Daily update August 17
Texas: Man fatally shoots girlfriend's ex
KXAN News
"In the Hill Country, a man is dead after an alleged domestic dispute and apparent break in. Thirty-three-year-old Brandon Joseph Steele died Monday after being shot at a duplex on Granite Shoals Street. Authorities believe that he broke into his ex-wife's house through a bedroom window.The woman, her boyfriend and a 5-year-old child were in that room. Steele allegedly threatened them.The boyfriend told police that's when he shot Steele. The ex-wife claims he had come to the house earlier, intoxicated and belligerent. "This is a situation which has all indications of being a self defense issue. Unfortunately, there was a life taken in this event, so we have to proceed with it as if it is a homicide," Chief Bill Lane of Horseshoe Bay said." (08/17/05)
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3732591&nav=0s3ddQfa
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New Zealand: Act upholds the right to self-defence
New Zealand Herald
"All New Zealanders should have a right to defend themselves, their families and their property from criminals without being prosecuted, says the Act party. Justice spokesman Stephen Franks yesterday announced the party's self-defence policy, which emphasises that the law should ensure criminals are afraid, not their victims. Mr Franks presented a medal to Auckland man Michael Vaimauga, who was arrested for assault after he stopped a burglar breaking into a shop. Mr Vaimauga went through five court hearings before being discharged without conviction and ordered to pay $150 to the Salvation Army. The would-be burglar has never been charged. "The state has no right to punish citizens for defending themselves and their property when the state cannot defend them," said Mr Franks." (08/17/05)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341312
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New Zealand: ACT accused of promoting vigilante action
STUFF
"Police Minister George Hawkins yesterday condemned the ACT Party for encouraging vigilante behaviour. Launching the party's self-defence policy in Auckland yesterday ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks said New Zealanders should be encouraged not punished for helping to stop crime. .... Mr Hawkins said Labour supported police in their work rather than encourage people to put themselves at risk. "The Labour-led Government has given police the resources needed to slash crime in this country, by 8.2 per cent last year alone," Mr Hawkins said. "Political parties should be getting behind them rather than encouraging vigilantes to take the law into their own hands. .... Mr Franks called on judges and police to act independently to protect New Zealanders' interests and accused the Government of fostering dependence." (08/18/05)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3380819a11,00.html
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Tennessee: Memphis seniors fight back in home invasion
WMCTV News
"Two Memphis seniors took matters into their own hands and fought back against burglars, and an old Smith & Wesson will forever remind retired Naval Officer Bryant Green of his Tuesday morning ordeal. He said it all began when his doorbell rang at 10 a.m., "I got up quickly and did not see anyone." However, his 76 year old wife Gwyneth saw four men breaking into a backyard window of their West Crestwood house. Bryant Green came out the front door, crept around his house and into the back courtyard where he saw one of the suspects with a shotgun. Green said he and the young man exchanged a few rounds, but no one was hurt. Gwyneth Green said she watched from inside in mortal terror, "I could see the smoke from the shotgun the fellow had...I was trembling so I couldn't stand." The four med fled on foot and by car. ....At the moment, police do not have a detailed description of the burglars or the get-away car, but they might have fingerprints.
The Greens said they hold no bad feelings. They are just grateful to be alive and will not let this crime run them out of their home of 46 years." (08/16/05)
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=3730137&nav=4XzRdP9H
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KXAN News
"In the Hill Country, a man is dead after an alleged domestic dispute and apparent break in. Thirty-three-year-old Brandon Joseph Steele died Monday after being shot at a duplex on Granite Shoals Street. Authorities believe that he broke into his ex-wife's house through a bedroom window.The woman, her boyfriend and a 5-year-old child were in that room. Steele allegedly threatened them.The boyfriend told police that's when he shot Steele. The ex-wife claims he had come to the house earlier, intoxicated and belligerent. "This is a situation which has all indications of being a self defense issue. Unfortunately, there was a life taken in this event, so we have to proceed with it as if it is a homicide," Chief Bill Lane of Horseshoe Bay said." (08/17/05)
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3732591&nav=0s3ddQfa
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New Zealand: Act upholds the right to self-defence
New Zealand Herald
"All New Zealanders should have a right to defend themselves, their families and their property from criminals without being prosecuted, says the Act party. Justice spokesman Stephen Franks yesterday announced the party's self-defence policy, which emphasises that the law should ensure criminals are afraid, not their victims. Mr Franks presented a medal to Auckland man Michael Vaimauga, who was arrested for assault after he stopped a burglar breaking into a shop. Mr Vaimauga went through five court hearings before being discharged without conviction and ordered to pay $150 to the Salvation Army. The would-be burglar has never been charged. "The state has no right to punish citizens for defending themselves and their property when the state cannot defend them," said Mr Franks." (08/17/05)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341312
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New Zealand: ACT accused of promoting vigilante action
STUFF
"Police Minister George Hawkins yesterday condemned the ACT Party for encouraging vigilante behaviour. Launching the party's self-defence policy in Auckland yesterday ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks said New Zealanders should be encouraged not punished for helping to stop crime. .... Mr Hawkins said Labour supported police in their work rather than encourage people to put themselves at risk. "The Labour-led Government has given police the resources needed to slash crime in this country, by 8.2 per cent last year alone," Mr Hawkins said. "Political parties should be getting behind them rather than encouraging vigilantes to take the law into their own hands. .... Mr Franks called on judges and police to act independently to protect New Zealanders' interests and accused the Government of fostering dependence." (08/18/05)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3380819a11,00.html
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Tennessee: Memphis seniors fight back in home invasion
WMCTV News
"Two Memphis seniors took matters into their own hands and fought back against burglars, and an old Smith & Wesson will forever remind retired Naval Officer Bryant Green of his Tuesday morning ordeal. He said it all began when his doorbell rang at 10 a.m., "I got up quickly and did not see anyone." However, his 76 year old wife Gwyneth saw four men breaking into a backyard window of their West Crestwood house. Bryant Green came out the front door, crept around his house and into the back courtyard where he saw one of the suspects with a shotgun. Green said he and the young man exchanged a few rounds, but no one was hurt. Gwyneth Green said she watched from inside in mortal terror, "I could see the smoke from the shotgun the fellow had...I was trembling so I couldn't stand." The four med fled on foot and by car. ....At the moment, police do not have a detailed description of the burglars or the get-away car, but they might have fingerprints.
The Greens said they hold no bad feelings. They are just grateful to be alive and will not let this crime run them out of their home of 46 years." (08/16/05)
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=3730137&nav=4XzRdP9H
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