"Relatives Of Killed 17-Year-Old Home Invader: How Else Is He 'Gonna Get His Money'?
Could This Story Actually Be Real?
RUSH: I had to double-check this story, folks, to make sure this was not from a satire website. I've done everything I can to satisfy myself this is a real story. It's from a website called the Daily Wire. It's out of Miami-Dade, Florida. Headline: "Relatives Of Killed 17-Year-Old Home Invader: How Else Is He 'Gonna Get His Money'? -- Relatives of a teenaged home invader who was killed by a homeowner while seemingly exiting the home he had broken into are asking observers to consider the mentality of children 'raised in the hood.' 17-year-old Trevon Johnson --" you can see why I was suspicious of this piece. Part of me still is. Wait 'til you hear this.
"17-year-old Trevon Johnson was shot and killed after the 54-year-old woman homeowner was alerted to his crime via a home surveillance system. After arriving at her home, she witnessed Johnson exiting a window of her house. There was then a confrontation in which Johnson was shot once." Center mass, 54-year-old woman.
"Police arrived on the scene within seconds and applied CPR. After being rushed to the hospital, Johnson was pronounced dead. Seemingly justifying her relative’s commission of burglary, Johnson’s cousin Nautika Harris suggested it was the only way through which he could obtain money. 'You have to understand, you have to look at it from a child's point of view that was raised in the hood. How he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school?' asked Harris. 'I don't care if she have her gun license, her rights, or any of that,' said Harris. 'That is way beyond law. Way beyond.'
"Speaking of what she described as Johnson’s bright future, Harris said her cousin loved education and learning. 'He was not supposed to die like this. He had a future ahead of him. Trevon had goals. He was very big on education. He loved going to school. He loved learning,' added Harris. Rejecting the police’s characterization of the use of lethal force as having been lawfully applied in defense of property, Harris said the 54-year-old female homeowner should have allowed her cousin to flee. 'It's no reason, she should've waited until after he walked out the yard,' said Harris."
And then there's a picture of 17 years Trevon Johnson here, Facebook. I'm wary of this. We have a story, 17-year-old perp breaks into a house, steals some things, homeowner alerted to it, comes home, fires one shot, 17-year-old dead, cousin says, "Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, you don't understand what it's like in the hood. How else is this young man, who totally is devoted to education, gonna get any money for food and clothes?" Therefore, robbery is justified. If you come from the hood, how else are you going to get your money?
Do you realize now I guess these people have just decided they don't even want to wait for the welfare system here. They just want neighbors to open their doors and let people rush in and take what they want without waiting for taxes to be confiscated to pay for it. "She should have waited until he was gone to come home. You've got to understand." Folks, I don't know.
See, there's a part of me that believes this is entirely the thought process, and there's another part of me that does not want to believe, that this is some kind of a hoax. I know it's in the Washington Post. It's not The Onion. It's a real story. Yeah he had a prior arrest, but it doesn't matter. He comes from the hood, and he loved education, he was really into education, he had plans, he loved going to school, he loved learning. Well, where did he learn to do this? Spike Lee movie? Where do you learn to do this kind of thing? But then to have it justified?
http://www.dailywire.com/news/4144/relatives-killed-17-year-old-home-invader-how-else-robert-kraychik
Could This Story Actually Be Real?
RUSH: I had to double-check this story, folks, to make sure this was not from a satire website. I've done everything I can to satisfy myself this is a real story. It's from a website called the Daily Wire. It's out of Miami-Dade, Florida. Headline: "Relatives Of Killed 17-Year-Old Home Invader: How Else Is He 'Gonna Get His Money'? -- Relatives of a teenaged home invader who was killed by a homeowner while seemingly exiting the home he had broken into are asking observers to consider the mentality of children 'raised in the hood.' 17-year-old Trevon Johnson --" you can see why I was suspicious of this piece. Part of me still is. Wait 'til you hear this.
"17-year-old Trevon Johnson was shot and killed after the 54-year-old woman homeowner was alerted to his crime via a home surveillance system. After arriving at her home, she witnessed Johnson exiting a window of her house. There was then a confrontation in which Johnson was shot once." Center mass, 54-year-old woman.
"Police arrived on the scene within seconds and applied CPR. After being rushed to the hospital, Johnson was pronounced dead. Seemingly justifying her relative’s commission of burglary, Johnson’s cousin Nautika Harris suggested it was the only way through which he could obtain money. 'You have to understand, you have to look at it from a child's point of view that was raised in the hood. How he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school?' asked Harris. 'I don't care if she have her gun license, her rights, or any of that,' said Harris. 'That is way beyond law. Way beyond.'
"Speaking of what she described as Johnson’s bright future, Harris said her cousin loved education and learning. 'He was not supposed to die like this. He had a future ahead of him. Trevon had goals. He was very big on education. He loved going to school. He loved learning,' added Harris. Rejecting the police’s characterization of the use of lethal force as having been lawfully applied in defense of property, Harris said the 54-year-old female homeowner should have allowed her cousin to flee. 'It's no reason, she should've waited until after he walked out the yard,' said Harris."
And then there's a picture of 17 years Trevon Johnson here, Facebook. I'm wary of this. We have a story, 17-year-old perp breaks into a house, steals some things, homeowner alerted to it, comes home, fires one shot, 17-year-old dead, cousin says, "Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, you don't understand what it's like in the hood. How else is this young man, who totally is devoted to education, gonna get any money for food and clothes?" Therefore, robbery is justified. If you come from the hood, how else are you going to get your money?
Do you realize now I guess these people have just decided they don't even want to wait for the welfare system here. They just want neighbors to open their doors and let people rush in and take what they want without waiting for taxes to be confiscated to pay for it. "She should have waited until he was gone to come home. You've got to understand." Folks, I don't know.
See, there's a part of me that believes this is entirely the thought process, and there's another part of me that does not want to believe, that this is some kind of a hoax. I know it's in the Washington Post. It's not The Onion. It's a real story. Yeah he had a prior arrest, but it doesn't matter. He comes from the hood, and he loved education, he was really into education, he had plans, he loved going to school, he loved learning. Well, where did he learn to do this? Spike Lee movie? Where do you learn to do this kind of thing? But then to have it justified?
http://www.dailywire.com/news/4144/relatives-killed-17-year-old-home-invader-how-else-robert-kraychik