Necessary Justice?
I Stumbled Upon an article today about a man called Jermoe Ersland. Mr. Ersland was working at a pharmacy when two younger men walked in and tried to hold the place up. And here's where it gets interesting. Mr. Ersland shot one of the young men whilst the other fled. After shooting the man, Mr. Ersland retrieved another gun and shot the man, who was lying on his back incapacitated, five more times in his stomach. The man died. Now, old Jerome Ersland is charged with first degree murder.Now, I'm at odds with myself over this one. On one end I think that Jerome went slightly overboard when he shot the assailant five more times. But on the other I think that he should have shot him in the head five more times. I mean, if you try to rob me or harm me or my employees (Jerome had thought that the assailants had shot one of his coworkers because of her crying) I'm going to kill you. That's all there is to it. If you have the balls to perpetrate a crime, you should have the bals to get shot at and killed.
Now on to the good stuff. The assailants were two young black "men" and the one that Jerome killed was 16 (which is tragic of course, and the other robber was 14). Now the president of the Oklahoma NAACP, Anthony Douglas, is calling this an "execution-style murder" and is praising the DA for bringing the charges up. Of course Anthony Douglas isn't saying anything about the scum who helped the two teens rob the store...of course not, because they're probably black too, and the NAACP isn't really concerned about the black community until a white guy is involved in the story. I hate the NAACP if you haven't figured that one out yet. They only help people when they run into a situation that they can brand as racist. I don't think they truly care for the advancement of the lowest of the low, which is who really matters. They're bastards.
Anyways, some anonymous donor got Jerome out on $100,000 bail and he is now awating trial. Pretty crazy story. I'm not sure I would have done it, but at least him and the other employees are still alive.
Article with parts of interview
Article from Oklahoma with the assailant's families reaction
written by DrAwkwArD at 1:19 PM
1 Comments:
I do not believe the man should be charged w/1st degree murder, he was most likley caught up in the heat of the moment and was not aware of what he was doing. Even if he was aware, I do believe it was too much force as 1 shot would have taken care of things, he should not be charged w/1st degree murder as where was the pre-planning? NAACP, they need a name change as "colored" went out w/the '50's. Too, as w/groups of this nature, they merely want to boost their image and get into the limelight, damn on justice. Next thing you know, Jesse or Al will be on the scene getting emotions charged. If the shooter is absolved of any wrong doing, then the Feds will hit him w/a Federal Hate Crime charge.
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