A Florida jury has convicted a white woman accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of her Black neighbor amid an ongoing feud over the neighbor’s children.
The confrontation was the latest in a dispute between the two neighbors over Owens’ children playing in a grassy area near both of their houses. Prosecutors said Owens had come to Lorincz’s home after her children complained that she had allegedly thrown roller skates and an umbrella at them amid a long-running annoyance at their boisterous play outside.
I can’t even imagine how hateful you have to be to behave as this woman did.
I will admit that I find “boisterous play” annoying to have to hear. But I also recognize that children need to play and it’s my problem, not theirs. So I grumble and make jokes about getting a cane to shake at them. I don’t assault the children and then murder their mother, Jesus Christ.
Of course, I’m also not racist, and I’m sure that was a factor here.
Fights with neighbors, property rights, people get incredibly heated about it all. And often the only simple solution is to build a fence.
If you have no fence, but do have a racist with a quick trigger finger, this is not as unlikely as it should be. Which also shows why the Castle Doctrine is absurd, because it didn’t help her here but it should not help anyone in similar circumstances, yet it often does.
I can’t even imagine how hateful you have to be to behave as this woman did.
I will admit that I find “boisterous play” annoying to have to hear. But I also recognize that children need to play and it’s my problem, not theirs. So I grumble and make jokes about getting a cane to shake at them. I don’t assault the children and then murder their mother, Jesus Christ.
Of course, I’m also not racist, and I’m sure that was a factor here.
Fights with neighbors, property rights, people get incredibly heated about it all. And often the only simple solution is to build a fence.
If you have no fence, but do have a racist with a quick trigger finger, this is not as unlikely as it should be. Which also shows why the Castle Doctrine is absurd, because it didn’t help her here but it should not help anyone in similar circumstances, yet it often does.