Bizarre confrontation.On June 19, William Glover of Parkman, Maine Parkman is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 811 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 119.8 km² (46.2 mi²). 117.9 km² (45.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0. , left home wearing camouflage clothing and carrying two shotguns. His wife later recalled that he was not acting like himself. Sometime after 4:30 that afternoon, Glover emerged from the woods behind the residence of Mr. and Mrs. David Tweedie Sir David Tweedie is the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board. He graduated with a Bcom and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh Management School and is currently visiting professor. (some two miles distant from Glover's own house). Mr. Tweedie and his daughters (ages 11 and 15) were home at the time. With one shotgun in hand, and the other on a sling, Glover approached Tweedie and demanded some beer. When Tweedie (who did not know his distant neighbor) replied that he had no beer, Glover left without incident. Tweedie nevertheless decided to call 911 to report the incident and the man's peculiar behavior. About 10 minutes later, Glover returned, brandishing a shotgun on each hip pointed in the direction of Tweedie and one of the girls. Concerned for the safety of his children and himself, Tweedie pulled his own gun and opened fire. When police arrived, they found Glover dead on the porch from multiple wounds. The July 30 Bangor Daily News The Bangor Daily News is an American newspaper that was founded on June 18, 1889; in 1900 the paper merged with the Bangor Whig and Courier. The Bangor Publishing Company publishes the paper in Bangor, Maine, in addition to several weekly papers that they quoted a sorrowful sor·row·ful adj. Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad. sor  row·ful·ly adv. Tweedie as saying,
"I didn't want to do what I did. I didn't ask for this to
happen." But when somebody "shows up on your doorstep pointing
two guns," and your "kids are up there screaming,
'He's back, he's back,'" you have only "a
second to figure out what you're going to do."
Under Maine law any law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages, esp. one resembling that enacted in the State of Maine. At present, the state of Maine sells such beverages in its own stores. See also: Maine , deadly force An amount of force that is likely to cause either serious bodily injury or death to another person. Police officers may use deadly force in specific circumstances when they are trying to enforce the law. is justified when a person reasonably believes that such force is necessary for his or her protection, or that of others. On July 29, the state attorney general's office announced that, after reviewing a recording of Tweedie's interview with police and the 911 call he made following the initial confrontation with Glover, the homeowner's use of deadly force was deemed justified, and no charges would be brought against him. |
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