Friday
(0)Blogger Russell Whitaker has spotted a truly iniquitous case regarding legitimate self-defence in the United States
Ronald Dixon moved to Brooklyn, New York, from Florida not too long ago. The 27 year-old softspoken network engineer, a US Navy veteran naturalized from Jamaica, did not expect to have to defend the lives of his infant children from a vicious scumbag home invader. But defend them he did. Now, he finds himself in jeopardy, not for the defense itself (yet), but for the use of an unlicenced handgun in that defense! I've written a longer piece on this issue on my own site.
This is about as clear-cut a case of righteous home and family defense as I've seen recently in the U.S. This is also an unusual opportunity to overwhelm the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney's office with correspondance, demonstrating the reach of Anglosphere libertarian outrage.
The prosecutor in this case knows he is playing with fire, because he apparently has offered a plea deal that Mr. Dixon has turned down.
With enough public outrage, the charges might be dropped....
Posted by Kevin at January 24, 2003 07:24 PM
Ah, the People's Republic of New York. Statist as it is, I miss my time there. Hopefully I'll be able to move back there after grad school.
Posted by Byron at January 24, 2003 08:21 PM
Very clear thinking on the "why Iraq if not North Korea" question. Also, there are interesting foreign policy and negotiating strategems that grow out of Iraq first. For example:
Saddam is neutralized by the US and it's allies in short order. What effect does this "regime change" have on negotiations when, very soon thereafter. the US Ambassabor to N. Korea meets with Kim Jong-Il?
Posted by Robert at January 25, 2003 12:32 AM
Robert, you posted your comment to the wrong article.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at January 25, 2003 01:07 AM
Instapundit has a link to a similar case in Dallas. Briefly, it was a home invasion where the owner was wounded, went to his bedroom, got his pistol and shot two out of three of the invaders dead. The difference in regional attitude is amazing.
Posted by Theodopoulos Pherecydes at January 25, 2003 01:10 AM
Another blogger has been following this case and has provided the phone number of the district attorney's office. One of the posters reported that he merely had to say the defendant's name and the fellow on the other side of the line knew instantly what case he was referring to. They've received a number of calls about this case.
Posted by Bill Peschel at January 25, 2003 04:20 AM
Here's an update on the Ronald Dixon case, from an interview with Mr. Dixon and his attorney from a live broadcast on Fox News 10 minutes ago.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at February 28, 2003 03:09 AM
