Andrew Lester was scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then-16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M, where he is a member of ROTC and the school’s marching band.
As part of a plea deal, Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a charge that Judge David Chamberlain said carries up to seven years behind bars. Lester, who will be sentenced on March 7, was hunched over as he was wheeled into the courtroom, his hands folded.
“While this marks a step toward accountability, true justice requires consequences that reflect the severity of his actions — anything less would be a failure to recognize the harm he has caused,” she said.
I wish this hadn’t happened. The poor kid has to live with that horrific memory. I’m glad he’s living.
I think some common sense should’ve been applied from the start. People like that need to not have guns, but they also need to feel secure enough not to want them.
Most of Canada manages to survive just fine without the need to shoot kids who knock on a wrong door.
Maybe it’s just a you thing.
I’m more scared when people knock on the good door and it’s still mine, because it means I’ll have to do some social interaction
But the article said it’s a black chlid. Scaaaaaaary
GTFO with the victim-blaming bullshit. The perp’s ridiculous paranoid bigotry was 100% his own problem, nobody else’s.
I’m not willing to do what racist pieces of shit would require done to others to make racists not want guns.
The only thing that needs to happen for people to “feel secure enough not to want” guns is for Fox News (et al) to stop spreading disinformation about the levels of violent crime. I see tons of ads falsely claiming that violent crime is through the roof, when it’s actually very low and decreasing.
I wasn’t blaming the kid ffs. The homeowner is a piece of shit for shooting him. Jesus. Reading comprehension is your friend
The person you’re yelling at wasn’t replying to you and was just commenting on the story
Seems like you’re being down voted because of the second part of that last sentence. I think I’m interpreting it a bit differently from others. They seem to think you’re saying we should cater to the feelings of racists, but I feel like you’re saying we should do what we can as a society to eliminate racism and its spread.
That man would have felt secure enough if he wasn’t a racist who was being fed mind poison from the media sources he’s been viewing.
Racism isn’t something you’re born having, it’s learned and reinforced by corrupt media and our most evil sociopolitical forces. Working towards a world where racism is a thing of the past would help to eliminate racial violence.