How insane is the USA? Two examples.
Jun. 29th, 2023 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneKentucky woman shoots her El Paso Uber driver in the head, killing him, fearing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico.
She was being taken to a casino to see her boyfriend. There's a freeway interchange where there are large signs that say Juarez. And guess what? Sometimes you have to take freeway exits that are labeled one thing in order to go in another direction.
After she killed him, she took a photo and sent it to her boyfriend.
Here's hoping she never sees Kentucky again.
From the article: "...Copas did not call authorities before shooting, and she didn't summon help immediately after opening fire, the document states.
Rather, she took a photo of the injured driver and texted it to her boyfriend, detectives said in the affidavit. Then she called for help, the document states." The article also states multiple shots were fired.
You know, most anyone with anything resembling any common sense, or who had visited a foreign country, would know that you don't just waltz across the border. You have to present ID. It will be interesting to find out if the driver had a recording camera, as some do, and if there's audio, to find out if she asked him where they're going. And she had a phone! She could have called the police!
But we gotta have guns to defend ourselves! Except we're too stupid to know when we need to defend ourselves, which isn't very often, and much less often than we think.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/passenger-shot-killed-uber-driver-believed-was-taking-mexico-police-sa-rcna90901
Florida Man empties AR-15 high-capacity magazine towards his pool servicing tech.
Fortunately in this story, no one died.
This one is baffling. For some reason, the pool tech came to the house to service the pool at NINE AT NIGHT! To make matters worse, he didn't call the residents! He had been servicing this pool for six months. The home owner yelled at him to leave, when he didn't, he fired two rounds. The pool technician suffered some minor wounds from broken glass and fled. THEN the homeowner emptied the rest of the magazine into his pool deck.
The homeowner won't face any charges because of Florida's Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine laws. But I'll bet he's going to have to find another pool company, not to mention have to get his pool deck rebuilt.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-wont-face-charges-firing-pool-cleaner-thought-was-intruder-rcna91467
She was being taken to a casino to see her boyfriend. There's a freeway interchange where there are large signs that say Juarez. And guess what? Sometimes you have to take freeway exits that are labeled one thing in order to go in another direction.
After she killed him, she took a photo and sent it to her boyfriend.
Here's hoping she never sees Kentucky again.
From the article: "...Copas did not call authorities before shooting, and she didn't summon help immediately after opening fire, the document states.
Rather, she took a photo of the injured driver and texted it to her boyfriend, detectives said in the affidavit. Then she called for help, the document states." The article also states multiple shots were fired.
You know, most anyone with anything resembling any common sense, or who had visited a foreign country, would know that you don't just waltz across the border. You have to present ID. It will be interesting to find out if the driver had a recording camera, as some do, and if there's audio, to find out if she asked him where they're going. And she had a phone! She could have called the police!
But we gotta have guns to defend ourselves! Except we're too stupid to know when we need to defend ourselves, which isn't very often, and much less often than we think.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/passenger-shot-killed-uber-driver-believed-was-taking-mexico-police-sa-rcna90901
Florida Man empties AR-15 high-capacity magazine towards his pool servicing tech.
Fortunately in this story, no one died.
This one is baffling. For some reason, the pool tech came to the house to service the pool at NINE AT NIGHT! To make matters worse, he didn't call the residents! He had been servicing this pool for six months. The home owner yelled at him to leave, when he didn't, he fired two rounds. The pool technician suffered some minor wounds from broken glass and fled. THEN the homeowner emptied the rest of the magazine into his pool deck.
The homeowner won't face any charges because of Florida's Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine laws. But I'll bet he's going to have to find another pool company, not to mention have to get his pool deck rebuilt.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-wont-face-charges-firing-pool-cleaner-thought-was-intruder-rcna91467
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Date: 2023-06-29 06:50 pm (UTC)Which is why I always keep the Lyft app open on my phone to see if the route we're taking matches up whenever I use a Lyft.
For some reason, the pool tech came to the house to service the pool at NINE AT NIGHT!
WTF? Yes, I can see why he got shot at.
You still don't need an AR-15, tho. A revolver or a small gauge shotgun are much better and more effective.
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Date: 2023-06-29 07:13 pm (UTC)Really? Because while I agree showing up at 9 is suboptimal, I think the usual and sane response is to ask who they are and why they're here and, upon being told it's the pool guy, to tell them to go home and reschedule for a reasonable hour and that you've already phoned the police.
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Date: 2023-06-29 08:26 pm (UTC)So many ways this could have been prevented. Pool guy calling ahead or knocking on the door. Owner having dialed 911 on the phone and waiting to press Send. Owner could even have a handgun in-hand behind leg while asking person to identify themselves. The pool guy had been servicing the pool for SIX MONTHS, should have been known to someone in the household. At least no one was shot.
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Date: 2023-06-29 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-06-29 08:37 pm (UTC)Valid point that.
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Date: 2023-06-29 08:19 pm (UTC)But... but... AR-15 more MANLY! (you know I'm joking) I think the Uber app also shows the predicted route. I've driven through El Paso many a time. I know the exact route the driver was taking, and he was on the proper route. The woman freaked out over nothing and all she had to do was to ask. Instead she murdered an innocent man. See you in two weeks!