The white California man accused of shooting a Black Airbnb guest from behind as he walked to a grocery store near his rental home believed the unarmed victim was carrying a gun and may have been the thief who broke into his car days earlier, his lawyer claimed in court Monday.
The unarmed man took off running in fear, prosecutors said, but Waters allegedly fired away, striking him in the leg while his back was turned away from him. “He comprehended and knew that the victim was running away, and he shot him anyway,” said Deputy District Attorney Aidan Welsh, according to ABC 7. “There was nothing that would cause him to fear the victim, the victim had not stepped foot at his front door on his driveway in his front yard.”A defense attorney for Waters, Jose Badillo, tried to make sense of what possessed his client to fire at a complete stranger during a hearing on Monday.
Waters’ defense also told a judge that Waters believed the victim was holding a gun when he was shot. Prosecutors revealed Monday that what Waters’ believed to be a weapon was actually a pair of headphones. . “We will not tolerate such senseless and violent acts in this county. We wish the victim a speedy recovery and will make sure he receives justice for this brutal assault
Remember the McMichaels?
So...yall think yall should just get to sh00t random Black ppl who yall thought did something to yall a few days prior? 🤔gtfoh penitentiary
There is probably a picture of him in the history books yelling at the Black children going to school.
Ofcourse he did , because being a racist fuck came so naturally to him that he killed an innocent man to justify it
He probably was.
Oh, well in that case turn the white guy loose! We need him patrolling the streets and Rittenhousing whomever displeases him. That's a technique called The Zimmerman.
Bullpucky
And why did he believe that? Oh yes because he's a racist who thinks all Black men are criminals.
No excuse. He shot an unarmed man in the back.
The description he gave the pice of the suspect who broke into his car does NOT match the description of the man he shot. angrywhiteman
Well if he gets off, I figure a lot of angry spouses might be emboldened.
He could have called the police... he committed murder.
good grief! what is it with people that think that murdering on maybe is fine. Has everyone lost their minds. This is not the wild West. It’s not 1850.
IIRC shooting someone in cold blood in the back isn't self defense by any stretch of the imagination. Lifetime in prison, this man is not the authorities, his beliefs are irrelevant. A conversation could've cleared it all up...
dirtydeb95
So, once again, a White man targets a Black person claiming that Black person was a criminal he's identified before
Not only this animal just murdered someone, then he insult the person he just murdered with a made up story out of the blue. This trash needs to be under the prison. Garbage like this thing is the problem with this country.
People sure do feel emboldened these days to just shoot a man because he 'thought' he may have been the thief who broke into his car days earlier.
Who hasn't looked at another human being walking in the dark and thought, 'Hey! I think he might have stolen something of mine even though I can't see him in the dark. I think I'll kill him just in case?'
THIS is why do many on the right want 'open carry' gun laws... ...it allows them to kill minorities, then claim innocence due to 'reasonable fear' or 'mistaken circumstances'. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
He has the face of a dissolute alcoholic
He murdered an innocent, unarmed black man. If found guilty, which he needs to be, he needs to be in prison forvthe test of his life.