WeedWacker
New member
I've always been of the ind to keep your mouth shut until a lawyer is available to represent oyu and keep you from saying something that comes across as incriminating. Then I read this story about a common real time scenario that plays down. Now I'm not sure what I would do. Here's the part that gets me:
My first thought is "what if you DIDN'T see where they ditched the weapons? Do you hope they have a rap sheet as it will turn to a hearsay argument and the case is thrown to a civil court? I suppose your best bet is to not miss those shots and hope some evidence is left behind.
What sayeth the wise of those in TFL community?
You shoot one of them, maybe wounding him - maybe killing him, and the other one runs off into the night. You saw the first man drop his pistol in a clump of ivy and the other man throw his knife on a rooftop as he ran away.
You immediately call 911 and give a very cryptic account of what happened..."there has been a shooting...I'm the victim...send help".
Crimescene In the meantime, one of the assailants...the one who got away, is also calling. His story is a little different. According to him you called them "Dirty Ghetto Norwegians", and pulled your gun on them, shooting his buddy. As far as the police know...they got two calls. One a cryptic call, from someone who seemed to be concealing something, and another reporting what amounts to a racial hate crime by a right wing Nazi.
They arrive on scene and after controlling the event, ask you what happened. What you do now will have a bearing on the rest of your life.
The guys who advocate saying nothing will not be able to point to the two weapons which were discarded...and which will disappear as soon as the scene is cleared. The police may not even look for them since no one told them they were in existence. No one will tell them you are a good guy who was a victim of an attempted robbery, as the ONLY info paints you as some KKK wannabe.
Sure...you'll have a lawyer...but all of the evidence the police may have collected will no longer be available, and the investigation will not have been an even and equal one, but rather one where you alone are the suspect.
My first thought is "what if you DIDN'T see where they ditched the weapons? Do you hope they have a rap sheet as it will turn to a hearsay argument and the case is thrown to a civil court? I suppose your best bet is to not miss those shots and hope some evidence is left behind.
What sayeth the wise of those in TFL community?