http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/sheriff-gun-pulled-at-douglas-county-dog-park
An elderly white man is walking his dog at the dog park he gets into a confrontation with a black couple, and they accuse his dog of biting one of their dogs.
There is a verbal confrontation and apparently the black man of the couple advanced on the white guy as if he were going to physically attack him.
The white guy pulled out his pistol (he had a valid carry license) to make the angry blacks keep their distance and not assault him.
When the cops showed up, the black man was so out of control angry that the cops had to rough him up and detain him while doing their investigation.
But, it ended with the white man being arrested-- although not for aggravated assault charges, which would be the normal charge you would expect for improperly pulling a gun on another in a way that is not justified under George's laws of using or threatening to use deadly force.
He was charged with "Pointing a gun at another" which is based on the testimony of the blacks who were his adversaries in the confrontation. This allegation was not backed up by any video or photographs from witnesses at the scene --all of their photographic evidence indicates the white man drew the weapon and held it down pointed either straight down by his own feet, or pointing at the ground at a 45° angle halfway between him and the people confronting him.
Perhaps the misdemeanor crime of "pointing a gun at another" doesn't really fit the facts if the muzzle of that gun did not point toward another person, but it may be a compromise. The cops are charging him with a low level crime (misdemeanor) that doesn't really fit the facts because a much more serious crime (felony agg. assault) that would fit the facts seems like too serious of a charge for this incident and the level of culpability of the "victims."
An elderly white man is walking his dog at the dog park he gets into a confrontation with a black couple, and they accuse his dog of biting one of their dogs.
There is a verbal confrontation and apparently the black man of the couple advanced on the white guy as if he were going to physically attack him.
The white guy pulled out his pistol (he had a valid carry license) to make the angry blacks keep their distance and not assault him.
When the cops showed up, the black man was so out of control angry that the cops had to rough him up and detain him while doing their investigation.
But, it ended with the white man being arrested-- although not for aggravated assault charges, which would be the normal charge you would expect for improperly pulling a gun on another in a way that is not justified under George's laws of using or threatening to use deadly force.
He was charged with "Pointing a gun at another" which is based on the testimony of the blacks who were his adversaries in the confrontation. This allegation was not backed up by any video or photographs from witnesses at the scene --all of their photographic evidence indicates the white man drew the weapon and held it down pointed either straight down by his own feet, or pointing at the ground at a 45° angle halfway between him and the people confronting him.
Perhaps the misdemeanor crime of "pointing a gun at another" doesn't really fit the facts if the muzzle of that gun did not point toward another person, but it may be a compromise. The cops are charging him with a low level crime (misdemeanor) that doesn't really fit the facts because a much more serious crime (felony agg. assault) that would fit the facts seems like too serious of a charge for this incident and the level of culpability of the "victims."
