Talk About Being Damned If You Do And Damned If You Dont!

[Isolde]

Hey, dont get me wrong, I am very much for obeying the law but there has to be a little bit of a give for certain situations. This story is just ridiculous.


RULE OF LAW: Detrick Washington, 25, was at his business partner's San Francisco, Calif., home office when two men forced their way in. The robbers got $3,000 from the safe, but figured there must be more and beat and cut their victims to get them to talk. "I'll go and kill the kids and that girl if you don't give me the rest of the money," one of the robbers said. While they ransacked the home, Washington saw his chance: one robber put his gun down, and Washington grabbed it. When the robber lunged at him, Washington shot him. He then handed the gun
to his partner to cover the other robber and went to call police. "Stay down! Don't move! Don't get up!" his friend told the second robber after Washington left the room. Then Washington heard, "He's getting up, he's getting up!" and a shot rang out -- the second robber was killed too. "He took a chance. I believe we could call him a hero,"police Inspector Armand Gordon said. Washington "basically saved five people's lives, including his own" by grabbing the gun. Police ruled the shooting justified, yet Washington is in jail: he is on parole from a previous drug conviction, and parole rules say parolees cannot "possess" a firearm. Because Washington grabbed the robber's gun, he was in "possession" of the weapon and violated his parole. (San Francisco Chronicle) ...And here you thought "zero tolerance" was only for school kids.

 

[Isolde]

Found The Follow Up Story:

IN A FOLLOW-UP TO the first story, the S.F. Chronicle reported six days later: "At the time, agents said Washington could be held at San Francisco County Jail for six business days while they reviewed the case, meaning he would have been behind bars until [Wednesday]. Instead, they quietly let him go Friday, after The Chronicle reported he had been jailed." Yep, that's a bit hard to calculate -- the paper doesn't actually say how long Mr. Washington was in jail for saving several lives. As near as I can tell, however, it was two days. No doubt he would have been there much longer if the media hadn't highlighted his outrageous arrest by probation officers.

 

[MissTaken]

Enquiring minds.......

The question I would want answered would be....

Where did the 3 k come from? I haven't known many parolees who would have that much cash around unless...........

~tapping fingers on desk~

Either way, he got screwed!

 

[Problem Child]

It probably has nothing at all to do with the fact that it occured in the People's Republic of San Francisco.

Nawww.

 

[Angel]

Re: Enquiring minds.......

The question I would want answered would be....

Where did the 3 k come from? I haven't known many parolees who would have that much cash around unless...........

~tapping fingers on desk~

Either way, he got screwed!

Uh, he was at his business partner's home. The money came from a safe in the house.

It wasn't his.

And anyway, why can't a parolee have money? They can work and save too.

 

[MissTaken]

Why certainly.....

It is simply my suspicious nature, I am sure.

 

[Isolde]

I am sure that the police will be asking the same questions plus many more. If for no other reason than to try and make themselves look a little better in the eyes of the media.