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sally, the big difference between this case and Trayvon Martin is that the shooting took place in daylight in full view of multiple eyewitnesses. I think it’s going to be harder for Wilson to slip out of this.</p>
<p>Venue and jury composition will be key.</p>
<p>LasMa, you’re assuming this will go to trial. I’m not so sure at this point. Hope you’re right. </p>
<p>There were multiple eyewitness in the TM shooting. One of them was very important. Maybe pivotal.</p>
<p>Hard to believe the DOJ won’t take this one to trial.</p>
<p>Presbucky, does your fiancee know that you coerced a girl into having sex, and that you have two DUIs?
You obviously weren’t in control of yourself, otherwise you wouldn’t have received a DUI.</p>
<p>Ucb, in Tennessee a DUI offender has to blow into a breathalyzer thing (0.02 or lower) in order to turn on the engine. </p>
<p>I’m ashamed of the DUIs, but I maintain that I’ve neither hurt anyone or their property… nor attempted to. And I won’t want my kids to ever face that shame and worry.</p>
<p>In terms of this case, it boils down to what happened on that street.</p>
<p>I appreciate you all in my way and hope that my mouth has not put future communications here beyond salvation.</p>
<p>Sounds like you’re ashamed that you got caught, but not ashamed of the many times you drove drunk. (Don’t tell me you drove drunk only twice. I don’t believe that, and no one else here believes it either.) And every time you got behind the wheel drunk, you put innocent people in danger.</p>
<p>I’m passionate in my utter detestation of drunk driving like the drunk driving you have done, because I’m a bicyclist. Drunk drivers kill cyclists. A driver with a suspended license (for drunk driving) killed a friend of mine and drove away leaving him dead. I don’t want to hear about how your driving drunk is safe because you’re such a superior driver. You’re deluding yourself.</p>
<p>Frankly, I don’t care what you think.</p>
<p>I’m here, you’re there, and I have never harmed you nor anyone else. Shouldn’t that be <em>the definition</em> of crime – that someone us hurt, or that property is taken, or set on fire, etc.? DUI is most often a victimless crime.</p>
<p>You’re drunk. Stop digging.</p>
<p>But, don’t you see, Prezbucky, that your DUIs could very well have resulted in someone being hurt or even killed and that property could also have easily been damaged? Have you ever been in a school fight? Did anyone end up with a swollen face or bloody lip thanks to you? Did you ever shove anyone? This is the worse anyone was “hurt” by MB that day. What makes you superior to MB?</p>
<p>BTW, repeat offenders of DUI and DWI almost always claim that they were in complete control of both their faculties and their vehicles when they were pulled over. 8-| </p>
<p>I enjoy digging; this is fun. For once i can speak my mind. None of you have any jurisdiction over me. So you’re going to either read what I write, or you can ignore it; whatever floats your boat. </p>
<p>Proof that I was in control of my car is this: no accidents. Ever. In 22 years. So either I was extremely lucky, or I am a pretty talented driver. You decide. I don’t care. I learned my lesson and will not do it again.</p>
<p>This kid is dead. I apologize for bringing this thread off-topic.</p>
<p>Good night to you all. Hug your kids if you have some.</p>
<p>It’s not that you payed Russian Roulette X times and survived, so you’ll keep on playing. That story would be better if you at least said the 2nd time woke you up. Way to detour a thread with you own admission of poor choices. No, CC doesnt’ tend to forget.</p>
<p>…which is fine with me. My pride is preserved for people who actually know me. Good night to you. May you learn to drop your judgment complex.</p>
<p>Rocks and glass houses…</p>
<p>@prezbucky - You have a problem. “I was in quite a defensive mood yesterday and some beer wasn’t helping. Hehe. I’m not really the sardonic, mouth-breathing jerk I may have seemed like yesterday. I request your pardon.” - from <a href=“Why I Quit My College Fraternity - #52 by prezbucky - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>Why I Quit My College Fraternity - #52 by prezbucky - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums;
Please get some help. </p>
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<p>Crimes exist where an involuntary risk is imposed on others, but they luckily escape harm. The reckless shooting of a gun in a populated area is one example. Because cars can easily hurt someone, unsafe driving (including DUI) is included in this category as well. In addition, attempting to hurt someone, steal property, or commit arson is still a crime, even if such an attempt is completely unsuccessful.</p>
<p>The supreme law of the land says we are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (AKA property). </p>
<p>If an errant act does not negatively impose itself upon any of those rights, is it a crime?</p>
<p>I’m sorry y’all. I made mistakes. I’ll still make them (though not <em>those</em> mistakes).</p>
<p>When backed into a corner, I can become pretty defensive and offensive. </p>
<p>What’s kind of funny is that my own big mouth is to blame in this case. Hehe</p>
<p>I really am a gregarious person who enjoys most other people. I don’t deserve it, per se, but I would appreciate it if we could forget my past, oh, 10 posts in this topic. :-)</p>
<p>I’d like to lace them up, however, in case anyone can learn something from them. </p>
<p>My fiance just got home safely, so my stress level is down. A sincere good evening to you all. </p>
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<p>I think you should be commended for admitting your mistake, admitting it was wrong, and striving not to repeat it. I am certain that every poster on this board has broken a law at some point in his or her life. Any time you drive one mile in excess of the speed limit you are breaking the law. Breaking some laws are worse than others. One mile over might not be much compared to someone driving 30 miles over the speed limit or someone driving under the influence. It may not be a violation of law in some states, but texting while driving is not much different from driving under the influence. I suspect everyone on this board has done that at one time or another. </p>
<p>Thank you. I’m pretty embarrassed. And – i do need to consider my drinking again. I don’t drink and drivw anymore, but i only have one liver. </p>
<p>So – hopefully they can figure out what happened when the cop rolled up on Brown. Even if Brown did rob the store, he still probably had a right to live.</p>
<p>If allegedly shoplifting a package of cigars
only possibly gives someone the right not to be gunned down in the street, what sort of punishment for someone who was threatening innocents with a deadly weapon deserve?</p>
<p>“It’s all about words and perception isn’t it . . . all in the framing, “marching down the middle of the street with stolen goods” and “holding up traffic” or walking home? Was Trayvon Martin walking suspiciously with his hood up like he was casing the neighborhood or just walking back from the store in the rain? I guess people see what they want to see.”</p>
<p>I think you really hit home with how people perceive both this case and the Trayvon Martin case. People make judgments, decide what they will believe based upon their biases. It is very difficult to change people’s opinions, even when the facts come out. That’s why I always dislike these kind of conversations (of course, why do I even read this stuff or watch the news until the facts are revealed)?</p>
<p>Some seem to think that a police officer decided that this day he was going to kill an innocent person. The local police department has a reputation of disrespecting black people, lying, therefore, he must be guilty as all white officers are. Others think the kid must have been a hoodlum, on drugs, attacking the police officer, witnesses must be lying.</p>
<p>We don’t know the facts yet, but everyone seems to think they know what must have happened based upon their experiences and their biases. Which have absolutely nothing to do with this case.</p>
<p>My experience and bias tell me that this case, along with the Martin case, were completely based upon fear. Inappropriate reaction, misunderstanding, error, compounded by fear. But then again, I really know nothing, just like everybody else.</p>