Fighting words.On December 12, 2003, Freddie Johnson was trying to break up a fight in a Macon, Georgia, neighborhood when the altercation spilled into the front yard of Marshal Lee Wright's home. When Wright came out and told the men to leave, Johnson pushed him in the face and told him to mind his own business. When Johnson also threatened to harm the homeowner, and shoot into his house, Wright went inside, grabbed a shotgun, and returned to again order the trespassers to leave. Undeterred undeterred Adjective not put off or dissuaded Adj. 1. undeterred - not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell undiscouraged , Johnson approached Wright in a menacing manner and dared him to shoot. Wright fired a single blast, mortally wounding Johnson, who died at the scene. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Bibb County Bibb County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Prosecutors disagreed. Contending that it was a case of vigilante vigilante n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horse-thieves, rustlers and shooters, and justice, they charged Wright with murder, aggravated assault A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he or she attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another or causes such injury purposely, knowingly, or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or attempts to cause or purposely or and possession of a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. during the commission of a felony. During Wright's recent trial, witnesses called by his attorney testified about the extensive criminal activity in the neighborhood and vouched for the homeowner's reputation as a "hard-working, middleclass American." On the other hand, as assistant district attorney Eugene Felton Jr. acknowledged, many of those who testified for the prosecution had themselves been convicted of prior illegal activity. On August 13, the Bibb County jury deliberated for about six hours before finding Wright not guilty on all charges. |
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