Georgia Man Shoots and Kills Driver Who Mistakenly Pulled Into His Driveway . . .
Allowed To Plead To A Single Misdemeanor With No Jail Time and A $500 Fine.
Diaz appears to have pulled into the wrong driveway while following a mistaken GPS in January 2013. He was trying to find the driveway of his friend across the street to go roller-skating. When Sailors saw a strange car, he came out shooting: firing once in the air and once through the windshield of the car. The second round struck Diaz in the head.
There was evidence that Diaz was pulling out of the driveway when Sailor killed him. The family did sue Sailors and there was a settlement. It is not clear if that settlement influenced the familys position on sentencing.
http://jonathanturley.org/2014/11/20/georgia-man-shoots-and-kills-driver-who-mistakenly-pulled-into-his-driveway-allowed-to-plead-to-a-single-misdemeanor-with-no-jail-time-and-a-500-fine/
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)then we need to enact laws that COME DOWN LIKE A TON OF BRICKS on idiots that misuse firearms, like this bozo.
CanonRay
(14,864 posts)We should do one or the other
Marie Marie
(10,007 posts)CanonRay
(14,864 posts)but one might be more "do-able" than the other.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the first question I would ask every applicant for homeowner coverage would be: "Do you, or anyone in your household, own a firearm?"
Anyone answering "Yes" would be charged an outrageous premium.
still_one
(96,551 posts)Go the other direction down the street. Looks like I better not do that in Georgia
Sorry but that is more than a misdemeanor, even if they settled on a separate action. At the minimum it is assault with intent to do bodily harm.
What a crock
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I have done it in Texas. It is hard to believe that you can end up dead for something so stupid.
still_one
(96,551 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)at the minimum, it should be voluntary manslaughter, he purposely fired into the windshield even as the car was pulling out of the driveway.
Misdemeanor my ass!!!
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)Only in Georgia. Dumb.
drray23
(7,964 posts)Tells me i am paranoid when we need to u turn and i refuse to do it in somebody's driveway. We live in the south where everybody is armed to the teeth and rabidly conservative with the iq of a tree stump.
Cha
(305,429 posts)Dawgs
(14,755 posts)I live in the South and don't know anyone that would do something so stupid.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Not exactly good for the tourist industry.
Wouldn't want to pull into wrong driveway..
BeyondGeography
(40,015 posts)Skittles
(159,374 posts)sickening
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)ReRe
(10,780 posts)... they do lurk here, doncha know? They'll be installing land mines.
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)Historic NY
(37,859 posts)amazing.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Stone cold murder.
nolabear
(43,215 posts)If I miss a turn and have to turn around by pulling into a driveway it fires off all kinds of bad movie scenarios in my head. Poor man.
ReRe
(10,780 posts)... I blame myself and go around the block.
Wonder what the murderer's neighbors think? Wouldn't want my kids walking past that SOBs house. Hell, he probably doesn't have any neighbors, with a temperament that touchy. Listen, brotherly love done left this country. Think twice in all situations if you're on the road.
rafeh1
(385 posts)Even Israelis settlers get harder slap on the wrist for killing palestinians. This can't be true