Man says he killed mugger fleeing on bike in South Dallas
A Sachse man shot his alleged mugger to death in South Dallas early Friday morning, according to police records. Nicholas Lewis, 22, who lived on Cleveland Street, died in the hospital a few hours after he allegedly held up Jeffrey Hall, 43, in the 1800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.Unc pointed out the bias in the very title - the use of the word "fleeing" to prejudice the reader. If there's a hole in the truck, then it's pretty damn clear that Hall was under fire and therefore completely justified in using deadly force. Come to think about it, I'm pretty sure that under TX law he'd still have been justified even if he hadn't been shot at. It's a common fallacy that someone "fleeing" no longer poses a threat - as though someone willing to use the threat of deadly force is somehow incapable of turning and fire a shot as they leave.
Lewis pointed a semiautomatic pistol at Hall and demanded his wallet, according to a police report. Hall told police he handed his wallet to Lewis, who started to ride away on a bicycle. But Lewis then turned, according to police, and fired at Hall – missing him and striking his pickup.
Here, again, we have a story where the law-abiding citizen did everything the way the powers-that-be tell us to do them. He handed over his wallet. He complied with the mugger's demands. And he got shot at anyways. It's only the mugger's poor aim that spared his life, and who's to say what would have happened had he not been armed? Perhaps the mugger would have kept going. Or maybe he would have circled back to finish off his victim.
Fortunately, thanks to our armed citizen, we don't have to divine his intent, only inter his lifeless goblin corpse.
Dead Goblin Count: 61
That is all.
UPDATE: Unc informs me that the link has changed to remove "fleeing". I joked that it must mean that the awesome power of MArooned forced their hand...
6 comments:
Someone who is "fleeing" while armed, is just repositioning for a better shot. Someone who is fleeing while unarmed, has figured out it's better to run away and live to pick a better victim another day.
Jay, it's been changed. It now reads "Police say man fatally shot alleged mugger in South Dallas"
Yeah, Unc just sent me an e-mail letting me know they changed the wording.
I'm chalking it up to the awesome power of MArooned forcing their hand.
No, really! Honest!
I believe in Texas you have the right to use lethal force to defend your property so the point is kind of moot if the guy was fleeing or not.
I have serious issues with anybody who opens fire on a city street -- it seems made-to-order for collateral damage. But I can't argue with the result. Much.
The article is full of fail. I'm glad to see that they changed the heading to be more accurate, but the reporter just can't get the facts straight. There is not such thing as a "licensed pistol" in Texas. Texas has no licensing requirements for firearms, period. Also, the grand jury will decide the charges ONLY IF the district attorney brings it to them. So first the DA must decide to bring charges and then the grand jury may decide.
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