Kym Worthy to charge homeowner who shot Renisha McBride with 2nd-degree murder
Source: Detroit free Press
A Dearborn Heights man will face a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Renisha McBride, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said during a news conference today. He is set to be arraigned this afternoon.
McBride, 19, was shot in the face Nov. 2 by a 54-year-old man who told police he thought someone was breaking into his home and accidentally fired his 12-gauge shotgun.
Watch a replay of the press conference in the video player above.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/livestream/article/20131115/NEWS02/131115002/Video-Kym-Worthy-charge-homeowner-who-shot-Renisha-McBride-2nd-degree-murder
JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)The exact cerebral region involved in orientation is uncertain, but lesions of the brain stem and the cerebral hemispheres have been reported to cause disorientation, suggesting that they act together in maintaining awareness and its subfunction of orientation.
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It seems the presence of a gun in the hand negates common sense. What went through this gun owner's mind is now allowed in too many cases. 'Accidentally' shot someone in the face with a 12 gauge shotgun?
I like Kym Worthy for what she is doing for Michigan. She's a strong woman who is not going to be sidelined:
Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Untouched, Thousands Of Rape Kits Await Justice
by NPR Staff
April 21, 2012
In 2009, prosecutors in Detroit discovered more than 11,000 boxes of potential evidence in rape cases left completely unprocessed. Row upon row of what are called "rape kits" remained untouched on shelves in a police evidence room for years. No DNA evidence was extracted; no DNA evidence was used to catch or prosecute the assailants.
Since then, Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy has lead the effort to sort through those 11,000 rape kits and to find the funding to get them processed.
"I don't know if they were just forgotten, I don't know if they were ignored, I don't know if they were deliberately put there," Worthy tells weekends on All Things Considered's Guy Raz, "I don't know any of that. All I know is that they were there and that we had to do something about it."
Worthy arranged for a federal grant of one million dollars, but says that didn't allow her team to do much more than sort the evidence, match them up with police reports, and begin a database. To process all of the kits, Worthy estimates, would cost about $15 million...
More at the link, and an audio interview:
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/21/151113247/untouched-thousands-of-rape-kits-await-justice
If anyone wants to point fingers at Detroit as they do Chicago for crime, they should look no further than the funding issue and lack of caring about the victims. You pay for what you value.
Defunding the government always allows criminals to run loose and strike again and we have passed the point of no return in many locales. Those who want it gone, have no issue with that outcome.
All of those rape kits left alone for years, came from real people who were victimized years ago, with their attackers running free. A rape kit isn't a spur of the moment piece of evidence but part of investigating a crime that has take place.
Defunding government enables rape culture, tells victims there is no justice, and the perps that there is no consequence.
$15M is a lot of money, but how much more is spent by people who decide to buy a lot of guns to protect themselves after they have refused to pay taxes for law and order?
It's a vicious cycle and it's going to be hard sell with those who really do want a libertarian paradise here. They have made a lot of moves to create one. Not looking too good to me.
Great to see a pushback.
alsame
(7,784 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Paladin
(28,257 posts)Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)Let's not get all conviction ready quite just yet. This will be played as will the pot test, to justify self defense...
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Where they put the victim on trial rather than the culprit.
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)Exactly.
michello
(132 posts)Trust me, he's going to jail...
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)is that what you mean?
whathehell
(29,067 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)so what has "Triple The Legal Limit" got to do with it? Or is there a 'legal limit' for blood alcohol for just existing in Michigan?
What is the 'pot test', anyway? Are those who have watched 'Reefer Madness' allowed to be fearful to the point of violence of someone stoned?
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)Cuz that is how they work. The defense will paint this woman as a drunk, stoned psychopath trying to do harm to the poor white d0o0od that shot her. And, (this is not that far fetched) the DA, the police etc are already setting up the guys defense in this case.
JI7
(89,249 posts)WowSeriously
(343 posts)otohara
(24,135 posts)I got a call from Westgate Resorts offering $99 on rooms in Orlando - I said, no I'm not going to visit a state where people get away with murder.
crim son
(27,464 posts)That POS is a danger to society.
navarth
(5,927 posts)maddogesq
(1,245 posts)high-powered lawyers defending him.
She is a tough cookie that wouldn't do this unless she felt there was a solid case. She is one of the most trusted officials in this area, IMHO.
DissidentVoice
(813 posts)I remember when she brought the indictments against Kwame Kilpatrick, not long after I moved to Michigan.
Don't underestimate her. I would not want to be on her shit list.
navarth
(5,927 posts)That was, after all, the case that made her famous.
DissidentVoice
(813 posts)I think that she'd be quite a headache for all those hard-right Republicans in Lansing.
navarth
(5,927 posts)I sure hope the Michigan Democratic Party is getting it's shit together. They seemed asleep at the wheel last election.
DissidentVoice
(813 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)alp227
(32,021 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)Yeah, he accidentally loaded the shotgun and accidentally took it to the door and accidentally shot her.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)llmart
(15,537 posts)We need more people like her running things in Michigan. I also greatly admire Barbara McQuade. Both tough cookies who aren't easily intimidated.
Michigan has plenty of their own Zimmermans.
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)Someone's gotta bring justice to irresponsible gun owners. A gun is a very serious tool and reckless use should be punished severely.
sendero
(28,552 posts)..... "accidentally" shoot anyone in the face. This guy needs to face the music, he murdered that poor girl.