That was one hell of a choice to make.......
Florida dad shoots, kills son to save younger son during violent fight over billiards game, police say
A Florida father, faced with a devastating choice, shot and killed his older son in order to save his younger child after the brothers got into a violent fight over a game of pool Sunday, police said.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-dad-s...police-say
1. No one in that family learned how to fight.
2. The father should have intervened physically. (but see #1)
3. Cowardly family of trashy pieces of crap.
(12-19-2018, 04:30 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]1. No one in that family learned how to fight.
2. The father should have intervened physically. (but see #1)
3. Cowardly family of trashy pieces of crap.
Do you have information on the relative sizes or physical capabilities of father and son?
What a sad story... especially around this time of year. It certainly sounds like the older brother either had mental issues or was under the influence of another substance as well as alcohol. What leads me to believe that is from this part of the story.
Quote:Snyder said Joseph had been acting irrationally in the hours before the deadly shooting. At one point, Joseph attacked a door with a machete while his parents locked themselves in the bedroom. James then intervened and attempted to keep his brother calm and away from their parents, according to police.
(12-19-2018, 04:30 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]1. No one in that family learned how to fight.
2. The father should have intervened physically. (but see #1)
3. Cowardly family of trashy pieces of crap.
That's pretty ignorant. I couldn't do much physically with either of my 2 sons (a bit older than the two involved) at my age and health. I probably would have had to resort to making the same decision myself under those circumstances.
(12-19-2018, 04:30 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]1. No one in that family learned how to fight.
2. The father should have intervened physically. (but see #1)
3. Cowardly family of trashy pieces of crap.
Did you even read the article? The older brother had been attacking a door with a machete earlier, and was threatening the younger brother with a butterfly knife while strangling him. The real question is why no one called 911 when the older son went after the door with a machete. Had the police showed up hours earlier, the older son would still be alive, or at the very least would have been shot by an officer instead of his father.
That's pretty hardcore. I am the oldest of three brothers. Thankfully we never had weapons involved during altercations. Maybe a few bottles or objects thrown around here and there. But a machete? And a butterfly knife? And a gun?
Damn. This is probably why my dad ended up opting not to leave his hunting rifle and 9mm inside the house and kept it in storage instead. My dad always crashed the pile if we ever got into any altercations. Sometimes we would lock up on each other like a pair of fighting dogs and wouldn't let up. It wasn't until I ballooned up and grew a few inches taller that I realized my dad was just trying to prevent us from doing something stupid to each other.
Sad story though. Hate to see this kind of stuff. Blood is blood. Try to keep the peace as much as you can.