watery primitive updates us on his road rage case

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027685983

Oh my.

While waiting until it's time to torment WillyT and his Bernie bullies, who of course aren't aware they're being tormented, they're so self-absorbed, I thought I'd post something out of the ordinary.

H2O Man (54,787 posts)    Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:24 PM

Road Rage (Update)

I would like to give an up-date on the “road rage” case, that I have spoken about on DU”GD over the past year and a half. It’s a case where many, many forum members have provided much-appreciated support to my family …..including writing, texting,and calling both the District Attorney and County Judge to demand that the “accused” murderer not be granted bail. We not only far surpassed the county’s previous record for public imput, but the DU community set the bar extremely high.

For those newer DU community members who are unfamiliar with the case, it began on October 27, 2014. My cousin was a passenger in his son’s vehicle. After having breakfast in a local diner, they were on their way to run some errands. Another vehicle started tail-gating them; as it turned out, the driver of that vehicle was enraged that my cousin’s son was driving at 53 mph on a curve on the highway. The young man pulled over to let the fellow go by, and within a minute, that driver would get out and shoot my cousin.

His son got out to try to save his father’s life. Thus, the gunman shot him, fatally. He then attempted to put a bullet into the back of my cousin’s head, but the gun miss-fired. My cousin was able to write the guy’s license plate number down, in the dirt on their back window. He then held his son in his arms, while the young man bled to death.

A half-mile up the road, the gunman threw his pistol towards the river. The following day, the NYS Police were able to recover it from the thick under-brush. The gunman next stopped at a convenience store for a 12-pack, and was on his way. Because he was an off-duty law enforcement officer, he had a scanner in his vehicle. When he learned the police were looking for his vehicle, he decided to go to the nearest State Police headquarters.

There, he told a story -- which the police taped -- in which he claimed the pair had been dogging him, threatening his life, for several days. Thus, he tail-gated them, so he could act in self-defense. The investigators knew that he was lying, and arrested him.

He had been a NYC police officer for 20 years, before being forced to retire. His personal files are sealed. He first became a campus security officer at a local college; he was fired from that position, for bullying behaviors. He then became a part-time guard at the county jail where he currently resides. He also had had at least four similar incidents, three for road rage, in which he pulled out his weapon. (In one, he shot in the direction of teens on a neighboring property, as their noise disturbed him.)

In my family system, my cousin is my brother. My children know him as their uncle. His children know me as their uncle. His parents -- my aunt and uncle -- are extremely close to my children, as are his three sisters. My aunt and uncle are in their mid- to late 80’s. For us, this is not the first time we’ve had a close relative murdered. My aunt and my mother’s brother was murdered in the late 1960’s, after winning a hand of cards in a local bar. Fifteen years later, his oldest son was brutally murdered, over an argument about a ten dollar bag of pot. In neither of those cases was an arrest ever made.

Some of our family were afraid that this thug would skate, because of his law enforcement background. In many areas of the US, I think he would have. But the State Troopers and BCI Investigators here are honest men and women. They find this thug to be repulsive, and they understand how this type of case damages the reputation of police. They have taken the case very seriously, and we couldn’t ask for more on their part.

In some up-dated news, the thug’s wife filed for divorce soon after he was jailed for murder. One of my associates had a casual friendship with the wife. She said her husband was an abusive, violent, controlling thug. She had not dared to leave him, until he was behind bars.

Yesterday, the thug and his attorney informed the Court that he does not want a jury to hear his trial. Previously, he had expressed confidence that he could convince any jury that he had acted in self-defense. I suppose his attorney has been able to break through this guy’s delusional self-confidence.

Personally, I wish he had the decency to simply plead guilty. But he has no decency. The trial, which is scheduled to begin next month, will end one chapter of this case. It cannot, of course, bring about closure. For literally every day, my family feels the loss of a good young man, and for no reason other than this rabid jackass was “angry.”

Here are a couple of links to today’s newspaper reports:

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2016/03/14/guzy-waives-jury-trial-road-rage-shooting/81754048/

http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/accused-road-rage-gunman-waives-right-to-jury-trial/article_ea580312-852f-5646-98e1-2d4e73658983.html

I will, of course, be providing daily reports after court ends.

Peace,
H2O Man

We need a "fart" smiley for this:

Omaha Steve (61,083 posts)    Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:12 PM

13. Glad to see those of us around the US sending mail did some good!
 
Ready to do it again anytime.

K&R!

OS

[Chris_]

25 years?  It's nice to see the justice system in blue states works so well.

[freedumb2003b]

25 years?  It's nice to see the justice system in blue states works so well.

And who needs lawyers, evidence, judges and the like?  Just a call-in and wrote-in campaign is all you need to get what you want from the Justice System!!!

[USA4ME]

Omaha Steve

Glad to see those of us around the US sending mail did some good!
 
Ready to do it again anytime.

Given the tendency of waterboy's relatives to end up being murdered, you might just get that chance.

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[I_B_Perky]

First I heard about this. Sorry about your loss dummie. Too bad it wasn't you sprouting daisies. Does this make me an asshole? So be it. I have about had it with the liberals and the gimme dats in this country. I hope they all die a painful death.

As for the Big Guy... why ain't you dead yet?

[franksolich]

Given the tendency of waterboy's relatives to end up being murdered, you might just get that chance.

Another symptom of the big guy's longing to have made a difference in this world.

He wants so badly to believe he's made a difference.

The sad fact is, the only difference he's ever made is a negative one, in which he's cost other people more than what he's given them in return.

[Fourwinds]

As for the Big Guy... why ain't you dead yet?

Because good people tend to die young while miserable bastards like him live to be 100 all the while making life a chore for those around them. It's the way of things.

[Zathras]

To the DUmbass....cool story bro.

[GOBUCKS]

The moral of this story is when you buy a bag of weed from a crooked cop, don't try to skip without paying.

[Big Dog]

Another symptom of the big guy's longing to have made a difference in this world.

He wants so badly to believe he's made a difference.

The sad fact is, the only difference he's ever made is a negative one, in which he's cost other people more than what he's given them in return.

I disagree with you, my friend.

If The Big Guy (who is dying) had not run for Bellevue City Council, I never would have had the opportunity to meet our friends  Airwolf and the lovely Celtic Rose.

Now, I understand that was an unintended consequence of his poorly thought out and even more poorly executed campaign, but it was a benefit.