Woman files lawsuit after charges against her and son dropped in West Pullman restaurant shooting.
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Welcome to the family brother @John1437 and you are in the right place at the right time.
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I didn’t watch the video, but the description says the assailant (Brown) fled. The mother and son (Hood) pursued, with the son continuing to fire at Brown.
Sorry, I don’t think that’s a false arrest. That sounds like manslaughter or murder. I believe in the right to self-defense and the right to bear arms, but you have to know when to stop shooting. Hood needed more training; he’s lucky the charges were dropped, especially in Chicago.
Now this claim of malicious prosecution, that’s something I’d like to know more about. I believe we’re seeing a lot of that across the country.
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14-year old child with a gun, just out to buy a hot dog with his Mom in Chicago. What could possibly go wrong?
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Lots of discussable facts here.
14 year old? Can’t possibly have a FOID card, much less a CCW. Sounds like a valid firearms violation arrest to me.
Shooting perp in the back while running away is definitely problematic.
I just don’t see where Mom feels the original arrest was false. Should consider herself darned lucky murder/manslaughter charges were later dropped.
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A 14 year old illegally carrying a concealed handgun. Makes me wonder if he has a criminal history as well? Haven’t heard of many law abiding minors carrying concealed handguns around town who weren’t also involved in other questionable activities. Is this another case of prosecutors letting a known criminal off the hook?
I’m pretty sure if an otherwise law abiding licensed concealed carrier pursued and fired on a fleeing criminal in Chicago that the charges would not be getting dropped. Though it sounds like the deceased was committing a violent assault so at least the first shots were justified in defense of another.
Seems like dropping the murder charges would be something a pro self defense DA might do in this situation. But Chicago is not known for their pro self defense DAs. Makes me wonder what their motivation for dropping the charges was in this case? And charging the kid with illegal possession and the mother with child endangerment (if she knew and allowed her son to be armed) should have happened regardless. They are lucky all the charges were dropped.
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Hello and welcome @John1437
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A lot to unpack here.
- How was an unarmed woman charged with homicide at all? She was not armed. She was attacked. Her son defended her.
- Did the son go overboard by chasing and continuing to shoot? Probably. But he is 14 and just saw his mother being beaten about the head. If I saw someone striking my wife or any other female family member about the head, I am 53 and I can’t say I won’t go into a maniacal rage. A 14-year-old likely does not have training to rely on. His mother could have been killed. He should consider becoming a USCCA member and take classes. I bet his response would have been such that once he shot the perpetrator once and he ran, the boy would not have chased after him firing his weapon. He would have it more ingrained that once the threat stops, you stop shooting.
- Why did the police even act on the arrest warrant? With all the witness statements and the evidence of the mom being beaten, it should have been a no-brainer. Don’t say they were just following orders. The Nazi’s also were just following orders.
- Sue the city and state. They have infringed on 2A rights, creating a whole lot of victims. Criminals do what they do in Chicago and all over the state due to the fact that 2A rights have been infringed.
- Sue the police officers. Get their qualified immunity revoked and raid their retirement plans.
- Nationally, we need to make police officers obtain their own liability insurance. Anyone who thinks that’s ridiculous, look at all the other professions where the employee is required to obtain their own liability insurance. Medical professionals just to name one obvious one.
- Good cops need to step up. Some states now have duty to intervene laws. All states need to implement this.
- While it baffles me people want to record and not help, recording did at least help. Video doesn’t lie. Even if they didn’t intervene directly, at least the recordings were released, and the prosecutorial misconduct was ended. Not soon enough, but at least it ended.
I know someone will assume I am anti-cop. I am not. I am pro-Constitution. I went to the police academy in the early 90’s. When I was in the military, I took college courses in Law Enforcement. We were taught in our labs and in class about the Constitution. In the academy, we were taught how to get around the constitution. I told the entire academy class of 20 that if they followed this officer/instructor teaching, half of them would be in prison or fired and lose their certifications within 10 years. I was wrong, it only took 7 years. 10 officers in prison or decertified as police officers for heading a bad cop’s advice and teachings.
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