Black man wins self defense case after shooting 4 men

[exiledking]

https://www.philly.com/news/jabir-k...y-handgun-murder-homicide-court-20190328.html

If you Google the name Jabir Kennedy, you will read about a fugitive wanted for gunning down four men, one fatally, during Christmas week 2017 in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia. You will read that the “armed and dangerous” fugitive turned himself in a week later and was charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder.

That’s all you’ll read about Kennedy, 23, because in a city that typically tallies more than 300 murders and more than 1,000 nonfatal shootings a year, his case quickly disappeared from the news cycle.

So when the case reached its conclusion this month, there were no headlines for what turned out to be a rarity in the criminal justice system: an admitted gunman in a quadruple shooting acquitted by a jury of all charges.

Kennedy’s weeklong trial at the Criminal Justice Center, which ended March 15, focused not on Stand Your Ground or the Castle Doctrine, but instead on old-fashioned self-defense, his lawyer said.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

I remember hearing about this. It is nice to actually see a winged rainbow riding unicorn in this justice system.

 

[footloose]

His lawyers number needs to be posted on all black forums

 

[gene cisco]

Yo. I started reading it and had to stop and post because of this:

Assistant District Attorney Sheida Ghadiri argued during the trial that the gun Kennedy fired belonged to him, that he knew how to use it given that he shot four of the five men he fought with, and the number of bullets he fired — eight to 10 — was too many to be self-defense.

Ain't that about a bitch with all the bullets pigs let loose in justifiable shootings? When pigs do it, it's "But it only takes a few seconds to shoot 10 rounds!!!" Regular person supposed to stop at 3 shots and shit.

 

[mchammertoeeesss]

Yo. I started reading it and had to stop and post because of this:

Assistant District Attorney Sheida Ghadiri argued during the trial that the gun Kennedy fired belonged to him, that he knew how to use it given that he shot four of the five men he fought with, and the number of bullets he fired — eight to 10 — was too many to be self-defense.
Ain't that about a bitch with all the bullets pigs let loose in justifiable shootings? When pigs do it, it's "But it only takes a few seconds to shoot 10 rounds!!!" Regular person supposed to stop at 3 shots and shit.

Five against one (including the baby mama)

Within minutes, Malik Thomas-Thornton, 23, the second relative whom she had called, and his friends Linwood Garrett, 33, Quinzel Washington, 23, and Alijah M. Brown, 23, arrived at her home. The five quickly piled into a car and headed for Kennedy’s house.

Nenner (lawyer) argued that the group had brought a pair of brass knuckles, which police later recovered in the street, and two guns, one that was not fired and that police recovered and a second that was used to beat Kennedy over the head and that he wrested control of and fired repeatedly in the darkness.

 

[mchammertoeeesss]

Matrea Thomas (baby mama) lost her brother two years ago.
Caught in crossfire driving with his three year old daughter in the backseat. Child was not shot.
https://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160803_Caught_in_a_crossfire__a_young_father_dies.html

 

[gene cisco]

Five against one (including the baby mama)

Within minutes, Malik Thomas-Thornton, 23, the second relative whom she had called, and his friends Linwood Garrett, 33, Quinzel Washington, 23, and Alijah M. Brown, 23, arrived at her home. The five quickly piled into a car and headed for Kennedy’s house.

Nenner (lawyer) argued that the group had brought a pair of brass knuckles, which police later recovered in the street, and two guns, one that was not fired and that police recovered and a second that was used to beat Kennedy over the head and that he wrested control of and fired repeatedly in the darkness.

Man, it's ridiculous.

They were concentrating on the second gun. The one he used to shoot them. They never found it. The DA claim it was his. How does that change the fact that 5 people ran up on him?

 

[kain]

He won out in this Just-us system

 

[Ceenote]

Wow...

 

[HotNixon36]

His lawyers number needs to be posted on all black forums

Hell yeah, shit rarely ends like this for a black man serving justice.

 

[michigantoga]

Good

 

[PliggaNease]

The child's mother is responsible for this shit.