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Ukrainian Refugee’s Murder Sparks Outrage
‘Catch and release’ costs another life.
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Concur with all said about this POS Brown. He should not be in the streets. However, Mr Wilson, what about Weldon Boyd – he murdered Scott Spivey after chasing him for miles and you allowed an idiot deputy to say it was “citizens arrest” and “stand your ground”. Neither requires the other as a defense and NEITHER ARE APPLICABLE TO THE MURDER OF SCOTT SPIVEY BY WELDON BOYD.
Are you talking about the same Spivey guy who reportedly pointed his gun at random motorist(s) while playing his part in a rolling road rage scenario along the highways and roads of Horry County? The same Spivey guy who I believe was said to have pointed his gun at at least one female motorist who was not involved in the rolling road rage scenario, and was possibly intoxicated and/or rhoid (steroids) raging as he did so? That guy sounds like a menace to public safety to me.
No doubt, Mr Boyd and his friend probably wish they had turned off and gone the other way. They certainly would be suffering less legal expense, less legal jeopardy, and less berating by Monday morning armchair quarterbacks. Likewise, an armed citizen in a mall or store which was being attacked by an active shooter terrorist would be taking a safer choice to flee the other way once identifying the threat, rather than engaging him. But what becomes of the hapless bystanders when the one(s) with the means to engage a menace breaks contact and flees the other way and “lets the police handle it”? That question bears double or triple asking if the bystanders are unlucky enough to be drawing their police response from the likes of “The Broward (FL) Coward”, or those heroes in Uvalde, Texas who badly let down teachers and children in that school.
Going back some years, we seem to be plagued by increasingly bizarre crimes and crazier criminals in this country who think nothing of invading a random home or business, taking hostages, or much worse; even when being hunted by police. Had Mr Boyd and his friend chosen to break contact and go the other way, assuming Spivey didn’t choose to pursue them putting them at a serious tactical disadvantage, where might he have gone, then? Might he have invaded a random home or business, taken a hostage(s) or much worse? I can hear you now. You are probably saying that my point is based on a lot of “maybe’s”. You could be right, but there also may be people living or working along the routes that Spivey would have taken if not monitored by Boyd and friend, who will never realize that they enjoy the company of family members today who were not seriously traumatized or worse that day, because Boyd and his friend did not choose to break contact and go the other way.
The allegation of steroids appears to be the direct result of an effort by the HCPD to create the scenario – the autopsy toxicology report showed no evidence of steroid use. Maybe he bought them that day – but “roid rage” takes longer than a day to build.
It is undeniable that Boyd’s actions contributed to (or caused) Spivey’s “…rolling road rage scenario…”. Simply backing off would have served to defuse the situation.
There is some question as to whether Spivey fired any aimed shots – there was apparently only one expended shell casing in or around his truck and that could have been expended as an autonomous function of his body when he was shot.
Who authorized or empowered Bold and Williams to “monitor” the route taken by Spivey that day? I wonder what would have happened if Boyd had been two minutes faster or slower leaving that day. Answer probably nothing, Spivey would probably still be alive, and Boyd wouldn’t be needing to hire a lawyer for the beat down he’s fixing to get in civil court. His actions are indefensible.
Curious about both the cases you describe here. One involved mental illness, so you don’t think that should be the focus? Any thoughts on why the system has trouble with mental illness? And great for all these candidates to get votes, but he is not going to be executed with schizophrenia so they are just wasting our time and money. But you wouldn’t dare question them would you?
And the other one (according to your reporting so I guess whatever that is worth) was released because the police kept entering the wrong information. Yet here we are again, it’s the judicial system that needs reform. Maybe you should look a little harder. You might get less clicks, but wouldn’t some real actual reporting give you a little satisfaction?
Why do the murders of attractive young white women always get so much attention but the murders of young black or Hispanic women, who are much more often the victims of crime, get generally ignored? By this outlet and others.
How ridiculous. If this NC murder had the races switched around it would have been on every channel. It would not have taken 2 weeks for someone to get hold of the train camera. No official spoke on it until the conservative press forced them into it. Still many main stream media outlets have ignored it. Doesn’t play into their oppressed narrative.
““We have to be vicious, just like they are,” Trump said. “It’s the only thing they understand.””
I don’t think mentally ill people understand that despite what Stable Genius says.
It’s funny how in this case conservatives are all in favor of it being a hate crime, when in a lot of other cases they don’t. What is different about this I wonder?
I believe Ford v Wainwright (1986) set the standard that not all individuals with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, are protected from the death penalty as many are still capable of understanding the punishment they can receive. Simply having a mental illness doesn’t render you legally insane. As a matter of fact, as recently as 2021 a schizophrenic man in NC was sentenced to death.
Wilson should be worried about holding Weldon Boyd and Horry County accountable
Here is another thought, what about the other passengers in the car that got up and walked way, did NOTHING to render aid. Has this world turned this cold and callous that we do not give a crap about anyone else?
What were they to do? Charlotte, and almost all other public transit, forbids good citizens with concealed carry permits from carrying on their light rail system. This effectively empowers and emboldens criminals, particularly violent ones. Criminals have no problem violating these stupid laws and rules. The law-abiding citizens, the people who are NOT the problem, are rendered helpless by these laws. By the time the suspect had attacked the woman, he was pretty much finished with what he started to do. Had any of the sheep on the train with her tried to take issue with this rather large man, they would likely have gotten the same treatment.
As with most crimes of this type, the police’s main function was to draw the proverbial chalk outline and see that the body was hauled away. When seconds count, police are minutes away.
They could have helped the victim with the bleeding. Perhaps applied pressure, helped her out. No they all pack their stuff and get up.