‘Squeegee Boy’ Acquitted Of Murder For Shooting Motorist In Back, Convicted Of Manslaughter

Besides blaming the industrial actual property workplace tower crash in Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor district (learn: right here & right here & right here) solely on distant work, out-of-control crime is one other main problem sparking the enterprise exodus. It’s not us saying this, however massive monetary establishments we spoke with who dare not utter this within the public area for worry that Democrats in City Hall would weaponize some metropolis company after them have informed us this. 

They additionally stated one of many breaking factors was a horrific incident in the summertime of 2022 when 48-year-old Timothy Reynolds was shot within the again by a so-called ‘squeegee boy’ within the crime-ridden district at an intersection on President Street. 

Reynolds, 48, grabbed a baseball bat and approached the group of teenagers, who have been apparently harassing and extorting motorists for money to scrub their windshields. One of the kids grabbed a pistol and shot the person within the again, face, and neck. He bled out and died of his accidents. Office staff are routinely harassed by teenagers on the strip of roadway.

One yr after motorist Timothy Reynolds was shot useless at a downtown intersection, a former squeegee child is getting ready to face trial. The 15-year-old will stand trial for homicide on July 17. https://t.co/z3KjjgTm6T pic.twitter.com/u949w72QK0

— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) July 7, 2023

One yr later, the shooter, 16, Tavon Scott, was acquitted of first and second-degree homicide, however jurors discovered him responsible of voluntary manslaughter of Reynolds. Jurors rejected the thought the killing of Reynolds was premeditated homicide, though Scott placed on a face masks to cover his identification and retrieved a gun from a backpack. 

Lawyers for Scott argued he acted in self-defense, whereas prosecutors acknowledged Reynolds was strolling away when the teenager unleashed a hail of bullets on the motorist, in response to The Baltimore Sun. 

Besides being convicted of voluntary manslaughter, Scott was additionally discovered responsible of two gun-related crimes — utilizing a gun in against the law of violence and utilizing a firearm whereas below age 21. 

“This was not a case of self-defense. This was not a case of an accident. This was not a case of the gun going off. This was not a case of a child being frightened,” stated Thiru Vignarajah, an lawyer for the Reynolds household main as much as the trial.

Comments from the household’s lawyer Thiru Vignarajah @wjz pic.twitter.com/GHzivG8VEm

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 27, 2023

Meanwhile, The Sun stated a girl juror was in tears after discovering Scott responsible. She seemed on the teen and mouthed: “I’m sorry.” 

Everyone is entitled to self-defense, however it’s unjustifiable for anybody to shoot one other individual within the again.

Even although the jury acquitted this magical youth of homicide, they nonetheless felt unhealthy they convicted him of something. It’s more and more tough for juries to convict blacks for the homicide of whites. Our tradition calls for juries sympathize extra with the assailant than with the sufferer https://t.co/d5OL3Rrmqx pic.twitter.com/1HY38dISKZ

— Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 (@ScottMGreer) July 27, 2023

So who created the circumstances for this horrific incident to occur? Well, one doable reply is the progressives in City Hall, who’ve didn’t implement legislation and order. 

And now you perceive why workplace staff need out of the crime-ridden metropolis.