re: McKnight shooter released from custody...Cliffnotes of Normand press conf inside

I'm perfectly fine with them putting a bullet in the shooter's head if they find him guilty of murder. I just don't think we should freak out less than 24 hours after the events when we have zero information. And law enforcement isn't required to give us information now.

Based on our laws, the shooter is innocent until proven guilty.

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not sure we can go that far


Why not? At this point, the only witness statements that have been made public say he was the aggressor. If that changes, then the story will change accordingly.

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Your retarded way of thinking has Hands Up, Don't Shoot all over it. Like the previous poster said.

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how about this scenario?

You are in broad daylight. At a redlight, someone jumps out of their vehicle and starts threatening you with physical violence. They jump out of their vehicle and you see that he is way bigger than you and can easily do the harm that he has threatened to do. You slip the gun that's under your seat into your hand because you are threatened. He continually bangs on your window threatening now to kill you, etc.

You feel you have two choices: 1. Stay in your car and get physically harmed by this larger person, maybe even killed. 2. Defend yourself.

You shoot and kill him. 3 minutes later, "witnesses" who did not actually see the crime see you near the body and begin shouting about how you murdered that poor kid and saying things that are untrue.

You hang around. Tell the police everything. They arrest you. Bring you to the station and process you. They do some interviews and determine that you are telling the truth and that you have acted in self defense.

You are now still okay with them keeping you in jail as long as needed??? Away from your family??? Away from your job, your life??? Even though you did nothing wrong???

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That probably is what happened, joe mcnight isnt lebron james, he's not someone everyone knows. This guy probably feared for his life otherwise he wouldn't have done it. Hopefully we dont get a hellbent prosecutor like the one in baltimore if charges ever do get pressed. Also Loretta lynch is bailing soon so we wont have an eric holder moment like the mike brown situation. God knows Trump and his AD wont give two shites about this. People quickly forget the hothead joe mcknight was, remember his fight with the jets coaches son a few years back? These pro athletes think they're invincible, joe got a reality check on that. I find it hard to believe this white guy just pulled up at the light, got out and executed joe mcknight for no reason at all and then hung around to tell his side of the story. The guy in 54 years had ZERO arrests.

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This happened at a busy commercial intersection where plenty of people with no dog in the fight watched.

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If that is the case, why is JP putting out a call for witnesses to come forward?

I think you're exaggerating these circumstances to make a point. I don't think I would ever get in that situation because I don't entice road rage. That's just not my style, and that's a very good lesson coming from this tragic story. But I agree that there is self-defense in certain situations.

Obviously, we don't know what happened because none of us were there. But it seems awfully suspicious to release someone that fast after this kind of incident.

WTF? Dude does not sound mentally stable, and if the witness account is remotely accurate, then there's no reason imaginable that he should have been set free. This is a giant clusterfrick.

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You nailed it.

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its a hypothesis, i'm not sure how you can qualify any hypothesis at this point though.

This is normal. If there is cause, they will file charges and arredt him down the line. Murderers get out on bail or released all the time only to have charges filed later.

I think "witness" to media stories have been proven to be pretty inaccurate over the years. Likely why JP is appealing for more witnesses because something doesn't add up.

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This is normal. If there is cause, they will file charges and arredt him down the line. Murderers get out on bail or released all the time only to have charges filed later.

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I'm not sure why this hasnt been said more.