may actually have been trying to get into the house now in a mistaken belief that she was home.
.........and?
Considering that Renisha was in an accident, I think the most likely explanation was that she was at his house, trying to get help.
yeah i dont know either, i have fired shotguns, M-16's, M-60's, and a few handguns (ex-military) but i have only ever fired them into targets either paper or plastic/metal at long distance.
so my only experience with a shotgun thru a door would be from movies also.
although i think it is safe to say that if the shot went thru the door and caused the damage reported in the autopsy i would expect the damage to the door to be considerable and very noticeable, with as you say splintering etc
Considering that Renisha was in an accident, I think the most likely explanation was that she was at his house, trying to get help.
im curious, i dont know the answer and im not stating anything as fact or grilling you, im politely inquiring honestly;
since help was available at the scene of the accident not once but twice and she did not accept it, and then since it appears that 3+ hours passed between the accident and the time she arrived at the scene of the shooting, should we consider that when we consider what her behavior might have been when she was at the scene of the shooting?
should the fact that she was apparently very intoxicated, high to some degree, and likely suffering from a concussion to some degree, should we consider that when we consider what her state of mind may have been at the scene of the shooting?
is it wrong to do so if we do so honestly and without passing judgement, if we are very careful to point out that we are not blaming this girl for her own death and not at all saying the shooter behaved in a way that is not regrettable and that he is certainly not absolved of any guilt without providing a full and understandable explanation for what happened?
im curious, i dont know the answer and im not stating anything as fact or grilling you, im politely inquiring honestly;
since help was available at the scene of the accident not once but twice and she did not accept it, and then since it appears that 3+ hours passed between the accident and the time she arrived at the scene of the shooting, should we consider that when we consider what her behavior might have been when she was at the scene of the shooting?
should the fact that she was apparently very intoxicated, high to some degree, and likely suffering from a concussion to some degree, should we consider that when we consider what her state of mind may have been at the scene of the shooting?
is it wrong to do so if we do so honestly and without passing judgement, if we are very careful to point out that we are not blaming this girl for her own death and not at all saying the shooter behaved in a way that is not regrettable and that he is certainly not absolved of any guilt without providing a full and understandable explanation for what happened?
Just because the lawyer claims he heard noises from multiple doors doesn't mean it's true. Well, we know it can't be true because the only person outside was Renisha. There's also nothing at all to say that he left the house using the side door (or that his house even had a side door).
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I really don't understand this whole need to try so desperately to provide a defense for this guy. She thought she was at her own house and was trying the door? Has the owner even claimed that yet? Or he must have thought multiple people were trying to break in? He killed an innocent teenager, who never set foot in his house. Why does it have to be that Renisha did something wrong?
...The report provides some information about the circumstances of a shooting in which few details have been made public. But Gerald Thurswell, the McBride family's attorney, said the toxicology report has no bearing on the case as far as he's concerned.
The report, performed by an outside lab for the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, said McBride's blood-alcohol content was about 0.22 more than twice the legal limit for driving. Her blood also tested positive for the active ingredients in marijuana..."
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ing/-/1719418/22971802/-/okckspz/-/index.html
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Renisha did do several things wrong. It doesn't 'have to be' - it just is. That doesn't mean she deserved to die the way she did but she very easily could've been the one who killed someone that night. She drove massively drunk and under the influence of pot. She left the scene of her accident twice. If she was behaving strangely on a stranger's porch at 3:40 a.m., then there might be justification for shooting her IMO. We know what she did wrong ... what we don't know yet (but many are assuming) is whether the homeowner did anything wrong. I'm quite frankly, pissed off that so many people jumped on the bandwagon in witchhunting this guy. It seems to me to be a very tragic set of cirumstances but until the investigation reveals more, I won't assume more - just like I did not assume Renisha was under the influence until the toxicology results came back.
Does this area have slow police response? From the time she crashed until being shot the police were not looking for her? She left the scene of an accident injured walking according to witness.
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