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originally posted by: KawRider9
a reply to: intrepid
It's what Biden said to do.
And no, it's not okay to do that. As a "gun nut", I'm glad he was convicted. You cannot just blast people through the door. Even if shotgun Joe says so.
originally posted by: 3u40r15m
Someone pounds on your door isn't the normal reaction to say.. "Who is it?!?"....
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
I don't know why I am even defending, you are the one that made the huge assumption she was in shock.
originally posted by: Blackmarketeer
a reply to: GogoVicMorrow
Well.. we can't really say since we weren't there, but a doctor claimed she pounded the door, walls, and windows so hard she had bruising and abrasions on her hands and she was drunk (which is why she wrecked). I wonder why she sought help in such a dramatic manner if she was okay enough to pound on windows and wasn't seriously hurt?
That's not possible, if she was shot dead immediately after knocking, there is no way for bruises to have developed. It takes time for bruises to form. She was dead and the blood flow stopped long before that could have happened.
If such testimony came, it was surely from the defense, trying to exonerate their client by playing up the "dramatic manner" of her knocking, as you say.
originally posted by: intrepid
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
I don't know why I am even defending, you are the one that made the huge assumption she was in shock.
I'm sorry. You're right. People in car accidents don't suffer shock. How could I have been so foolish?
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
originally posted by: 3u40r15m
Someone pounds on your door isn't the normal reaction to say.. "Who is it?!?"....
For all we know he asked that. She didn't stay at the door. She apparently went all up and down the side of his house banging until her hands were injured.
More efficient way to scare someone than to get them to answer the door for you.
Facing off with prosecutor Athina Siringas during a two-hour cross examination, Wafer said he must have disengaged the safety inadvertently and that his finger hit the trigger as a "total reflex reaction" when a figure suddenly appeared from the side as he stood in the doorway.
"You either shot on purpose because you were in fear, or the gun went off accidentally. Which one is it?" asked Siringas.
"I shot in fear," Wafer replied.
"So that means you shot on purpose?"
"Yes."
"I told her she was injured and we needed to get an ambulance," Beasley said. "I didn’t want to be intrusive, but I knew she was hurt."
Beasley said McBride appeared drunk, confused and was staggering and didn't know her home phone number when she asked for it. McBride walked away from the scene several times, according to Beasley, and disappeared before an ambulance arrived.
Kesha, who ruled McBride died from a shotgun wound to the head, said he did not see any injuries to her hands. A photograph, taken at the scene, showed her left hand with blood on it. Kesha testified the blood came from somewhere else.
Spitz — examining a picture taken of McBride’s hand at the scene — said it looks like the blood came from her hand. He said he would have made a cut to determine whether there was a bruise underneath the surface of her hand.
Kesha, though, said he wouldn’t needlessly cut into a body where there was no evidence of injuries, and said “I don’t disrespect the body like that.”
Spitz said the purpose of an autopsy is to “leave no leaf unturned.”
originally posted by: intrepid
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
I don't know why I am even defending, you are the one that made the huge assumption she was in shock.
I'm sorry. You're right. People in car accidents don't suffer shock. How could I have been so foolish?
Shock is a life-threatening medical condition and is a medical emergency. If shock is suspected call 911 or get to an emergency department immediately. The main symptom of shock is low blood pressure. Other symptoms include rapid, shallow breathing; cold, clammy skin; rapid, weak pulse; dizziness, fainting, or weakness. There are several types of shock: septic shock caused by bacteria, anaphylactic shock caused by hypersensitivity or allergic reaction, cardiogenic shock from heart damage, hypovolemic shock from blood or fluid loss, and neurogenic shock from spinal cord trauma.
A white suburban Detroit homeowner was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed black teen on his porch.
Wafer also was found guilty of manslaughter and firearms charges and faces up to life in prison.
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: Flatfish
Actually his suggestion was even worse. He said to blindly fire it off to scare whoever away.