Witness: Argument over game of beer pong led to death of 19-year-old Lacie LaRose

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• Oh Really posted at 9:47 am on Sat, Jun 11, 2016.

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  Please elaborate. How is privilege showing?

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• Oh Really posted at 9:46 am on Sat, Jun 11, 2016.

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  It gives the date of the article, the article is as written in 2015, so it would say a month ago.

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• master of disaster posted at 10:30 pm on Thu, Jun 9, 2016.

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  Someone's privilege is showing, white man.

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• Jennifer T posted at 10:33 am on Mon, Jun 6, 2016.

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  This was not a month ago! It was a year ago!!!

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• freewaybaby posted at 10:43 am on Mon, Jun 22, 2015.

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  Even though, he MAY have regained the right to own and possess a firearm in Texas, it would only be allowed on the premises on which he lives, so THAT law (Texas law) was broken....just for starters.
  Both Texas law and federal law impose restrictions on gun possession and ownership for people who have felony convictions. Federal law is more strict than state law. Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.04 allows a person with a felony conviction, after the fifth anniversary of the person’s release from confinement or the person’s release from community supervision (probation) to possess a firearm on the premises where he lives. Federal law does not contain a similar time limit so it is a violation of federal law for that same person to possess a firearm, even in their home.
  

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• freewaybaby posted at 9:57 am on Mon, Jun 22, 2015.

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  Still, he IS the one who had served time due to "possession of a firearm by a felon". Three years didn't change his mind about owning a firearm, which he IS entitled to own, once the correct time passed after abrogation, maybe NOT so "correctly" abrogated, as you state. He IS the one who chose to overstay his welcome (along with his friends), when the evening progressed and things got tense... and he IS the one who brought a gun into a situation with malice aforethought. You may argue that point, but, since he had already left the party without being pursued (his life NOT in danger), reasonable assumption is that he went BACK to the party to cause harm. What good could he think would come of returning to a place that he was asked to leave? No good, that's what! He could NOT think that he could go back there and nothing bad would happen! That is exactly why some people should not own guns! I have reason to not have a gun in my OWN home; those reasons include that, at least one person here, may, in an extreme stress situation, use that gun, most likely upon himself, but possibly on another, before the stress abates. Regardless.... if you are willing to take a deadly weapon into a "situation", you must be prepared to use it OR possibly have it used on you! AND, if your intention was to "scare the kids", why was it loaded? First degree; nothing less!
  

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• FireTwoSeven posted at 11:13 am on Fri, Jun 12, 2015.

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  What school? This happened at a residential home.

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• Cupcakey posted at 7:43 am on Fri, Jun 12, 2015.

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  @youmadornah there's a reason as to why the punch was thrown. That's why people are speculating & trying to figure out what went wrong that night to lead to this tragic outcome.

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• youmadornah posted at 1:59 pm on Tue, Jun 9, 2015.

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  according to Duke, who said he had stood up to join his friends in escorting the men out.

  
  Duke said he threw a punch that knocked one of McNeil's friends on the ground; the man got up and left with his friends.
  
  SO WHY WOULD THERE BE A PUNCH THREW IF MCNEIL AND HIS FRIENDS IS LEAVING? SO APPARENTLY AND CLEARLY THE REASON OF THIS WHOLE SITUATION STARTED BECAUSE BROCK THE WHITE KID WANTED TO BE A BIG AN TOUGH GUY ,, WHICH APPARENTLY WAS SOFT SINCE HE HAD TO SNEAK AND THROW A PUNCH!!! AND THROW PUNCHES WHICH RESULTED IN A BAD CHOICE OF A POINTLESS KILLING... SO YEA ALL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE FIRST PUNCH WASNT THROWN SINCE THEY WHERE LEAVING THE PARTY !!!! SOME OF YOU ALL ARE SO DUMB ALL YOU SEE IS COLOR AND NOT READING THE STORY !!

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• My Observation posted at 12:19 am on Sun, Jun 7, 2015.

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  No Jessie, Al or Barack to speak on this. No riots or burning of a city. White lives matter.

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• NASOR posted at 2:51 pm on Sat, Jun 6, 2015.

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  "the right of the people" again, except in this case the felon already had his day in court and had that Right correctly abrogated.

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• NASOR posted at 2:49 pm on Sat, Jun 6, 2015.

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  The charge of felon in possession will be either tossed completely or used as a bargaining tool. You and I both know it won't be used as it rightfully should.

