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Title: Spin City: Chicago Tribune Calls Dead Thug A "Victim" After Concealed Carry Holder Defends Himself
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019 ... m-after-concealed-carry-holder
Published: May 25, 2019
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2019-05-25 17:13:46 by Horse
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Views: 68
Comments: 7

The Chicago Tribune has published what can only be described as yellow journalism - calling a dead, gun-toting thug who was shot in the neck by a concealed-carry holder, a "victim" after the armed robber succumbed to his wounds nearly 18 months later. Photo via AmmoLand

On December 12, 2017, 18-year-old Brian Ford pulled a gun on a 27-year-old concealed carry holder as the man pulled into a backyard. After walking up and pointing his gun at the man, Ford was shot in the neck and paralyzed after the man feared "he may become a victim of a battery."

Ford was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and was later charged with a felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and a misdemeanor count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $50,000. 10 days later, the Cook County state's attorney's office (which dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett), dropped the case.

Notably, the gun Ford used was found to have been used during the commission of other crimes, while police found the concealed-carry holder's use an act of self defense under Stand Your Ground / Castle Doctrine laws.

On May 18, Ford died. His autopsy, released Wednesday, found that he died of complications of quadriplegia from a gunshot wound to the neck.

The Chicago Tribune framed the incident, and Ford's death like this:

A south suburban quadriplegic who died at a suburban hospital over the weekend succumbed to injuries he suffered in 2017, when he was shot and paralyzed by a concealed carry permit holder in the city’s Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

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Ford’s injury stemmed from a Dec. 12, 2017, shooting that began with the then-18-year-old pulling his own gun on a 27-year-old man driving his vehicle into a rear yard in the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue, according to Chicago police.

The older man, a concealed carry holder, pulled his own firearm and shot the victim, police said. -Chicago Tribune

“Beto” Gillum @Factfinder4Dem

William Lee needs to be fired. Trying to make it seem like the concealed carry holder was the criminal when he was protecting himself. Shame on you.

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#1. To: Horse (#0) (Edited)

Chicago Tribune Struggles to Fairly Cover Concealed-Carry Incident

"...Only in the next paragraph does the Tribune report how Ford came to be shot. His injury, Lee wrote, “stemmed from a Dec. 12, 2017, shooting that began with the then 18-year-old pulling his gun on a 27-year-old man driving his vehicle into a rear yard in the 9100 block of South Harper Avenue, according to Chicago police."

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2019-05-25   17:44:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Dakmar, Horse (#1)

Chicago Tribune Struggles to Fairly Cover Concealed-Carry Incident

The 18 year old walked up to the man when he was on his own property. Therefore the Castle Doctrine fully applies.

When I was making cosmetics deliveries (in my old Blazer) in the late 70s for this woman in the old neighborhood, I was making a right turn at Stony Island and 95th St which was 4 blocks south of this location.

There was a KABOOM off to my left. I floored it and got out of there. I looked at the drivers door and there were little ding marks on it like they may have shot a .410 at me. Some of those people just do not like whites. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2019-05-25   18:08:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BTP Holdings (#2)

Ate at the White Castle on Stoney Island Expressway & 95th once, my Dad stopped the on the way back from weekend trip to see Museum of Science & Industry.

I was terrified.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2019-05-25   18:15:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Dakmar (#3)

Ate at the White Castle on Stoney Island Expressway & 95th once, my Dad stopped the on the way back from weekend trip to see Museum of Science & Industry.

I was terrified.

Were you terrified?

I had an edge when I made those cosmetics deliveries to the black south side beauty shops. She had this purple fluid that would take kinks out of the blacks hair. I would deliver it by the gallon to those shops.

The woman who owned the cosmetics shop told me, "Don't take any checks from those people." So I collected CASH. By the time I was done I had $500 to $800 on me and I ALWAYS CARRIED A PISTOL. Better to be safe than sorry. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2019-05-25   18:27:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: BTP Holdings (#4)

I was 11 or so, lots of noise and strong B.O.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2019-05-25   18:33:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: BTP Holdings (#4) (Edited)

My first experience with NAPAs came in 3rd grade, after moving back to Kokomo after my parents divorced. I had lived in a little town 10 miles to the east, may as well have been Mayberry. My lasting impression from that period is how much negros like to fight.

Lest readers believe I grew up in a secluded cocoon, I must relate my experiences with migrant kids (probably Mexican, I didn't think to ask) in first and second grade (1971/1972).

They were very kind to me, I remember having a crush on a girl named Jena, but migrants had moved on by the end of first semester, and I never saw her again. Heartbreak is hell on a second grader.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2019-05-25   18:46:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Horse (#0)

How dare that man carry a weapon concealed. Then he shot the other man. That man should taken better aim, instead of the neck, one right in the head. That would have saved a lot of medical bills.

Darkwing  posted on  2019-05-26   8:38:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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