Teen Killed for TPing a house

[moparlunatic]

WTF, really.
[link:http://sidebar.cnn.com/2014/02/17/us/arkansas-prank-death/?iref=obnetwork|

[PowerToThePeople]

1. Yea Gunz!!! eom

[Warpy]

6. If that teenager had been toting her own Big Ugly Gun

there could have been a shootout and that homeowner would have been taught a real lesson! They'd all have suddenly developed good manners, cuz the gunz are gonna make this country polite!

Never mind about all the neighbors getting their houses shot up during the firefight. They don't count.

[shenmue]

2. Mercy!

This is terrible.

[Bjorn Against]

3. And the shooter probably won't be convicted

The gun nuts have pushed laws that put the right to kill above all other rights, a gunner can take every one of your rights in an instant and as long as they say "self defense" they will likely get away with it.

[NutmegYankee]

4. This is over a month old

and was posted over a dozen times in GD.

[CFLDem]

8. Yep

I find that googling "Democratic Underground (insert topic here)" is a great tool for seeing if something was posted before.

[Cha]

33. that is a good idea.. saves looking and looking in the forums. nt

[Orrex]

9. A quick search for "Adrian Broadway" returned 3 distinct GD threads (nt)

[NutmegYankee]

10. Not all had the name, like this one.

Usually it was the headline about TPing prank gone wrong.

Or they discussed the man who did the murder getting arrested and charged: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arkansas-shooting-20140217,0,1647739.story

[Orrex]

12. Fair enough. Not sure I understand the objection though.

GD is awash with duplicate threads on any given day. Hell, the front page routinely includes duplicate stories in the "trending now" field.

It simply seems unrealistic to expect DUers to obtain Google's thumbs-up before posting a potential duplicate story. What's the expiration date, by the way, before a story can be posted? Apparently a month is too short. Maybe 34 days?

[NutmegYankee]

13. I question why another thread a month later is needed.

What is the goal? I don't think anybody here doubts the man is a murderer. And I expect instead this post will get highjacked to continue the simmering feud between pro-gun and anti-gun DUers. I've gotten tired of it myself as no one is changing their minds. It's an I/P style poo flinging fest.

[Orrex]

14. Could be the OP just now heard about it.

Probably right about the likely pro/anti gun discussion though.

[Demit]

16. Maybe we're not all glued to DU every hour of every day.

Is it so hard for you to scroll past a thread you don't want to read?

[Generic Other]

17. The people grousing about duplicate threads waste my time

If I have already seen the story, I can skip it. No skin off my nose. Usually if I open the thread, I have NOT seen the story. But invariably, I will have to waste time reading the post of some self-appointed guardian of all things right and proper on DU chastising someone for daring to post a new thread.

Almost as if some people believe they own the news they link to.

I usually put such posters on ignore if they can't control their need to control others.

[NutmegYankee]

20. If it's a waste of your time -

Then why did you bother to reply?

[Generic Other]

31. Why? Did I violate another sacred cow?

Maybe you should make a list of what is acceptable to respond to and what is not.

[NutmegYankee]

32. Touchy touchy...

Not one for questions are you?

[Heidi]

15. And? This isn't Latest Breaking News. (nt)

[Logical]

18. And? n-t

[NutmegYankee]

21. RTFT. nt

[Logical]

23. FYDS. nt

[NutmegYankee]

24. ---resolved----

Now that that is cleared up, lets remove this definition.

[Logical]

25. Urban dictionary? LOL. I made up 4 letters. I don't know what his meant either. n-t

[NutmegYankee]

26. RTFT - Read The Freaking thread

[Logical]

27. OK, still not sure what that means. n-t

[NutmegYankee]

29. You had replied to the first post of a thread that had already resolved the discussion.

Rather than start anew, you ask the poster to read the subthread.

[Logical]

28. Either way, I know know what an urban dictionary is. n-t

[madinmaryland]

22. I must have missed it, because I don't recall seeing it. I was glad the this was reposted

so that I could have the chance to read about it!

[RC]

5. Too many people in this country, that should not have access to any kind of gun, have them anyway.

This is just more proof.

[In_The_Wind]

7. That's a damn shame!

[yuiyoshida]

11. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder,

one count of a terroristic act and five counts of aggravated assault.


Good.

[Iggo]

19. Yes. Really.

[JEFF9K]

30. Maybe they should have held the mayo.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. From a later report - he only shot them when they returned 45 minutes later

Willie Noble, 48, shot at the vehicle full of teenagers after he found eggs, mayonnaise and toilet paper covering his vehicle on Feb. 15. Police said that he waited for the teens to return and it was then that he fired his gun. Adrian Broadway died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head.

Lt. Sidney Allen said that Noble is the father of a teenager who was targeted after the pranks were done.

According to a police statement that was released on Feb 18, “Mr. Noble stated that he waited inside because he knew whoever vandalized his vehicle was going to come back. Mr. Noble stated that once they returned (about 45 minutes later), he fired his handgun to scare them.”

The police also noted that Noble failed to call authorities before or after the shooting occurred. The driver of the mid-size sedan, which had seven teens in it, hurried to a convenience store to call the police. Adrian was in the front passenger seat, and died in the hospital later that evening. Police found that the driver side of the care was pocked with bullet holes.

http://www.brockpress.com/2014/02/man-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-to-scare-teenagers/

[Lurks Often]

35. That should be enough to get a 1st degree murder conviction

unless the DA offers 2nd degree murder in exchange for a guilty plea to avoid a trial.