Post by Shake on Feb 7, 2013 2:23:23 GMT
And I find myself defending him. The story is here.
Yes, I found myself defending the would-be robber in the comments section due to the number of comments which said things like, "Good guys win," or, "Coach, thanks fer cleaning up the streets, good shootin," or others who questioned the parenting of Ms. Scott.
In light of the recent debate over gun control, I realized that were Mr. Robinson not armed, Scott would be alive at this point. My other thoughts were that death is a punishment which does not fit the crime.
Sure, the kid was obviously going down the wrong path and/or hanging out with the wrong people, but these are things which can be corrected. Or in this case, could have been corrected, and now there is NO chance of that.
Obviously, I don't mean to diminish what was surely a scary situation for Robinson and the two girls, but I maintain that surely no one had to die because of it.
What was it I saw just recently? Nearly 1,300 killed by firearms in the US since the shooting in Newtown, including over 40 in Chicago just in January alone! Oh, and then I saw the following in today's paper:
Where's that Gene Wilder image when I need it? He could be saying, "tell me again how guns aren't the problem."
DETROIT (AP) — A 70-year-old high school basketball coach shot and killed one teenager and wounded a second as they attempted to rob him outside the school, Detroit police said.
Ernest Robinson, an assistant girls' basketball coach at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, was accosted by two males Friday evening while walking two members of the girls' team outside King High, said Officer Cassandra Lewis, a police spokeswoman.
"They announced a robbery, a struggle ensued and he pulled a weapon and fired," said Lewis, who added that Robinson is a reserve police officer and licensed to carry a concealed pistol.
Michael Scott, a 16-year-old ninth-grader at the east side school, was shot and killed, according to Steve Wasko, a spokesman for Detroit Public Schools.
A 15-year-old male was wounded. His name was not released.
Detroit police homicide investigators submitted a warrant request this week to the Wayne County prosecutor's office. Prosecutors were reviewing the case Wednesday to determine whether to file charges, spokesman Mark Bernardi said.
Scott's mother has told reporters that her son did not have a gun.
"I lost my son and I want answers," Priscilla Scott said.
Ernest Robinson, an assistant girls' basketball coach at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, was accosted by two males Friday evening while walking two members of the girls' team outside King High, said Officer Cassandra Lewis, a police spokeswoman.
"They announced a robbery, a struggle ensued and he pulled a weapon and fired," said Lewis, who added that Robinson is a reserve police officer and licensed to carry a concealed pistol.
Michael Scott, a 16-year-old ninth-grader at the east side school, was shot and killed, according to Steve Wasko, a spokesman for Detroit Public Schools.
A 15-year-old male was wounded. His name was not released.
Detroit police homicide investigators submitted a warrant request this week to the Wayne County prosecutor's office. Prosecutors were reviewing the case Wednesday to determine whether to file charges, spokesman Mark Bernardi said.
Scott's mother has told reporters that her son did not have a gun.
"I lost my son and I want answers," Priscilla Scott said.
Yes, I found myself defending the would-be robber in the comments section due to the number of comments which said things like, "Good guys win," or, "Coach, thanks fer cleaning up the streets, good shootin," or others who questioned the parenting of Ms. Scott.
In light of the recent debate over gun control, I realized that were Mr. Robinson not armed, Scott would be alive at this point. My other thoughts were that death is a punishment which does not fit the crime.
Sure, the kid was obviously going down the wrong path and/or hanging out with the wrong people, but these are things which can be corrected. Or in this case, could have been corrected, and now there is NO chance of that.
Obviously, I don't mean to diminish what was surely a scary situation for Robinson and the two girls, but I maintain that surely no one had to die because of it.
What was it I saw just recently? Nearly 1,300 killed by firearms in the US since the shooting in Newtown, including over 40 in Chicago just in January alone! Oh, and then I saw the following in today's paper:
Where's that Gene Wilder image when I need it? He could be saying, "tell me again how guns aren't the problem."