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re: Anyone following the Davis trial?
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:19 pm to BigFolks6347
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:19 pm to BigFolks6347
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In no real world would Johnson be considered a credible witness.
The jury didn’t really need his testimony at all in this case. The security video and the defendant’s own words on the stand were plenty enough to get a conviction.
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Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:57 pm to JustGetItRight
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“get him before he got us” (the defendant’s own testimony).
Tell me Davis didn’t actually say this.
No wonder the jurors only took an hour.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:27 am to BamaBravesPackers
Yep, he said it on the stand when he testified his own defense.
Tuscaloosa news story that should’ve been titled how to convict yourself of capital murder
Tuscaloosa news story that should’ve been titled how to convict yourself of capital murder
This post was edited on 5/12/25 at 6:00 am
Posted on 5/12/25 at 3:12 pm to JustGetItRight
At the end of the day multiple lives destroyed because of pride.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:29 pm to BFANLC
Good assessment, happens all of the time.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:36 pm to JustGetItRight
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It doesn’t matter what the guy in the Jeep was doing or what his intentions might have been, it’s about what Davis did in that moment.
Disagree but…
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He hid and then approached the Jeep (shown in the security video, not in dispute) to “get him before he got us” (the defendant’s own testimony).
That makes Davis the initial aggressor at the time of the fatal encounter, takes stand your ground and self defense off the table, and earns him a capital murder conviction.
We can’t just ignore that Davis walked right up to the driver’s side and unloaded into the Jeep. This after Davis had already walked by the Jeep without issue. To me both Davis and Johnson were being thugs under the pretext of self-defense and concern for others
That being said, I fully acknowledge how fricked up it is that Johnson is probably the one in jail right now if Johnson’s shots killed a bystander and Davis had missed
This post was edited on 5/12/25 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 5/12/25 at 5:06 pm to Glorious
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To me both Davis and Johnson were being thugs under the pretext of self-defense and concern for others
And this right here describes the whole case perfectly.
Two thugs were doing thug things. A young girl is dead and a young man who had a clear path to lifetime success will instead spend his best years in prison because they chose to associate with thugs.
Choices have consequences.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 5:50 pm to JustGetItRight
Mistake 1 was bringing Maryland to Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 6:41 pm to BFANLC
quote:just keepin it real
the end of the day multiple lives destroyed because of pride.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 6:43 pm to JustGetItRight
quote:seems like she was out doing thug things. She knew her boyfriend was a drug dealer, and she handed him a gun
wo thugs were doing thug things. A young girl is dead
Posted on 5/12/25 at 7:46 pm to narddogg81
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just keepin it real
I hate to see this, I've dedicated my life to helping and trying to save others. Frustrating when you can't reach people.
Posted on 5/13/25 at 11:06 am to Glorious
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That being said, I fully acknowledge how fricked up it is that Johnson is probably the one in jail right now if Johnson’s shots killed a bystander and Davis had missed
I don't think he'd even have needed to hit someone. If Davis had simply missed all targets, only Johnson would have gone to jail.
Remember, Johnson successfully shot Davis multiple times.
Posted on 5/13/25 at 12:37 pm to auisssa
More truth to this than most realize
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:14 pm to narddogg81
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and she handed him a gun
As did Miles.
Like I said, choices have consequences.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:16 pm to mistaken4193
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quote:I’ll also be curious if the plea is accomplice or accessory. That’s a big piece of it. Idk if that matters because it’s a capital Murder conviction. So even Accesory to capital murder is an automatic life sentence in Alabama….i think
It would on a lesser charge but given how the other verdict went he may have to take what he can get. This probably happens regardless of his involvement but who knows.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:14 am to CrimsonBoz
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It would on a lesser charge but given how the other verdict went he may have to take what he can get. This probably happens regardless of his involvement but who knows.
One of the stories I read said Manslaughter was included in the indictment. If that's true (sadly Alabama doesn't have free access to court records online like Florida does so I can't verify). If that's true, it would be smart for him to offer a blind plea.
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 8:15 am
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:35 am to JustGetItRight
I agree. A chance of getting out one day as opposed to not is worth that risk.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 10:36 am
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