"TYRONE PIERSON," STOOD HIS GROUND

A COWARD WAY OUT

ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY

JULIUS JEROME JACOBS

 

Zimmerman's attorney announced after the trail that if George Zimmerman had been black they would have never gone to trail.  Guess what, he was right.

Tyrone Pierson, Teen Who Shot Man, Won't Face Homicide Charges Under 'Stand Your Ground'
The Huffington Post  |  By Andres Jauregui   
Posted: 08/08/2013 11:41 am EDT  |  Updated: 08/09/2013 9:15 am EDT


Julius Jacobs (above) was shot and killed July 5, but his shooter won't face homicide charges under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' self-defense law.
A Florida teen who killed a man during a confrontation last month will not face homicide charges under the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law.

In a release Tuesday, prosecutors said that Tyrone Pierson, 17, was justified in using deadly force on Julius Jerome Jacobs.

Witnesses told police that Jacobs, a 40-year-old community choir director, came after Pierson and two other teens with a large stick following an argument over alleged speeding July 5. According to authorities, Pierson shot Jacobs in the head, killing him.

Under Florida law, it is illegal for minors under 18 to possess a concealed firearm, other than an unloaded one in their home, but "Stand Your Ground" "qualifies [Pierson] for immunity from any homicide charges even though he illegally possessed the gun as a minor without a concealed carry permit," Think Progress noted.

Pierson will face two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, and an additional charge of evidence tampering, because he initially lied about the location of the gun, prosecutors said.

The Ocala Star Banner reported that Pierson's friends, who were with him during the altercation that led to Jacobs' death, avoided conflict by running away.

Although the paper noted that Pierson fired a shot while fleeing, he had no duty to retreat because of the "Stand Your Ground" law.

"Stand Your Ground" has been heavily criticized in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. Scrutiny of the law intensified after neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of the unarmed teenager.

Last week, Florida lawmakers agreed to hold hearings on the controversial self-defense law this fall.

Although the move was initially perceived to be a major concession to protesters by Florida conservatives, the appointment of Rep. Matt Gaetz, a staunch backer of the law, to oversee the hearings tempered expectations.

Gaetz told the Tampa Bay Times that he's looking forward to the hearings so that he can offer a "full-throated defense of the law."

"I don't support changing one damn comma of the 'Stand Your Ground' law," Gaetz told the newspaper on Friday. "It would be reactionary and dangerous to make Floridians less safe to pacify uninformed protesters."

Does it strike you as unfair when the so called victims are the one who has the advantage of having a weapon that can kill from a distance and yet they are the one's claiming self defense and the one who initiated the conflict?  Just to think how many people were murdered and the value of a person life today in the eye's of men who write our laws.

Tyrone Pierson could had ran like his friend chose to do.  What was Tyrone doing walking around with a gun in the first place?  It was justified using deadly force when it comes to killing another black on black.  Do you think for a second that the out come would have been the same if he had killed a white man?  The whole world know that the possession of having the gun and discharging it would have gotten him life.

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