These litterers, when will they learn? Trash Karen can speak to the jail manager now. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/woman-killed-in-dispute-over-political-sign Police did not release information about the sign but other residents, reacting to the crime on a local message board, say the woman had a Trump sign in the yard and the victim tried to take it.
The incident is over the theft of a political sign off of private property --- it is not about littering. The woman invaded the homeowners property and was shot by the homeowner in the criminal act of theft.
the woman was in the driveway - not in the bedroom. a warning shot could not have been an option? Are you seriously condoning killing people over theft. Even stealing does not have a death penalty in a 3d world shithole.
Go read the article -- it is the description of what happened. This is not about someone picking up trash but about deliberately stealing a yard sign.
I am not condoning shooting a person over a yard sign. It appears (from the news story) that they confronted the person in their yard (driveway) during the theft. The situation escalated somehow because the women's husband was charged with assault. IMO this is not a situation where they just looked out the window saw the person with the yard sign and shot them from the house. I was making clear that the OP's thread title is a totally incorrect description of what happened. This not about "picking up trash" -- it is about theft -- and deadly force used on the homeowner's property while the perpetrator was caught in the act of the theft. Does this justify deadly force in the situation -- over a yard sign -- well you better check your state laws. Does it justify deadly force if the thief and her companion(s) assaulted the couple in their driveway when confronted? I will let the court system sort the entire thing out. Not enough information at this point.
Maybe the thread starter was thinking about his own trash when he started this thread? There is absolutely nothing about trash in the article. WTF? Or maybe some one has been taking too many drugs to realize the difference between trash and a political sign? Morale of the story: Do no mess with other peoples political signs unless you want to be shot dead. And wtf did something that happened in Washington get reported in NY?
Fact 1, election is over, making political yard signs trash as attested by 99% of the population. Fact 2, victim was picking up said trash