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• Cupcakey posted at 8:11 pm on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  No Barely Intrepid, I did no such thing & did not say he was justified in killing her because the partygoers were racist. That's almost funny, if it wasn't so...ridiculous. I am white myself and guess what. My best friend is....white! And guess what else! I don't have any black friends! I know some black people. But we don't hang out after hours. We don't go to the movies together, we don't go to each other's houses, our kids don't play together, we don't go to restaurants, we don't socialize. We are polite, friendly & social in a work atmosphere. And then the work day whistle blows and we're gone to our separate worlds. Which is fine with me AND them. You can hardly call me a race baiter. But I'm smart enough to know that yes, the confederate flag, today, is a symbol of hate and racism, in the eyes of black people. It is. Yes. Come out from under that rock. It IS. And if these people (these "white" people, that is) fly it so proudly, and they KNOW what the flag represents to black people, then maybe, just maybe, they don't have the purest of intentions. Maybe they are $hitty to the old black guy who's at their party causing trouble & trying to get them to root for Mayweather & change the beer pong rules to benefit him. Maybe they did call him racial names. It's not that out of the question. Maybe he was the wrong n-word-with-an-a to mess with that night. Maybe he was looking for a fight. I have no idea. But they all weren't sitting around eating tea & crumpets & proclaiming the virtues of Young Prince George. Is it that hard to comprehend that a drunk-azz black felon went & got his gun & shot up the place because he was p!ssed over feeling mistreated by a bunch of white kids?

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• Cupcakey posted at 8:00 pm on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  What? I said all that and only thing you got out of it was my questioning the confederate flag? I said a paragraph of other stuff before that. It's a legit question in today's world. I also said it was a waste all the way around. Why are you accusing me of race baiting? I asked a question.

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• georgew posted at 5:09 pm on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  willing to justify a murder. probably just an #antiwhite white.

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• georgew posted at 5:06 pm on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  Diversity is a codeword for #whitegenocide, one more sad fact to this message

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• hotdog posted at 1:22 pm on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  v you are funny and right.
  

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• clinicalgoddess posted at 11:45 am on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  I agree with BarelyInterpid it really doesnt matter in the end who said what the killer had no justified right to kill this girl.
  He life was in no danger he went back to his house and came back with a gun.
  That was a conscience choice and as for his excuse of just wanting to scare the kids, thats no excuse.

  If he felt wronged in some way he could have called the police and let them figure it out from a legal stand point.
  Its a shame that a young woman lost her life because of a spat that she seemed to be not involved in for the most part.
  And as for a confederate flag, who cares, it represents the south if people want to believe otherwise thats their decision what a ridiculous thing to bring up.

  Condolences to her family.

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• HayZeus posted at 10:28 am on Fri, Jun 5, 2015.

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  "Well Regulated Militia" again...

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• BarelyIntrepid posted at 7:11 pm on Thu, Jun 4, 2015.

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  Forgive me if I am misunderstanding you, but you seem to be implying this guy was justified in killing this girl because her company could, potentially, arguably, allegedly, may have been slightly racist.

  I'm unsure what constitutes your moral foundations, but even if these kids had a Nazi flag waving outside their house and a large sign saying "No Niggers" outside their party, that would not justify MURDER. Sensible people would be offended, certainly. He would also have both legal and moral standing to ask for the offending material to be taken down.

  This guy murdered an innocent college kid. There is NO JUSTIFYING THAT. Yes, murder is worse than racism. She did NOT deserve to be gunned down because there was a confederate flag waving at her funeral. I feel like a crazy person having to argue this.

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• vliam posted at 2:28 pm on Thu, Jun 4, 2015.

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  Does it hurt to be that stupid?

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• samdavis posted at 2:04 pm on Thu, Jun 4, 2015.

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  I see that the schools ''gun free zone'' policy worked well from the point of view of the killer. The school should be sued for creating an easy killing zone with an anti gun policy but not providing personal protecting for each student who they forced to be easy victims.

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• hotdog posted at 6:40 am on Thu, Jun 4, 2015.

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  Cupcake, take a hike. People who want to turn this into the whitees are racial are nothing but race baiters and watching you comments, it is obvious you are one. I will not respond again to your baiting and I hope others will follow suit.

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• Cupcakey posted at 2:40 pm on Wed, Jun 3, 2015.

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  So many things wrong here. Students going door to door in the neighborhood, trying to be proactive & their friendliness probably let people to think anyone was welcome. Letting in older men to the party, but how do you tell your neighbor to go away, and really who would have thought there'd be a problem? He was a neighbor! Getting into an altercation with older men about a racially charged issue (them not rooting for Mayweather) and then being called racial slurs. The guy saying he was going to get his gun & no one reacting. And what's with the confederate flag flying at her funeral? Does that give a hint as to who the attendees of this party were, because like it or not, nowdays the confederate flag is a symbol that indicates racism. That might have triggered the fight to begin with, if lots of like-minded people were there. All a huge mess that culminated in a young girl's death and a man going to prison for life. Such a waste, all the way around.

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• Tulet posted at 1:33 pm on Wed, Jun 3, 2015.

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  In addition to murder charges, McNeil is facing two first-degree felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a third-degree felony deadly conduct charge.

  How about the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon also? This should be a death penalty case. He intentionally went back to his house and got the gun, returned through a side gate and opened fire, killing the girl. 1st degree homicide, the guy doesn't deserve to be breathing.

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• RLost posted at 1:10 pm on Wed, Jun 3, 2015.

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  This is most tragic. It did not have to end this way. I wish they had asked the shooter to leave when he showed up for the party uninvited... I feel really sorry for her family.

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• hotdog posted at 7:42 am on Wed, Jun 3, 2015.

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  Headline is not true. What lead to this was allowing unknown persons into the party to start with. Students beware, not everyone is good.

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