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    I C&P'd it from wfaa it was on their news last night. Who in the fuck gives regular citizens the right to be following people, if you ask me the fucking police are to blame, they put this shit out there, if you see a drunk driver, call police and follow them, lol!
    Yeah well, you see what happens when you give regular citizens a little authority and they run into a person with a CHL.


    MESQUITE — A Mesquite man, following a driver he believed was drunk, was shot early Monday morning after the suspect stopped in a lane of traffic and opened fire.The suspect, Leonard Young, unloaded his weapon into the passing car, firing 15 times. One of the bullets hit the driver in the back of the head.
    "I was in shock. My windows were broken," said the wounded motorist from his hospital bed at Baylor University Medical Center. "Marcus," who asked that his identity be hidden, remembers thinking, "'What are you aiming at?' It didn’t make sense."
    Marcus was traveling west on Interstate 30 approaching Interstate 635 around 1 a.m. Monday. He said he noticed a car driving suspiciously, and assumed the driver was intoxicated. So Marcus called the Mesquite Police Department and continued following the other car as it veered south on 635.
    "He looked like he was wasted... he was all over the road," said Marcus, 29, who works in computer technology. "It’s in my nature. I got to try to help."
    Marcus admits he was persistent. He tailed the other driver for miles, followed him as he exited, even pulled alongside shouting at the driver to pull over.
    To that other driver — Leonard Young — it felt like he was under attack.
    "I didn’t understand what was his point," Young told News 8. "As I slowed down, he would slow down. As I sped up try to get away, he would speed up. So it was like there was no getting away from this guy."
    Young maintains he was not intoxicated, and had just gotten off work at a mall security guard. He said he flashed his badge at the pestering driver (which Marcus assumed was fake), and shouted at him to go away.
    "I said, 'I'm a security officer! Leave me alone! Go on about your business!'" Young, 23, recalled. When that didn’t work, Young said he simply pulled over and jumped out of his car — with his gun drawn.
    "He veered in front of me, trying to completely stop my vehicle," Young told News 8 as he left jail still wearing his security guard uniform. "I never fired my gun at anyone or anything... I didn’t know what to do. I felt like my life was in danger, and it was like, 'Do something quick, or I’m going to die.'"
    So Young said he decided to open fire as Marcus drove alongside his vehicle. Fifteen bullets pierced the car... and Marcus.
    "When I got done feeling the threat was over, the weapon was empty," Young said. "I was still pulling the trigger, but once it stopped clicking, I noticed my weapon was completely empty."
    Young insists he fired in self-defense. He said he felt harassed and threatened by a stranger on a dark highway.
    "I felt like [Marcus] was trying to hurt me," he said.
    After the shooting, Young called Mesquite police and drove to the station to speak with officers. He has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Marcus now faces surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his head. He is unsympathetic and angry that a man who is licensed to carry a gun and protect people would so easily decide to open fire.
    "It's weak; how you going to shoot somebody in the back?” Marcus asked. "It was a bad call on his part. He must have been having a bad night."
    Originally posted by Silverback
    Look all you want, she can't find anyone else who treats her as bad as I do, and I keep her self esteem so low, she wouldn't think twice about going anywhere else.

  • #2
    Dumbfucks, party of two... your karma is ready.

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    • #3
      um, yeah. Road rage
      "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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      • #4
        "Marcus admits he was persistent. He tailed the other driver for miles, followed him as he exited, even pulled alongside shouting at the driver to pull over."

        And yet, he didn't acknowledge any responsibility?
        Originally posted by Broncojohnny
        HOORAY ME and FUCK YOU!

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        • #5
          Both sides of the story are fine to me. I've followed a drunk driver (after he nearly sideswiped me) until the cops got there. I could also see being scared if I was being followed for miles by some unknown person. That's a tough one.
          Originally posted by PGreenCobra
          I can't get over the fact that you get to go live the rest of your life, knowing that someone made a Halloween costume out of you. LMAO!!
          Originally posted by Trip McNeely
          Originally posted by dsrtuckteezy
          dont downshift!!
          Go do a whooly in front of a Peterbilt.

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          • #6
            I wouldn't stop for a fucking security guard either.


            Edit: Got them reversed. Jesus Christ, who gets paid to write these articles?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
              I C&P'd it from wfaa it was on their news last night. Who in the fuck gives regular citizens the right to be following people, if you ask me the fucking police are to blame, they put this shit out there, if you see a drunk driver, call police and follow them, lol!
              Yeah well, you see what happens when you give regular citizens a little authority and they run into a person with a CHL.


