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DETROIT -
On the evening of November, he shot and killed an unarmed young woman in his front porch, Theodore P.
Wafer was shaken in his sleep.
On Tuesday, he said in a court here that the recliner in the room was so violently struck that he was sure someone
Or some people.
He will break into his house in a few seconds.
"I 've never heard anything like that," Wafer said . " He continued his testimony the next day.
"A woman can make these sounds and I still can't change my mind.
"Renisha McBride, 19-year-
When the old black woman was killed, the white witted speechless shot her through his front screen door with a shotgun.
For unknown reasons, McBride crashed into a parked car six blocks from his home, apparently wandering around the neighborhood, coming to the outskirts of Dearborn Heights, Weena had a drink of vodka and marijuana with a friend earlier in the evening, leaving people lost and intoxicated.
Wafer facing second
Murder, manslaughter and weapons charges.
The trial is now 10 days old, and the jury consists of seven men and seven women opposed to the view of wafer: The prosecution began to portray him as a paranoid person, reckless gun owners act dangerous and reckless, shooting McBride without any news or warning, instead of calling 911 to report possible intruders.
In a sympathetic portrait, the defense refutes a person who cares about his career and lives in an increasingly criminal life --
One night, while he was sleeping, he found himself mysteriously besieged at home.
Although prosecutors rarely mention race, the trial has sparked racial tensions in a 80% black city, compared with the shooting of 2012 in Trayvon Martin, Florida. A self-
The defense law in Michigan only allows the use of lethal force in the event that a person "honestly and reasonably believes" that there is a need to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.
There is also a "castle principle" in Michigan's books, which states that there is no legal requirement for a person to retreat at home.
Tuesday, Wafer, 55-year-
A quiet-mannered maintenance worker at the old airport described the incident on November.
Nightmare-like and short-lived.
When he woke up before 5 in the morning, there was a lot of noise on his front and side doors. m.
Wei Hua said that he groped for his mobile phone in the dark, but could not find it.
He said he lived alone and there was no landline in the house.
Did anyone ask you to open the door?
Athena Siringas, assistant prosecutor of Wayne County.
"I don't know what they want," he replied, softly and evenly.
In Siringas's inquiry, which lasted nearly three hours, Wafer said he was afraid of threats from the outside world: he had climbed over the floor to avoid being seen by the outside world, and he said, running from the living room to the kitchen, go to the bathroom again and look for his phone in vain so that he can call 911.
He said that all the lights in his house were out, but he used the light from the street lamp and the electric toothbrush in the bathroom to cross the corridor and enter the room.
Siringas asked about his account, pointing out that he told police that his cell phone was often in the pocket of jeans.
"You didn't call the police because you were angry. you want to deal with it yourself, right? " she said.
"I'm frustrated," Wafer said . ".
"I have a lot of emotions. I was scared. I had fear.
I was scared.
As the noise from the outside continued, wafer recovered a Mosberg 12-
Take out a measuring gun from the closet, walk to the front door and open the steel door inside.
Before he reached the porch, he fired a shot from the screen door and punched McBride in the face.
Recalling these events, Wafer repeatedly stated that he instinctively told the prosecutor, without planning, that he had only "reacted" to a "character" on the porch ", not sure if it was a man or a woman until he had pulled the trigger.
"The weapon is on my side, on the left," he said . ".
"This is a reaction.
"You pulled the trigger, right?
"Asked Siringas.
"Yes," he whispered.
Vihua's lawyer, Cheryl Carpenter, asked him briefly before the lunch break and called him Ted in a comforting tone.
"Don't you want this to happen to you?
Carpenter asked his family and friends to sit in court and cry occasionally, which caught their eyes.
"Of course," Wafer said . "
"I don't know why I brought this to me.
I'm not out looking for this.
DETROIT-New York Times
On the evening of November, he shot and killed an unarmed young woman in his front porch, Theodore P.
Wafer was shaken in his sleep.
On Tuesday, he said in a court here that the recliner in the room was so violently struck that he was sure someone
Or some people.
He will break into his house in a few seconds.
"I 've never heard anything like that," Wafer said . " He continued his testimony the next day.
"A woman can make these sounds and I still can't change my mind.
"Renisha McBride, 19-year-
When the old black woman was killed, the white witted speechless shot her through his front screen door with a shotgun.
For unknown reasons, McBride crashed into a parked car six blocks from his home, apparently wandering around the neighborhood, coming to the outskirts of Dearborn Heights, Weena had a drink of vodka and marijuana with a friend earlier in the evening, leaving people lost and intoxicated.
Wafer facing second
Murder, manslaughter and weapons charges.
The trial is now 10 days old, and the jury consists of seven men and seven women opposed to the view of wafer: The prosecution began to portray him as a paranoid person, reckless gun owners act dangerous and reckless, shooting McBride without any news or warning, instead of calling 911 to report possible intruders.
In a sympathetic portrait, the defense refutes a person who cares about his career and lives in an increasingly criminal life --
One night, while he was sleeping, he found himself mysteriously besieged at home.
Although prosecutors rarely mention race, the trial has sparked racial tensions in a 80% black city, compared with the shooting of 2012 in Trayvon Martin, Florida. A self-
The defense law in Michigan only allows the use of lethal force in the event that a person "honestly and reasonably believes" that there is a need to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.
There is also a "castle principle" in Michigan's books, which states that there is no legal requirement for a person to retreat at home.
Tuesday, Wafer, 55-year-
A quiet-mannered maintenance worker at the old airport described the incident on November.
Nightmare-like and short-lived.
When he woke up before 5 in the morning, there was a lot of noise on his front and side doors. m.
