re: Man arrested and charges filed after Houston child killed playing ding dong ditch

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This article quotes an HPD officer saying they were kicking and banging on doors.
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The victim and at least two of his friends had been going around their neighborhood banging on or kicking doors and running away, Cass said. Cass said the preliminary information indicates that the victims and his friends ran down the street after banging on the suspect's door.

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I'm not that hung up on the bang vs knock thing as he allegedly witnessed it himself the third time and it doesn't even matter for the self defense angle- but, do you have the actual quotes? They have these " " around them.

Here's an example from that same article:

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"Officers were told the male was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away. A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound," Houston homicide detectives said.

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The reporter in the accompanying video also says they rang the doorbell. Who knows?

Neither one (even a kick) is a defense to fire into their backs in the middle of a populated neighborhood so not even sure what the hangup on this is about.

I already said that. Not much. Except for the kids get less sympathy. His legal liability remains almost exactly the same.

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It’s an Internet forum. I made some posts. And I don’t really disagree with the bigger picture. Even if they were kicking his door, it’s not going to be enough of a mitigating factor for him to skate shooting a kid running away.

You are welcome to believe that these kids were filming themselves knocking on a door. I’m skeptical.

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That's cool. Nothing wrong with commenting. I just wasn't sure if you had a larger angle.

I agree, it sounds like they very well might have been doing the kick thing. The guy is still a retard who killed a kid while endangering the lives of his neighbors while under no threat himself. He deserves prison if the investigation concludes and a jury agrees with currently known 'facts.'

Still doesn’t look like a justified shoot, but further evidence coming out from the kid’s cousin that they’d been doing this for several HOURS beforehand. Again, not happy an 11 year old kid is dead but parents need to watch what their kids are doing running wild through neighborhoods for hours.

It appears the shooter was in the wrong. He will pay for his crime.

The only good that will come is this story has been televised on all the local major news across the country. Parents are reminding their kids that someone died doing this. And maybe it stops.

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What should their punishment be in comparison to the guy who shot and killed their child?

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To begin with they should have DPS up their asses about whether they were actually raising their kids, or letting their dumbass friends do it for them. They need to ensure that they in fact see a problem with an 11 year old kid running the streets at 11, and if not they probably should have any other children removed from their home until they decide to be parents.

Ding dong ditch? I've never heard of that name for this.

We had a different name for it. I'm not able to recall it right now. Something N something.

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Still doesn’t look like a justified shoot, but further evidence coming out from the kid’s cousin that they’d been doing this for several HOURS beforehand. Again, not happy an 11 year old kid is dead but parents need to watch what their kids are doing running wild through neighborhoods for hours.

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Agreed. Kids that age have no business out by themselves at that hour. The saddest part to me is if his parents allowed him to do that it's a pretty strong indicator that he received little, if any, parental guidance or attention. It's 100% predictable that he would get into doing stupid hoodrat shite with his friends. He was set up to fail.

Hell, I'd say they bear a solid 50% of responsibility and should be charged with neglect, and more, though they won't be.

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We had a different name for it. I'm not able to recall it right now. Something N something.

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I almost choked on a Brazil nut.

No different than the getaway driver of a bank robbery. He's just as guilty of the crime even though he never got out of the car.

Why should these parents not face charges?