tinhorn
NES Member
Maybe I've been watching too many self-defense videos but I can't dance and it's too hot to plow. I've been thinking about a couple local incidents.
The first incident happened a few years ago but the guy defending himself was accused of first degree murder, and although acquitted, had his life messed up for two years during which time his wife died. They wouldn't let him out of jail to see her.
I personally found it interesting that even though Roux was 33 years old, the only picture our local paper ever printed appears to be a youthful school photo.
And recently I read about this lawsuit because of hurt feelings and civil rights. No criminal charges but there are some interesting parallels in the initial provocation (macroaggression?)
Well, of course it would.
Now it appears that both of these dramas could have been avoided had Whitey just kept his mouth shut and maintained the proper attitude of timidity and deference to hostile people. But they didn't, and despite my best efforts, I don't always do so, either. I'm interested in hearing opinions from you armchair philosophers.
Where's the balancing point?
Btw, I copied and pasted bits and pieces:
The first incident happened a few years ago but the guy defending himself was accused of first degree murder, and although acquitted, had his life messed up for two years during which time his wife died. They wouldn't let him out of jail to see her.
Amabile argued that Robbins acted in defense, noting that he is 65-years old, and Roux was in his thirties, and weighed well over 200 pounds. He added that Robbins never got out of his truck during the altercation.
In the defense’s version of events, the dash-cam footage showed that Roux was unhappy with Robbins’ slow driving on Main Street in Wareham.
Amabile said Roux veered right, trapping Robbins’ pickup truck against the curb. Roux then got out of the vehicle, Amabile said, and approached Robbins’ driver’s side window. Roux was yelling and threatening to kill Robbins, Amabile said, noting that the threats were audible on the dash-cam video.
During the altercation, Amabile said Robbins stabbed Roux once under his armpit. The location of the single wound was “consistent with him flailing in the window, and carrying through on his threat to kill the occupant of the pickup truck” Amabile said.
After he was stabbed, Roux attempted to drive himself to Tobey Hospital but collided with a sidewalk bump-out. He succumbed to his injuries several days later at a Boston hospital.
In the prosecution’s version of events, Roux only became agitated only after Robbins escalated the conflict. First, Buckingham said Roux was forced to stop short when Robbins slammed on his breaks and then Robbins “gave him the middle finger.”
Buckingham also argued that Robbins’ truck was not trapped against the curb; she said “there might have been a brush against a car to leave” but noted that Robbins had the ability to leave the situation.
Buckingham said there was no evidence Roux had a weapon when he approached Robbins’ truck, though he was audibly angry. The prosecution did not suggest Robbins exited his vehicle, but theorized that Robbins inflicted the wound that ultimately killed Roux through the open driver’s side window.
I personally found it interesting that even though Roux was 33 years old, the only picture our local paper ever printed appears to be a youthful school photo.
And recently I read about this lawsuit because of hurt feelings and civil rights. No criminal charges but there are some interesting parallels in the initial provocation (macroaggression?)
According to the complaint filed in Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday, Keri Hendricks was sitting in her car with her 7-year-old daughter in the backseat waiting for her son to come out of the store Sunday afternoon....Hendricks was stopped in the middle of the parking lot’s driving lane heading toward [Stop & Shop]....
After about 30-45 seconds, Tim Newman rolled down his window and yelled “Go” at Hendricks, he said in an interview.
Hendricks, who is Black, then stepped out of her car and approached the truck, Newman said.
When she approached the Newmans’ car, which also had the Newmans’ three children in the back, Tim Newman said he didn’t know what to expect.
A tense altercation ensued....
Well, of course it would.
Now it appears that both of these dramas could have been avoided had Whitey just kept his mouth shut and maintained the proper attitude of timidity and deference to hostile people. But they didn't, and despite my best efforts, I don't always do so, either. I'm interested in hearing opinions from you armchair philosophers.
Where's the balancing point?
Btw, I copied and pasted bits and pieces:
Dash-cam video at center of pretrial hearing for alleged murderer
PLYMOUTH — A Feb. 21 pretrial hearing for David Robbins, the Onset man arrested for killing Yves Roux Jr. in November, centered around a video captured by Roux’s dashboard camera. Robbins’ defense attorney John Amabile made a motion for bail, and...
wareham.theweektoday.com
Judge considers motion to dismiss jury indictment in fatal stabbing case
A Plymouth Superior Court judge will determine whether or not to dismiss a grand jury’s decision to indict David Robbins — the Onset man arrested for killing 33-year-old Yves Roux Jr. in November 2019 — for first-degree murder. The defense’s motion...
wareham.theweektoday.com
Woman files lawsuit after alleged incident at Wareham Stop & Shop
A Plymouth County woman has filed a civil lawsuit against two people and their company after they allegedly yelled racist slurs and threatened to run her over in the Wareham Stop & Shop parking lot, a complaint filed on Thursday reads. The...
wareham.theweektoday.com