Gerald Ung incident in Philly

[Maryland_Shooter]

I'll join you.

I'm in . . . . just get the FL or UT permit and we'll take a ride, carry some signs . . . No Justice, No Peace

 

[K-Romulus]

Ung's attempted murder trial has started, and "it" is getting piled deep:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...n_shooting_that_started_as_trash-talking.html

Eyewitness testimony is generally the most unreliable evidence you can have in court. I am sure DiDonato really believes his version of events, but the tape shows something else. What did Judge Learned Hand say about that issue? Something like "I would trust the slightest scrap of paper over purported ironbound memory."

 

[WSM]

Argh, this is infuriating .

 

[HardHatMan]

Argh, this is infuriating .

Agreed. This "victim" is politically connected. Enough said.

 

[ffemtreed]

I just hope the state doesn't figure out a away to dissallow that video from being showed to the jurors.

 

[Maryland_Shooter]

Agreed. This "victim" is politically connected. Enough said.

It's a bad thing when ANYONE is above the law. We are all fair game under those rules.

 

[jaywade]

I hope he is cleared he's in my prayers

 

[atimesublime]

everytime i see the picture of that smug lax-jackass it makes me sick in the pit of my stomach. I hope he has to crap in a bag for the rest of his miserable life. Calling him a 'victim' is just disgusting.

 

[Maryland_Shooter]

I hope he is cleared he's in my prayers

Mine too - you know - if I actually said prayers.

 

[BenL]

I can't believe this actually made it to trial.

 

[traveller]

Eyewitness testimony is generally the most unreliable evidence you can have in court. I am sure DiDonato really believes his version of events, but the tape shows something else. What did Judge Learned Hand say about that issue? Something like "I would trust the slightest scrap of paper over purported ironbound memory."

I have looked at the tape (on the Fox website). All it shows is an argument between two groups of people, a quick scuffle and someone getting shot during the fight. Unless there is audio to go with the tape, I dont see anything on the grainy video that prooves or disprooves the allegations of the witnesses.

 

[Ethan83]

I have looked at the tape (on the Fox website). All it shows is an argument between two groups of people, a quick scuffle and someone getting shot during the fight. Unless there is audio to go with the tape, I dont see anything on the grainy video that prooves or disprooves the allegations of the witnesses.

That's not what I saw. It shows a group of guys following, then running after two individuals who are walking away from them, who ultimately face them while continuing to back away. There was hardly a 'scuffle' - the thugs lunged at Ung in an attack, and that's when he shot. The video, even given its poor quality, shows plain as day what happened to my eyes.

 

[csanc123]

This is exactly what I saw in the video.....I wear glasses though.

Seriously..it seemed clear as day. I don't see how this went to trial.

It shows a group of guys following, then running after two individuals who are walking away from them, who ultimately face them while continuing to back away. There was hardly a 'scuffle' - the thugs lunged at Ung in an attack, and that's when he shot. The video, even given its poor quality, shows plain as day what happened to my eyes.

 

[4g64loser]

$100 to defense fund......money well spent....can't touch what "victim"s mommy and daddy can throw out, but ever bit helps i guess.....this is just a judicial travesty. Arresting office, prosecuting attorney, and judge should all be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Integrity]

I wish I was on that jury.

 

[boricuamaximus]

This sounds like a backward Busch travesty...

Hopefully, Ung is cleared of all charges and he gets to sue the crap out of the D-Bag and his daddy for being a jerk.

 

[traveller]

That's not what I saw. It shows a group of guys following, then running after two individuals who are walking away from them, who ultimately face them while continuing to back away. There was hardly a 'scuffle' - the thugs lunged at Ung in an attack, and that's when he shot. The video, even given its poor quality, shows plain as day what happened to my eyes.

You see a brief slice of an incident that had started a couple minutes earlier.

I dont know what happened and what Mr Ungs contribution to the fight was, I just dont think it is valid to dismiss the eyewitness testimony in the case based on a couple of seconds of blurry surveillance footage.

That is why he has a trial, and possibly rights of appeal if it doesn't work out for him on the first go-around.

 

[hvymax]

Wasn't that witness one of the perps?

 

[boricuamaximus]

You see a brief slice of an incident that had started a couple minutes earlier.

I dont know what happened and what Mr Ungs contribution to the fight was, I just dont think it is valid to dismiss the eyewitness testimony in the case based on a couple of seconds of blurry surveillance footage.

That is why he has a trial, and possibly rights of appeal if it doesn't work out for him on the first go-around.

Either way when you see the video he's retreating. He's with a female and retreating. The group of guys do not back down while he's still retreating. He pulls out his gun to keep them from advancing towards him and with a gun drawn he is still retreating. He fires when the guy tries to take the gun from him. So it's safe to say that he did everything he could. I dont know how it works when it comes to Philly but he was retreating and he was still attacked. I think he went above and beyond trying not to use the weapon.

 

[hvymax]

Maybe we have another troll for the rich boy.