              MESQUITE — A Mesquite man, following a driver he believed was drunk, was shot early Monday morning after the suspect stopped in a lane of traffic and opened fire.The suspect, Leonard Young, unloaded his weapon into the passing car, firing 15 times. One of the bullets hit the driver in the back of the head.
              "I was in shock. My windows were broken," said the wounded motorist from his hospital bed at Baylor University Medical Center. "Marcus," who asked that his identity be hidden, remembers thinking, "'What are you aiming at?' It didn’t make sense."
              Marcus was traveling west on Interstate 30 approaching Interstate 635 around 1 a.m. Monday. He said he noticed a car driving suspiciously, and assumed the driver was intoxicated. So Marcus called the Mesquite Police Department and continued following the other car as it veered south on 635.
              "He looked like he was wasted... he was all over the road," said Marcus, 29, who works in computer technology. "It’s in my nature. I got to try to help."
              Marcus admits he was persistent. He tailed the other driver for miles, followed him as he exited, even pulled alongside shouting at the driver to pull over.
              To that other driver — Leonard Young — it felt like he was under attack.
              "I didn’t understand what was his point," Young told News 8. "As I slowed down, he would slow down. As I sped up try to get away, he would speed up. So it was like there was no getting away from this guy."
              Young maintains he was not intoxicated, and had just gotten off work at a mall security guard. He said he flashed his badge at the pestering driver (which Marcus assumed was fake), and shouted at him to go away.
              "I said, 'I'm a Mall Cop! Leave me alone! Go on about your business!'" Young, 23, recalled. When that didn’t work, Young said he simply pulled over and jumped out of his car — with his gun drawn.
              "He veered in front of me, trying to completely stop my vehicle," Young told News 8 as he left jail still wearing his security guard uniform. "I never fired my gun at anyone or anything... I didn’t know what to do. I felt like my life was in danger, and it was like, 'Do something quick, or I’m going to die.'"
              So Young said he decided to open fire as Marcus drove alongside his vehicle. Fifteen bullets pierced the car... and Marcus.
              "When I got done feeling the threat was over, the weapon was empty," Young said. "I was still pulling the trigger, but once it stopped clicking, I noticed my weapon was completely empty."
              Young insists he fired in self-defense. He said he felt harassed and threatened by a stranger on a dark highway.
              "I felt like [Marcus] was trying to hurt me," he said.
              After the shooting, Young called Mesquite police and drove to the station to speak with officers. He has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Marcus now faces surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his head. He is unsympathetic and angry that a man who is licensed to carry a gun and protect people would so easily decide to open fire.
              "It's weak; how you going to shoot somebody in the back?” Marcus asked. "It was a bad call on his part. He must have been having a bad night."
              Fixed. Here's your sign.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SS Junk View Post
                Dumbfucks, party of two... your karma is ready.
                LOL. they both are terrible liars.

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                • #9
                  The guy that was being followed was the security guard. The guy that was trying to stop him "works in computer technology."
                  Originally posted by Broncojohnny
                  HOORAY ME and FUCK YOU!

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                  • #10
                    Both are ignorant as hell.
                    "It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!"

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                    • #11
                      It's not anyones job to follow anyone, if they are drunk as fuck, make a call to 911 and give them as much info as possible and dont get involved. If someone starts following me, im going to think someone is trying to jack me for my car or worse, trying to kilt me. I'm probably not going to empty my gun into a car that doesn't pose a threat to me, but you never know, I have an itchy finger and firing at paper targets isn't much fun anymore...
                      Originally posted by Silverback
                      Look all you want, she can't find anyone else who treats her as bad as I do, and I keep her self esteem so low, she wouldn't think twice about going anywhere else.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
                        trying to kilt me.
                        Hasn't GE already done that one?
                        Originally posted by Broncojohnny
                        HOORAY ME and FUCK YOU!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Nash B. View Post
                          Hasn't GE already done that one?
                          Fuck GE!

                          That queer almost got delt with creeping me in Plano one day, hes lucky it was daytime or he would gotten slapped the face with Cockasaurusmex...
                          Originally posted by Silverback
                          Look all you want, she can't find anyone else who treats her as bad as I do, and I keep her self esteem so low, she wouldn't think twice about going anywhere else.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
                            Fuck GE!

                            That queer almost got delt with creeping me in Plano one day, hes lucky it was daytime or he would gotten slapped the face with Cockasaurusmex...
                            are you drunk already?
                            "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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                            • #15
                              lol

                              Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
                              im going to think someone is trying to jack me for my car or worse, trying to kilt me.
                              you really hate Scottish?
                              Don't worry about what you can't change.
                              Do the best you can with what you have.
                              Be honest, even if it hurts.

                              "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston Churchill

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