02-08-2014, 02:23 PM
WITNESSES TESTIFY FOR THE PROSECUTION
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Leland Brunson testifies about what happened at the gas station. He was Jordan Davis's best friend.
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Tevin Thompson testifies as to how far the window was open when Davis and Dunn were exchanging words.
Snip:
“Are you talking to me?”
Those are the words that Michael Dunn said before he began shooting at a car full of teenagers including Jordan Davis, according to two teens who were riding in the Dodge Durango in which the 17-year-old Davis was killed.
Thompson testified that he, Davis, Tommie Stornes, 20, and Leland Brunson, 18, had planned to try to pick up girls at two local shopping areas and that they pulled into the Gate gas station around 7:30 p.m. for gum – “so our breath would smell good” – and cigarettes for the driver, Stornes.
According to Thompson, Stornes went into the gas station store and while the three other teens waited for their friend, Dunn pulled up in his car “really close” to their Durango. Dunn's car was so close, Thompson testified, that he wouldn’t have been able to exit the passenger seat he was in. Both Thompson and Brunson testified that the music playing in the Durango was loud enough that the car shook with the bass. The teens also testified that the Durango had tinted windows.
Thompson told the court that Dunn said: “Turn your music down I can’t hear myself think.” Thompson says he obliged, but that Jordan Davis objected, saying, according to Thompson, “F**k that, n****r, turn it back up.” Thompson turned the music back up, and that’s when Davis and Dunn began “having a conversation back and forth.”
Both Thompson and Brunson said that it was Davis who escalated the verbal sparring. The teens told the court that they never heard Dunn curse or yell at Davis. Brunson said that at one point, Davis said, "I'm tired of people telling me what to do."
"Are you talking to me?" Brunson said he saw Dunn get a gun from his glove compartment, cock it, aim it out his window toward where Davis was sitting, and start shooting.
Both teens testified that Stornes put the car in reverse and that Dunn kept shooting as the teens sped away toward a nearby parking lot. Brunson testified that Davis fell into his lap and that he knew his best friend had been hurt when he called his name and Davis didn't answer, and he saw blood on his own hands after touching Davis' chest. Brunson and Thompson testified that Davis was "gasping for air."
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/teen-testifi...ing-to-me/
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Sounds to me like Dunn was pretty pissed off at Davis for being mouthy with him, so he pulled his loaded gun from the glove box and shot at a car full of teens because he felt disrespected. Just like the old man in the movie theater who shot a father to death over texting and popcorn.
No one is denying that Davis started the verbal back and forth with Dunn after Dunn told the kids to turn their music down. But, the only one claiming that Jordan was trying to get out of the car or could have had anything that resembled a gun is Dunn.
Leland Brunson testifies about what happened at the gas station. He was Jordan Davis's best friend.
Tevin Thompson testifies as to how far the window was open when Davis and Dunn were exchanging words.
Snip:
“Are you talking to me?”
Those are the words that Michael Dunn said before he began shooting at a car full of teenagers including Jordan Davis, according to two teens who were riding in the Dodge Durango in which the 17-year-old Davis was killed.
Thompson testified that he, Davis, Tommie Stornes, 20, and Leland Brunson, 18, had planned to try to pick up girls at two local shopping areas and that they pulled into the Gate gas station around 7:30 p.m. for gum – “so our breath would smell good” – and cigarettes for the driver, Stornes.
According to Thompson, Stornes went into the gas station store and while the three other teens waited for their friend, Dunn pulled up in his car “really close” to their Durango. Dunn's car was so close, Thompson testified, that he wouldn’t have been able to exit the passenger seat he was in. Both Thompson and Brunson testified that the music playing in the Durango was loud enough that the car shook with the bass. The teens also testified that the Durango had tinted windows.
Thompson told the court that Dunn said: “Turn your music down I can’t hear myself think.” Thompson says he obliged, but that Jordan Davis objected, saying, according to Thompson, “F**k that, n****r, turn it back up.” Thompson turned the music back up, and that’s when Davis and Dunn began “having a conversation back and forth.”
Both Thompson and Brunson said that it was Davis who escalated the verbal sparring. The teens told the court that they never heard Dunn curse or yell at Davis. Brunson said that at one point, Davis said, "I'm tired of people telling me what to do."
"Are you talking to me?" Brunson said he saw Dunn get a gun from his glove compartment, cock it, aim it out his window toward where Davis was sitting, and start shooting.
Both teens testified that Stornes put the car in reverse and that Dunn kept shooting as the teens sped away toward a nearby parking lot. Brunson testified that Davis fell into his lap and that he knew his best friend had been hurt when he called his name and Davis didn't answer, and he saw blood on his own hands after touching Davis' chest. Brunson and Thompson testified that Davis was "gasping for air."
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/teen-testifi...ing-to-me/
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Sounds to me like Dunn was pretty pissed off at Davis for being mouthy with him, so he pulled his loaded gun from the glove box and shot at a car full of teens because he felt disrespected. Just like the old man in the movie theater who shot a father to death over texting and popcorn.
No one is denying that Davis started the verbal back and forth with Dunn after Dunn told the kids to turn their music down. But, the only one claiming that Jordan was trying to get out of the car or could have had anything that resembled a gun is Dunn.