White FL Man Kills Unarmed Black Teen in Argument Over Loud Music

Another unarmed Black Florida teenager has been shot and killed by an older white man under bizarre circumstances, reports the Orlando Sentinel. 

Michael David Dunn, 45, and his girlfriend were in Jacksonville Friday for Dunn's son's wedding when they stopped at a convenience store, Jacksonville sheriff's Lt. Rob Schoonover said. Jordan Russell Davis, 17, and several other teenagers were sitting in a sport utility vehicle in the parking lot when Dunn pulled up next to them in a car and asked them to turn down their music, Schoonover said.

Jordan and Dunn exchanged words, and Dunn pulled a gun and shot eight or nine times, striking Jordan twice, Schoonover said. Jordan was sitting in the back seat. No one else was hurt. Dunn's attorney Monday said her client acted responsibly and in self-defense. She did not elaborate.

Dunn and his girlfriend took off afterward, and witnesses jotted down their tag number, deputies said. 

The fatal shooting comes less than nine months after the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. EBONY's Jamilah Lemieux essays that "acting responsibly" has become the new "white privilege."

Dunn harassed a car full of young people, shot into the car and drove away. Upon learning that someone had died, he fled town and waited for the police to come find him.

The shooter’s lawyer, Robin Lemonidis, originally stated that her client was not guilty and had acted responsibly. A report late Tuesday night included claims that Dunn had "seen a gun."  While he certainly is entitled to his day in court…why was the gun claim not made until two days after he was arrested? Why didn’t he turn himself in if he felt he’d done nothing wrong?

Alas, in a country that is dealing with increased racial tensions and the insane paranoia of White men who seem to feel that their country has been stolen by a burgeoning ‘minority’ population and a Black president who won the popular vote, it seems inevitable that we will hear more stories like this.

Dunn is an avid "gun collector," reports the Jacksonville Times-Union. He was arrested at his home on Saturday and charged with murder and attempted murder. He is being held without bail. 

Davis' funeral will be held on December 1.

Just another unarmed Black teenager gunned down by a white man who  said that he “felt threatened." Nothing to see here. Keep moving, folks!

Comments

[Drew-Shane]

THIS. SHIT IS SAD!

[kerq]

If the white people are so damn scared, why do not pack up ALL of their bullshit and go back to Europe where they came from? White people are NOT native to North America - that group of people would be referred to as Native Americans or American Indians.

[Zambos27]

This is sad. The "threatened" excuse has been worn out. And the fact that he would drive away and not contact the authorities is so jacked up. What kind of person does that?

[gb]

So sad. Florida needs to investigate their gun laws because I'm sure a race war has already started and there will soon be tits for their tats.

[Jerry]

He felt threatened by a kid who was playing loud music? If I were sitting in my car next to a car with kids playing loud music and I asked them to turn it down and they would not I would drive away. That option never occurred to him?

[Diva1961]

This is so crazy. You are there to get gas, not regulate everyone else's behavior. Why not just get your gas and leave? I was next to kids who played loud music with words i did not care for. Guess what? I got my gas and left. Simple.

A race war has indeed begun, and it is about to get really ugly. Killing our next Black generation of men as if it is a sport, is not going to fly. Right now it is bad enough our young Black men are killing each other. We don't need someone coming into the mix from outside ourselves to see if they could do it, and avoid the law.

Trayvon was the fuse, this is the match. The court better get it right on this one, or unfortunately, the fireworks shall begin.