Police: Man Shot Dead Over Height Of Grass

[The Straight Story]

Police: Man Shot Dead Over Height Of Grass
Victim's Next-Door Neighbor Charged With 1st-Degree Murder

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. -- A dispute over a lawn between two neighbors in Lauderdale Lakes ended in a fatal shooting, authorities said.

According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Lee Andrew Macon, 49, and Jerome Jackson, 51, were arguing Thursday morning over the height of grass on Macon's lawn.

In the fight, police said Macon pulled out of a gun from his waistband and fired a shot. The two men struggled over the gun and Macon fired again, police said.


Jackson died at the scene.

http://www.local6.com/news/15247233/detail.html

[uppityperson]

1. kick to mark to come back and read later

Am sure the wit of DU will show up here.

[Bonobo]

3. Umm, "the grass is always redder on the other side of the fence"...?

[murray hill farm]

11. Gosh....

The very insane are EVERYWHERE!

[TahitiNut]

2. Just another day in Floriduh.

:shrug:

[The Straight Story]

4. He showed him, he kicked his grASS

:)

[Lorien]

32. Yep. We/ve got the "shoot first and ask questions later" law here

he'll probably get off scott free.

[scarletwoman]

5. Hey. Some things are REALLY important.

:eyes:

[onethatcares]

6. geez, with the drought we're having

were they arguing about too tall or too short?

[scarletwoman]

10. Actually, it wasn't about the grass, it was about whose dick was bigger. (nt)

[Chemical Bill]

19. .

:spray: :rofl: :applause: :woohoo:

[Ilsa]

7. Good thing he had a concealed carry permit to

protect himself and his family against all off that high grass.

I hope he spends the rest of his life in jail for his stupidity and killing his neighbor.

[Edweird]

16. .

[ManiacJoe]

27. Assuming facts not in evidence.

The article mentions nothing about anyone having concealed weapon permits.

[Ilsa]

31. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt... that he'd at least be

legal in toting one but not knowing how to hold his temper or keep the safety on. I had also considered he may just be a murderous asshole who likes to wear guns in his pants.

[ManiacJoe]

35. No permit is needed if he is on his own land.

[krispos42]

38. You don't usually need one if you're on your own property

Concealed-carry permits, like driver's licences, are for public, not private, property.

[bluerum]

8. Hey - some people will look for any excuse to shoot someone dead.

It such the manly thing to do.

on edit: Oh,,, I forgot,,, the (Florida) constitution gives me the right to carry a concealed weapon, and use it to kill people when I fear for my life. So I am damn well going to exercise my constitutional rights under the law!

[Edweird]

17. You have the right to self defense. This was not. He is charged with 1st degree murder.

[bluerum]

39. As it should be.

[NoPasaran]

9. That's one tough subdivision!

[DCKit]

12. My condo board just announced a big fat "special assessment"

Many of our residents are the working poor or the elderly on fixed incomes. I've been dreading what may happen.

[kestrel91316]

13. I feel so much safer knowing that people like that can own guns.

[onethatcares]

14. I feel much better knowing

I can shoot somebody that lets their grass get over 3 inches tall.:wtf:

[uppityperson]

15. More people need to be armed. Then things like this wouldn't happen.

sorry, no one had written it yet and it needed to be.

[kestrel91316]

21. Sorry, then we'd just have TWO dead people instead of one. And maybe more.

[uppityperson]

26. I know, it was sarcasm from me.

Have been waiting for the "lets arm everyone" folks to show up, jumped the gun here, so to speak.

[bluerum]

40. You forgot the sarcasm smiley,,,,,,

[acmavm]

18. Geeze, such a small amount of grass. And the wrong kind to boot. Usually

stories like this are about the kind you smoke.

[JBoy]

20. WeedWacko. n/t

[XboxWarrior]

23. I clicked believing.......

this thread was about weed?



Fuckin' lawn warriors with guns.......

[Dukkha]

22. another day in in South Florida

When I lived there we were lucky to even have growing grass. The drought was to the point where people were being issued citations for watering their lawn in the middle of the night.
and I once had a gun pulled on me by a drunken idiot neighbor for being a "n-word lover". I see nothing has changed.

[warren pease]

24. One small victory for the gene pool...

One can't reproduce cause dead men can't ejaculate, and the other will have to put reproduction on hold for a few years.

I doubt he'll lack for company, though. I suspect Razor and Spike, the gigantic bald weight lifters with more tattoos than Chez Burger Roi has fries, will more than make up for Mr. Macon's state-imposed abstinence.

See you in 20, Lee Andrew, you abysmally dumb fuck.


wp

[leftofthedial]

25. there are worse reasons to die

like Halliburton's profits

or Blackwater's incompetence

or anything whatsoever to do with any policy of king george's

[tuckessee]

28. Sounds like Jackson learned a lesson in minding one's own business. n/t

[Jack_DeLeon]

37. Could be...

There are somethings in this world worth fighting and dying for. This wasnt one of them.

[KG]

29. thank goodness that gun didn't kill anybody.

[Dawggie]

30. Thank god, Jackson had a gun. Otherwise he would have had to judt go

and try to beat the shit out of the guy.

That may have caused a heart attack.

[jasmine621]

33. Guns are not the answer. nt.

[orleans]

34. no wonder grass is illegal! n/t

[Jack_DeLeon]

36. This story needs more facts...

If someone came to my house and tried to start an agrument with me over something trivial I would probably tell them to get the fuck off of my property. If they choose to continue to tresspass on my property and were getting beligerent I might feel threatend and feel the need to defend myself and my family.

[Perry Logan]

41. Temper, temper. You should always count to ten before pulling that puppy out. Five, anyway.

[distantearlywarning]

42. Again, another tragic lawnmower tale!

When, oh when, will we finally wake up as a society and ban these evil yard implements!

Think of the children!