Man Arrested For Defending His Home

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Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47
Says Many Gang Members Were Coming After His Family

September 7, 2010 6:20 PM

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBS 2) — He was arrested for protecting his property and family.

But it’s how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.

He got a high powered AK-47 and pulled the trigger and he ended up in jail, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman.

George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home.

“I went around and went into the house, ran upstairs and told my wife to call the police. I get the gun and I go outside and I come into the doorway and now, by this time, they are in the driveway, back here near the house. I tell them, you know, ‘Can you please leave?’ Grier said.

Grier said the five men dared him to use the gun; and that their shouts brought another larger group of gang members in front of his house.

“He starts threatening my family, my life. ‘Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.’ So when he says that, 20 others guys come rushing around the corner. And so I fired four warning shots into the grass,” Grier said.

Grier was later arrested. John Lewis is Grier’s attorney.

“What he’s initially charged with – A D felony reckless endangerment — requires a depraved indifference to human life, creating a risk that someone’s going to die. Shooting into a lawn doesn’t create a risk of anybody dying,” Lewis said.

Grier said he knew Nassau County Police employ the hi-tech “ShotSpotter” technology in his area and that the shooting would bring police in minutes. Cops told Guzman he was very cooperative.

Grier also said he was afraid the gang outside his house was the dreaded MS-13. And Nassau County Police Lt. Andrew Mulraine, head of the gang unit, said MS-13 has 2,000 members in the county.

“They’re probably the most organized. They almost have a military hierarchy within the gang, so they are the most organized gang we encounter on a daily basis,” Mulraine said.

You may think a person has the right to defend their home. But the law says you can only use physical force to deter physical force. Grier said he never saw anyone pull out a gun, so a court would have to decide on firing the gun.

Police determined Grier had the gun legally. He has no criminal record. And so he was not charged for the weapon.

That ShotSpotter technology pinpoints where a gun has been fired within 35 feet. Police said it also detected two other shootings in nearby Roosevelt that night.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/09/07/long-island-man-arrested-for-defending-home-with-ak-47/
 
Hey, they threatened his life and the life of his family. Whats he supposed to do wait and see? If someone threatens my life I'm inclined to believe him.
 
If I had that many gang members on my property and threatening myself and my family,,, They had better be bringing a lot of body bags and I'd make no statements to anyone...other than "I was in immediate fear for my life"...

I wonder if the story would have read any differently if he had picked up a "Low Powered Rifle"????
 
Originally Posted By: OldTurtleIf I had that many gang members on my property and threatening myself and my family,,, They had better be bringing a lot of body bags and I'd make no statements to anyone...other than "I was in immediate fear for my life"...
I wonder if the story would have read any differently if he had picked up a "Low Powered Rifle"????

I'm with you OT, and that's my final answer.
 
Originally Posted By: azmastablastaHe got a high powered AK-47 and pulled the trigger and he ended up in jail, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman

maybe he should have pulled out his low powered ak-47.
this country is going to [beeep].
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getting arrested for defending yourself against gangs? there should be a bounty on that trash.
 
You would think that someone might twig to the possibility that the reason they have 2000 MS13 members in the area just might be because of the way they treat honest citizen gun owners.

I'm sure the gangbangers feel real safe from the police right about now.

Let's hope the next headline isn't "Entire Family Of Man Arrested For Confronting Gang Is Tortured And Murdered"
 
Originally Posted By: nmleonYou would think that someone might twig to the possibility that the reason they have 2000 MS13 members in the area just might be because of the way they treat honest citizen gun owners.

I'm sure the gangbangers feel real safe from the police right about now.

Let's hope the next headline isn't "Entire Family Of Man Arrested For Confronting Gang Is Tortured And Murdered"

Unfortunetly that is exactly what I was thinking. I say move. [beeep] the city.
 
Quote:I'm sure the gangbangers feel real safe from the police right about now....You would think someone at city hall would grow some and take the cuffs off of the police and let them deal with them effectively...

It's obvious that someone in power has decided to bow down to the gangs in the area in the hopes of 'keeping the peace' and I can tell you from experience, it doesn't work...eventually they have to start flexing their muscles on the common citizen, if for no other reason than impressing incoming members...
 
You can threaten me all you want, but the second you threaten my family and that is when I go on the offense. I come after you, and thats not good. Eliminate the threat ASAP.
 
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