Collage Student Shot While Trespassing

[pute62]

Seems like she will be charged also.

Colorado College Student Shot While Trespassing - Yahoo!

 

[williamnewman1]

i kinda wish for more details, i mean c'mon shes a pretty girl in a drunken stupor , unless she is violently attacking you , call the police let them deal with it , i understand a stranger in your house problem , but know your target, ...............on side a side note , probably would have gotten someone better in the video to speak on her behalf , other than the pony-tail tank top guy

 

[yeti rider]

I want to know when people will learn that being drunk is not a valid excuse.

 

[perry]

She is lucky to be alive. I think the limp she will have the rest of her life will serve as her punishment.

 

[bluewraith]

...Colorados law is called "Make my day"? Yeah, that sends a good light on the aspect don't it?

Regardless, stupid should hurt. I don't care how good looking she is, or how innocent. She made the choice to get drunk, and then made the choice to enter a place where she was repeatedly warned to not enter.

 

[jbombelli]

That's the risk you take when you get so drunk you don't know where you are.

 

[rockhopper46038]

Agreed. I don't care that she's "good-looking". Repeated refusal to leave the house = justification for the home owner. Would I have done something differently? Probably. Will I second guess the property owners for defending themselves against a intruder that refuses to leave the premises after repeated requests to vacate? Nope.

 

[srad]

And for wandering into a million dollar home that's not yours in a drunken stupor, the winner of today's stupid prize goes to... Eileen! Tell us what she's won Johnny.

Eileen gets a hunk of lead through the pelvic girdle... and a limp for life!!

 

[Wormhauler]

Hearing one sie of the story, if she was told repeatadly to get out and didn't, what would the homeowners think? She is out of her mind and may be there to do harm. A permanant limp may be enough punishment but I think she should have to face charges also.

 

[IndyDave1776]

This situation is a ripe field for the Monday morning quarterback. It is easy to see the pictures taken in good light and immediately be prejudiced by the likelihood that some would not object in the least to having her come wandering into their bedrooms. The problems are that we are dealing (presumably, since this wasn't covered) with less than adequate lighting and an unknown person who isn't responding to communication inside the boundaries of the home of a couple who at this point rightly fear for their safety and well-being. Personally, I would let her off the hook with having been shot and being billed for the cleanup (I am sure the blood didn't do the carpet any favors. Homeowners may have loaded their shorts as well.). Nevertheless, she stands as the poster child for 'Play stupid games, win stupid prizes'.

That said, I am happy to participate in this discussion with right-thinking people rather than pinheads who would do a repetition of the cherubic 12 year old Trayvon dog and pony show.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Obvious case of trespassing.
Just as obviously a SEVERE case of good luck.
She's won her lottery for a lifetime.

 

[45calibre]

drunk is no excuse, she is lucky she didnt get killed. maybe this will show the other students a lesson.

 

[IndyDave1776]

drunk is no excuse, she is lucky she didnt get killed. maybe this will show the other students a lesson.

A lesson? You surely don't mean (gasp!) THE 'R' WORD??? (responsibility, that is)

 

[Userdenied]

As someone who is on the tail end of his college experience I can sadly bear witness to the college culture sort of waving all sense of responsibility for your actions when you are drunk or under the influence of any type of chemical.

I don't at all agree with this, I'm just saying it's the common outlook on situations like this.

 

[IndyDave1776]

As someone who is on the tail end of his college experience I can sadly bear witness to the college culture sort of waving all sense of responsibility for your actions when you are drunk or under the influence of any type of chemical.

I don't at all agree with this, I'm just saying it's the common outlook on situations like this.

At least you have sense enough to know better even if many around you do not. I can remember what it was like being the exception rather than the rule in that environment, and I am sure that it hasn't improved any since then.

 

[Userdenied]

At least you have sense enough to know better even if many around you do not. I can remember what it was like being the exception rather than the rule in that environment, and I am sure that it hasn't improved any since then.

I try to have more sense than most of my peers. I've made my fair share of mistakes, but it always seems like I ended up paying for them though, one way or another.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I try to have more sense than most of my peers. I've made my fair share of mistakes, but it always seems like I ended up paying for them though, one way or another.

Show me someone who never makes a mistake and I will show you someone who never does anything.

 

[fireman28]

If a drunk driver ran his vehicle through your house and bashed his head on his windshield and he had a head ache for life, would that be punishment enough? She did break the law no matter how you look at it.
If someone wondered into my house while I was in bed, I don't think I would be trying to evaluate what they look like, I would protect my family. I know I would feel bad afterwards knowing that they were just impaired and didn't know where they were.

 

[steve479]

Everybody is talking about the girl but the home owners will have to live with this to. How well do you think they will sleep at night always thinking somebody may be in the house.

 

[IndyDave1776]

If a drunk driver ran his vehicle through your house and bashed his head on his windshield and he had a head ache for life, would that be punishment enough? She did break the law no matter how you look at it.
If someone wondered into my house while I was in bed, I don't think I would be trying to evaluate what they look like, I would protect my family. I know I would feel bad afterwards knowing that they were just impaired and didn't know where they were.

Everybody is talking about the girl but the home owners will have to live with this to. How well do you think they will sleep at night always thinking somebody may be in the house.

At minimum, I am willing to bet that the homeowners will see to it that their doors are secured in the future, fact notwithstanding that this should not be necessary in one's own home. the experience had to have been disturbing but I have a difficult time with the notion that they are traumatized for life. As for the drunken diva, I am sure that being shot is not an experience she will likely forget. I will also add that I would consider that sufficient punishment considering the lack of criminal intent. Had she been a home invader invading for nefarious purposes (i.e., robbery or mayhem, as opposed to being inebriated to the point of simply having no idea where she was) I would be completely in favor of having her prosecuted with any charge that may stick. In the end, the principal offense was stupidity and not an attempt at a crime per se. I will stand by the notion of letting her off the hook with a bullet hole and restitution for the actual damage caused in the incident.