re: Jury selection begins in trial of man who killed Joe McKnight

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You just chased this guy from The Bridge down General Degaulle and down Behrman Highway. Do you think Joe got out the car to tell the guy his tail light was broken? If someone is chasing me for miles and then approaches my vehicle at first opportunity, that mother f***** is getting shot.

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You're in your vehicle....and the dude is at your passenger window. With your window up and door locked...what is he going to do? If he attempts to break window, then you shoot him. If you roll your window down, your right to shoot him just got a lot more difficult to prove....as is the case here.

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This case is going to hinge on the racial makeup of the jury.

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I wondered how long it would be before someone played the race card.

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I wondered how long it would be before someone played the race card.

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You think the racial makeup of the jury won't be a possible factor in this?

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If he shot him as he approached the car, he's fricked.

But yeah there should be more to the story coming out in the trial.

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Maybe. If he was shot while walking up to the car and saying "I'm gonna kill you, mother fricker", it might change some things.

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why are you assuming this?

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Mr. Gasser said he became irate and engaged in a “verbal altercation” with the football player. When they stopped next to each other at a red light, Mr. McKnight got out of his car and approached Mr. Gasser’s car window. Mr. Gasser then pulled out a handgun from between his seat and the console and shot Mr. McKnight, Sheriff Normand said. 

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Because I'm not going to add something in that isn't written there?

Here are some facts

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Normand laid out the basic facts of how McKnight and Gasser engaged in a protracted road-rage incident, starting on the Crescent City Connection bridge, down Gen. DeGaulle Boulevard, right on Behrman Highway and to a stop at the corner of Holmes Boulevard. It was McKnight who got out of the car first, and approached Gasser's car, Normand said.

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"In this state, whether we like it or not, we have a very forward-leaning stand-your-ground, self-defense, justifiable homicide laws, however you want to refer to it," Normand said.

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wwl

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You're in your vehicle....and the dude is at your passenger window. With your window up and door locked...what is he going to do?

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The window was down

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danilo

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You and Placebeaux are the two bringing up race the most.

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How am I mad?

I don't care about Joe McKnight. I didn't know him, he played for teams I didn't care about.

I'm looking at this objectively while as evidenced by your posts, you're making it a white vs black issue.

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dude if you think he is being one sided, you are being the same thing just on the other side.

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You think the racial makeup of the jury won't be a possible factor in this?

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It shouldn’t. The case should be decided by the letter of the law. I’m a white man but would have no problem sending the defendant to prison if it’s proven he was trigger happy. McKnight was a dumbass for getting out of his car in the first place but that doesn’t mean he deserved to die. If, however, it’s established that he acted in a way to cause the defendant to believe his safety was at risk, then I would have no problem exonerating the accused.