The man accused of murder in the shooting death of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year was acquitted on Thursday. After deliberating for about 2½ hours, a six-person jury found that Gerald Declan Radford did not commit second-degree murder when he shot John Walter Lay at the West Dog Park last year. [More]
It turns out he’d rejected a plea deal.
The whole thing seems to have been so avoidable. Stupid prideful teenagers escalating with words and duking it out I can understand having been one myself once, but grown and supposedly mature men…? Applying the same standard of conduct I do to myself, you walk away when you can, especially when armed.
I’m glad I don’t have this on my conscience.
[Via Edmund M]
