Long Islan Man Arrested For Defending Home

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Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47

Says Many Gang Members Were Coming After His Family


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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBS 2) — He was arrested for protecting his property and family.
But it’s how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.
He got an AK-47 assault rifle, pulled the trigger and he ended up in jail, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman.
George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home.
“I went around and went into the house, ran upstairs and told my wife to call the police. I get the gun and I go outside and I come into the doorway and now, by this time, they are in the driveway, back here near the house. I tell them, you know, ‘Can you please leave?’ Grier said.
Grier said the five men dared him to use the gun; and that their shouts brought another larger group of gang members in front of his house.
“He starts threatening my family, my life. ‘Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.’ So when he says that, 20 others guys come rushing around the corner. And so I fired four warning shots into the grass,” Grier said.
Grier was later arrested. John Lewis is Grier’s attorney.
“What he’s initially charged with – A D felony reckless endangerment — requires a depraved indifference to human life, creating a risk that someone’s going to die. Shooting into a lawn doesn’t create a risk of anybody dying,” Lewis said.

[jmur5074]

What total B.S.

[Five-0]

No kidding. 20 gang members telling you they are going to kill you and your familiy on your property. Pretty sure I would have stacked some up with a similar evil black rifle.

[Captain America]

You could not pay me enough money to live in New York or California.

[Bob Loblaw]

there has to be more to this story...

[Xiphos]

there has to be more to this story...

I was wondering if anyone else besides this guy saw all these gang bangers? Because you, know, they often just wind up in random people's yards in a huge mob. This story screams, "I was shooting celebratory rounds in the air and got caught so I made up a story about a giant mob rioting in my yard and I responsibly fired only into the ground to scare them away."

I'm all about gun rights and if anything like this remotely happened to me I would be stacking bodies like cord wood. But my bullshit meter is pegged on this one.

[lewisipso]

That story should have had a different outcome.

[HudsonHawk]

I don't buy the story. Twenty "MS-13 gang members" randomly appear in his yard. He has a verbal dispute with people in his driveway so he goes inside... then comes out shooting because that would get police there quicker than calling 911?

[ChesCopPodz]

BS meter pinned. Why do I get the funny feeling that if one were to do some research on the above mentioned subject, they may find gang ties that explain why a bunch of gang members would suddenly appear on his front yard.