12-02-2012, 04:10 PM
Dunn claims that he thought he saw a gun in the car and therefore he felt threatened. Not surprising; virtually impossible to disprove what another person claims to have "thought" they saw lying in a car.
However, imo it doesn't matter whether Dunn's lying about that or not in this case (and I think he is). He did not initially claim that he thought one of the boys pulled or aimed a gun at him (though his lawyer is now trying to spin something to that effect). He couldn't. It wouldn't make sense since witnesses could dispute the possibility or validity of that claim (never mind the fact that there's no gun to be found).
I think that Dunn is straight up lying. He didn't call the police even after he shot 8 or 9 times at the unarmed boys, confined in a car, who were committing no crime. He fled the scene without contacting police because he knew what he did was unjustified, imo. Now, his lawyer is claiming that Dunn didn't think anyone had been shot when he fled the scene (sure thing). Even if that were true, why wouldn't Dunn have called police on a car full of what he perceived to be thugs running around aiming a shotgun at people? Bullshit, imo. I think Dunn shot because he was annoyed, pissed, and/or irrationally afraid of a car full of black boys playing loud music.
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On the night of the shooting however, Dunn heard on the local news station that the shooting had been fatal. Despite this fact he fled the city, driving 159 miles to his home in Brevard County and was arrested the Saturday following the shooting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28...07287.html
Nothing in this story supports a claim of self-defense. I hope that Dunn and his lawyers aren't able to successfully exploit the stand-your-ground defense. Dunn's guilty of murder, imo.
RIP Jordan Davis.
However, imo it doesn't matter whether Dunn's lying about that or not in this case (and I think he is). He did not initially claim that he thought one of the boys pulled or aimed a gun at him (though his lawyer is now trying to spin something to that effect). He couldn't. It wouldn't make sense since witnesses could dispute the possibility or validity of that claim (never mind the fact that there's no gun to be found).
I think that Dunn is straight up lying. He didn't call the police even after he shot 8 or 9 times at the unarmed boys, confined in a car, who were committing no crime. He fled the scene without contacting police because he knew what he did was unjustified, imo. Now, his lawyer is claiming that Dunn didn't think anyone had been shot when he fled the scene (sure thing). Even if that were true, why wouldn't Dunn have called police on a car full of what he perceived to be thugs running around aiming a shotgun at people? Bullshit, imo. I think Dunn shot because he was annoyed, pissed, and/or irrationally afraid of a car full of black boys playing loud music.
snipped:
On the night of the shooting however, Dunn heard on the local news station that the shooting had been fatal. Despite this fact he fled the city, driving 159 miles to his home in Brevard County and was arrested the Saturday following the shooting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28...07287.html
Nothing in this story supports a claim of self-defense. I hope that Dunn and his lawyers aren't able to successfully exploit the stand-your-ground defense. Dunn's guilty of murder, imo.
RIP Jordan Davis.