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发帖数: 36302 | 1 这两天ＣＨＩＣＡＧＯ一起自卫枪击案闹得沸沸扬扬的。
一个八十岁黑老头看到一个２０岁的小偷（ＯＦＣＯＵＲＳＥ也是黑人）爬窗进他家偷
东西，就开枪，小偷腿部中弹。
老头枪是非法的，所以被警察抓起来，ＤＡ起诉他重罪（非法使用枪支）。
结果很多黑人都起来游行抗议，舆论都是一边倒要求放了老头。说自己家自卫怎么都行。
妈的，这不就是说那个ＳＴＡＮＤ ＯＦＧＲＯＵＮＤ吗？白人开枪就是ＨＡＴＥ Ｃ
ＲＩＭＥ，黑人杀黑人自己就是合法的？ | T*R
发帖数: 36302 | 2 Tribune reporters
4:59 p.m. CDT, March 27, 2012
An 80-year-old tavern owner in Englewood believes it's "unjust" that he is
facing charges after shooting a burglar, but believes he will prevail in
court.
"It's wrong," Homer "Tank" Wright said as he walked into his bar after being
released from jail this afternoon. "Unjust that I can't protect me."
Awakened by his 75-year-old wife, Wright confronted a 19-year-old burglar
who had broken through some plywood over a bathroom window in hopes of
stealing liquor, according to police. Wright grabbed his 38.caliber pistol,
loaded with four rounds, and shot the intruder in the leg.
The suspect was arrested -- but so was Wright. Because of prior weapons
convictions, Wright was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, sparking
calls by his family and neighbors for prosecutors to back down.
"If somebody breaks into a place where they are not supposed to be, I bet
something will happen," Wright said, adding that he was angry about the
arrest. "That's wrong."
The Army veteran said his wife woke him about 4 a.m.at their home on the
6400 block of South Morgan Street because she heard noise in the bathroom.
When he got there, he said he saw a shadow fleeing. A few hours later, they
heard more noise and this time he saw the intruder and shot him, Wright said.
The teen crawled back out the bathroom window and ran off but collapsed down
the alley, where police and paramedics found the teen, Wright said.
Wright said his bar has been broken into four to six times, and he and his
wife had started staying overnight at the property to protect it. "This is
our living," he said, adding that he has had triple bypass surgery. "I'm
going to be here. I'm not leaving. This is where I'm planning to stay."
Anthony Robinson, of the 6000 block of South Wood Street, was charged with
felony burglary after he was treated at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care
Center and released. Wearing a white-and-blue hospital gown and his left
hand wrapped in a bandage, Robinson limped into bond court this afternoon
and was ordered held on $150,000 bond.
Wright was charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon after
police discovered he had two prior weapons convictions from 1968 and 1994,
officials said. Records show Wright also was convicted of theft in 1990. In
the 1990 and 1994 cases, Wright got probation.
Wright clutched a tan baseball hat as he appeared in court dressed in a blue
- and white-striped polo shirt and khaki pants.The judge ordered him
released on his own recognizance, and he walked out of the courthouse at
about 2:15 p.m. with his court-appointed attorney, Assistant Public Defender
Anand Sundaram.
Several of Wright's relatives cheered in the gallery after the judge ordered
him released, drawing a rebuke from deputies.
After the hearing, Wright's grandson Courtney Cook said his grandfather has
the right to protect his home and the tavern he has run for 40 years.
"You have to look at what's right and what's wrong in that situation," he
said. "He's supposed to protect his home and his family. I mean, you know,
is he supposed to be the victim? I mean, you know, just let it keep
happening? If it's going to keep happening, then where's the law? What good
is the law?
"Everybody makes mistakes, but everybody is not supposed to be pushed around
and let everybody do what they want to do to them."
On his South Side block, Wright is known as a hard-working neighbor who runs
a bar that has become a neighborhood institution. Known as "Tank," Wright
has operated the bar next to his home for more than 40 years, neighbors said.
"He doesn't fiddle around and he's strictly business," said Delmar Dunn, who
operates a barber shop across the street from the bar. "He tries to keep
order and he tolerates no foolishness. He's not an aggressive man, so I'm
surprised he shot. He must have been pretty afraid or concerned for his own
safety."
Anita Dominique, head of the block club in the neighborhood, said she has
known Wright for more than 30 years. "He is a pillar of our community,” she
said. “What does it say to me and other senior citizens that we will be
arrested if we defend ourselves?"
Neighbors held a news conference this morning to call on prosecutors to drop
the charges.
"If a man can't defend himself from harm, what can he do?" asked Darryl
Smith. "If he hadn't defended himself, we would be here for a different
reason -- because an intruder came in and killed him.
"We're outraged as a community and we're calling for the state's attorney's
office to drop the charges," he added. "This man has done nothing wrong."
Smith said police and prosecutors should have found a way to avoid charging
Wright. "Just take the gun," Smith said.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday at an unrelated news conference, Mayor Rahm
Emanuel declined to talk about Wright's arrest. "I cannot comment on it in
the middle of an investigation. It would be inappropriate," he said. | T**********e
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发帖数: 12955 | 4
行。
Different. Self defense inside one's home is from the old british common
law, and it's restricted to inside one's home. The florida "stand your
ground" law expanded it to any public area.
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 这两天ＣＨＩＣＡＧＯ一起自卫枪击案闹得沸沸扬扬的。
: 一个八十岁黑老头看到一个２０岁的小偷（ＯＦＣＯＵＲＳＥ也是黑人）爬窗进他家偷
: 东西，就开枪，小偷腿部中弹。
: 老头枪是非法的，所以被警察抓起来，ＤＡ起诉他重罪（非法使用枪支）。
: 结果很多黑人都起来游行抗议，舆论都是一边倒要求放了老头。说自己家自卫怎么都行。
: 妈的，这不就是说那个ＳＴＡＮＤ ＯＦＧＲＯＵＮＤ吗？白人开枪就是ＨＡＴＥ Ｃ
: ＲＩＭＥ，黑人杀黑人自己就是合法的？
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发帖数: 14642 | 5 泥哥嘛，就这点出息啊。泥哥总统咋不出来说自己要有儿子也像中枪的泥哥一样（偷鸡
摸狗嘞）
行。
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 这两天ＣＨＩＣＡＧＯ一起自卫枪击案闹得沸沸扬扬的。
: 一个八十岁黑老头看到一个２０岁的小偷（ＯＦＣＯＵＲＳＥ也是黑人）爬窗进他家偷
: 东西，就开枪，小偷腿部中弹。
: 老头枪是非法的，所以被警察抓起来，ＤＡ起诉他重罪（非法使用枪支）。
: 结果很多黑人都起来游行抗议，舆论都是一边倒要求放了老头。说自己家自卫怎么都行。
: 妈的，这不就是说那个ＳＴＡＮＤ ＯＦＧＲＯＵＮＤ吗？白人开枪就是ＨＡＴＥ Ｃ
: ＲＩＭＥ，黑人杀黑人自己就是合法的？
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