Wei Hua said that he groped for his mobile phone in the dark, but could not find it.
He said he lived alone and there was no landline in the house.
Did anyone ask you to open the door?
Athena Siringas, assistant prosecutor of Wayne County.
"I don't know what they want," he replied, softly and evenly.
In Siringas's inquiry, which lasted nearly three hours, Wafer said he was afraid of threats from the outside world: he had climbed over the floor to avoid being seen by the outside world, and he said, running from the living room to the kitchen, go to the bathroom again and look for his phone in vain so that he can call 911.
He said that all the lights in his house were out, but he used the light from the street lamp and the electric toothbrush in the bathroom to cross the corridor and enter the room.
Siringas asked about his account, pointing out that he told police that his cell phone was often in the pocket of jeans.
"You didn't call the police because you were angry. you want to deal with it yourself, right? " she said.
"I'm frustrated," Wafer said . ".
"I have a lot of emotions. I was scared. I had fear.
I was scared.
As the noise from the outside continued, wafer recovered a Mosberg 12-
Take out a measuring gun from the closet, walk to the front door and open the steel door inside.
Before he reached the porch, he fired a shot from the screen door and punched McBride in the face.
Recalling these events, Wafer repeatedly stated that he instinctively told the prosecutor, without planning, that he had only "reacted" to a "character" on the porch ", not sure if it was a man or a woman until he had pulled the trigger.
"The weapon is on my side, on the left," he said . ".
"This is a reaction.
"You pulled the trigger, right?
"Asked Siringas.
"Yes," he whispered.
Vihua's lawyer, Cheryl Carpenter, asked him briefly before the lunch break and called him Ted in a comforting tone.
"Don't you want this to happen to you?
Carpenter asked his family and friends to sit in court and cry occasionally, which caught their eyes.
"Of course," Wafer said . "
"I don't know why I brought this to me.
I'm not out looking for this.
DETROIT-New York Times
On the evening of November, he shot and killed an unarmed young woman in his front porch, Theodore P.
Wafer was shaken in his sleep.
On Tuesday, he said in a court here that the recliner in the room was so violently struck that he was sure someone
Or some people.
He will break into his house in a few seconds.
"I 've never heard anything like that," Wafer said . " He continued his testimony the next day.
"A woman can make these sounds and I still can't change my mind.
"Renisha McBride, 19-year-
When the old black woman was killed, the white witted speechless shot her through his front screen door with a shotgun.
For unknown reasons, McBride crashed into a parked car six blocks from his home, apparently wandering around the neighborhood, coming to the outskirts of Dearborn Heights, Weena had a drink of vodka and marijuana with a friend earlier in the evening, leaving people lost and intoxicated.
Wafer facing second
Murder, manslaughter and weapons charges.
The trial is now 10 days old, and the jury consists of seven men and seven women opposed to the view of wafer: The prosecution began to portray him as a paranoid person, reckless gun owners act dangerous and reckless, shooting McBride without any news or warning, instead of calling 911 to report possible intruders.
In a sympathetic portrait, the defense refutes a person who cares about his career and lives in an increasingly criminal life --
One night, while he was sleeping, he found himself mysteriously besieged at home.
Although prosecutors rarely mention race, the trial has sparked racial tensions in a 80% black city, compared with the shooting of 2012 in Trayvon Martin, Florida. A self-
The defense law in Michigan only allows the use of lethal force in the event that a person "honestly and reasonably believes" that there is a need to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.
There is also a "castle principle" in Michigan's books, which states that there is no legal requirement for a person to retreat at home.
Tuesday, Wafer, 55-year-
A quiet-mannered maintenance worker at the old airport described the incident on November.
Nightmare-like and short-lived.
When he woke up before 5 in the morning, there was a lot of noise on his front and side doors. m.
Wei Hua said that he groped for his mobile phone in the dark, but could not find it.
He said he lived alone and there was no landline in the house.
Did anyone ask you to open the door?
Athena Siringas, assistant prosecutor of Wayne County.
"I don't know what they want," he replied, softly and evenly.
In Siringas's inquiry, which lasted nearly three hours, Wafer said he was afraid of threats from the outside world: he had climbed over the floor to avoid being seen by the outside world, and he said, running from the living room to the kitchen, go to the bathroom again and look for his phone in vain so that he can call 911.
He said that all the lights in his house were out, but he used the light from the street lamp and the electric toothbrush in the bathroom to cross the corridor and enter the room.
Siringas asked about his account, pointing out that he told police that his cell phone was often in the pocket of jeans.
"You didn't call the police because you were angry. you want to deal with it yourself, right? " she said.
"I'm frustrated," Wafer said . ".
"I have a lot of emotions. I was scared. I had fear.
I was scared.
As the noise from the outside continued, wafer recovered a Mosberg 12-
Take out a measuring gun from the closet, walk to the front door and open the steel door inside.
Before he reached the porch, he fired a shot from the screen door and punched McBride in the face.
Recalling these events, Wafer repeatedly stated that he instinctively told the prosecutor, without planning, that he had only "reacted" to a "character" on the porch ", not sure if it was a man or a woman until he had pulled the trigger.
"The weapon is on my side, on the left," he said . ".
"This is a reaction.
"You pulled the trigger, right?
"Asked Siringas.
"Yes," he whispered.
Vihua's lawyer, Cheryl Carpenter, asked him briefly before the lunch break and called him Ted in a comforting tone.
"Don't you want this to happen to you?
Carpenter asked his family and friends to sit in court and cry occasionally, which caught their eyes.
"Of course," Wafer said . "
"I don't know why I brought this to me.
I'm not out looking for this.