John White Convicted of Murder For Defending His Son Against A Gang Of Drunken Louts - What Would You Do?

White testified during the trial that he was trying to protect his family in 2006 when he brandished a gun after a gang of angry and drunk white teenagers turned up at his house late at night to fight his son.  White admitted on the witness stand that he shot David Cicciaro, but that the pistol went off accidentally as Cicciaro grabbed for it. Cicciaro, 17, had a blood-alcohol reading above the legal limit for driving.  The confrontation came after his son, Aaron, was asked to leave a beer bash at a friend’s house.   A female guest had complained about a bogus MySpace posting claiming Aaron White wanted to rape her.  He denied making the threat but left the party.  Cicciaro and his friends then called the teenager on his cell phone to continue the dispute, making threats of violence before they arrived at the White home shortly after 11 p.m.

White was right!  He did what any normal person would do - he defended his home and family against a swarm of vicious drunken louts that wanted to beat his son to a pulp.  Shame on the jury - a disgusting verdict that will undoubtedly lead to more violence between blacks and whites.  If a white man had done exactly the same thing against a gang of black hoodlums he would NEVER have been convicted.   When a person can not legally defend their child and home from deadly assualt by a drunken lynch mob then what are they to do?  And how can we toIerate this horrible injustice?  I certainly hope this wrongful conviction of an innocent man is overturned on appeal.  Do we want a country where the belligerents are exhonerated and the innocent, outnumbered and terrified defender is prosecuted and convicted - I don’t think so.

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