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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
Sat May 9, 2015, 12:30 AM May 2015

Some racist picked the wrong guy

An investigation showed the shooter, 28-year-old Jehrardd Williams, shot and killed in self-defense as he was being charged by a shirtless man who had been yelling racial slurs at him minutes earlier, according to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report.

Williams shot Dakota Fields, of Fort Myers, three times as the 24-year-old rushed toward him, the report said. Fields died six miles down the road from the restaurant after the SUV he and friends left in struck a car at the foot of the Edison Bridge.


http://www.news-press.com/story/news/2015/05/01/state-irons-details-fatal-waffle-house-shooting/26750905/
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Some racist picked the wrong guy (Original Post) gejohnston May 2015 OP
It looks like life saving devices are color blind LawnKorn May 2015 #1
No can of beans? (nt) blueridge3210 May 2015 #2
Well, in all fairness... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #5
Thank God for that video camera . . . brush May 2015 #3
It puzzles me why some punk would attack another person in Florida... Eleanors38 May 2015 #4
True, about as bright as a gejohnston May 2015 #6
It should be a tip off when someone walks into even a diner sans shirt... Eleanors38 May 2015 #7
Update: Williams not charged. Had a LICENSE to carry.nt Eleanors38 May 2015 #8
Good news. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #9

brush

(53,469 posts)
3. Thank God for that video camera . . .
Sat May 9, 2015, 08:57 AM
May 2015

otherwise that Black guy would be serving hard time for turning the table on those racist fu_ks.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
4. It puzzles me why some punk would attack another person in Florida...
Sat May 9, 2015, 01:37 PM
May 2015

Last edited Sun May 10, 2015, 02:34 PM - Edit history (1)

The rate of concealed-carry there makes #2 look like Slippery Rock U. vs. Alabama. The thug may have known this and was nevertheless looking for his destiny.

He found it. At the foot of Edison Bridge.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
7. It should be a tip off when someone walks into even a diner sans shirt...
Sun May 10, 2015, 01:19 PM
May 2015

A fuck-up is about to act out. Peculiar behavior, but true.

I don't know if the man defending himself is a licensed CCW, but his actions after the shooting are a lesson for all: He was probably in greater danger when the police arrived, and acted accordingly. I wonder if the state's attorney is trying to see of felony murder is warranted, esp. regarding the "friendly" attempt at a hand shake.

I wonder how this incident would play out in General Discussion.

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