From: "Jerald Hellemeyer" <bippie-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (Hey, holden?)(the failure of legislation)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 18:44:56 CST


dcombs wrote:

>Ah, ta-ta, but I am based in reality here.  Defense of property at 
night
>in Texas is justifiable cause for shooting someone.  It was just in all 
of
>the papers last winter or so when some guy blew away a teenager who was
>fleeing into the night +away+ from the residence.  Maybe the 
justification
>is there is no way to define the perceived danger at night, but most
>certainly a kid died in the name of property protection and the killer
>didn't do a day.
>
>Ask holden.  Or someone else in that neck of the woods.


I've been asking around about that, and no one here seems to have heard 
of it.  The only thing similar I've heard of is about that Japanese 
exchange student in Louisiana who was shot and killed on Halloween night 
a couple of years back.  Apparently the home owner came out of his house 
to see this kid in his yard and instead of saying something sensible 
like "stop or I'll shot," the idiot decided to play NYPD blue and yell 
"freeze."  The student did not understand what he meant and did not 
"freeze" so the "frightened" homeowner shot him to death.  The homeowner 
was acquitted on all charges.  It was a very controversial decision.

On a side note, after the murder, Japanese newspapers started running 
columns warning their citizens about "those violent Americans" and how 
to avoid getting into trouble by knowing proper American slang.


Jerald

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