On June 1, 2012, 28-year-old Kijuan Byrd was shot to death outside a Miami, Florida, strip bar; Byrd's grieving family says he was an innocent victim.
According to Trayvon Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, who is also representing Bryd's family, 26-year-old Lukace Kendle claims he shot Byrd in self-defense and Kendle has invoked Florida's controversial "stand your ground law".
On June 8, seven says after the shooting, Kendle was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
So far, the media has not mentioned any details regarding the deadly shooting that also left another man, identified as Michael Smathers, in critical condition.
However, there is no shortage of coverage portraying Byrd as an unarmed, innocent victim.
A quick Google search reveals that Kijuan Byrd, who weighed about 200 pounds and stood at 5-feet, 11-inches, was arrested back in August 22, 2011.
Byrd was reportedly charged with kidnapping and aggravated battery.
The charges appear to stem from a domestic violence case.
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| Left: Club Lexx security guard, Lukace Kendle. Photo credit: Facebook. |
Because Bryd was black and Kendle is white, people are prematurely injecting racism into the case and comparing the shooting to the Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman shooting.
But if Kendle is a trigger-happy racist, you'd never know it by looking at his Facebook page.
Although outward appearances can sometimes be deceiving, Chicago News Report saw several photos of Kendle posing and smiling with African Americans... so, at least at first glance, it doesn't appear the shooting was racially motivated.
His past doesn't have anything to do with what's going on today if he was arrested whenever in August o well but that man had no business shooting him 11 times screaming self defense but he wasn't sure if he had a gun or whatever but he was still running at the same time so meaning he was trying to get away
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to enjoy strip clubs with all the schvartzes monkeying about in them.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like another incident where blacks attack some random white guy (like they always do), and then start crying RAYCISS when the victim defends himself. I am not surprised Illinoisans side with the attacker, as we do not allow citizens to protect themselves in the way all 49 other states do.
ReplyDeleteJust because you savages can attack innocent people here without fear of being shot, doesn't mean you can get away with it in the rest of the country. Regardless of what the attacker was armed with or how many times he got shot, if he threatened Kendle's life, he deserved to be killed.
Stop attacking random people in CCW states if you dont want to get shot! Its as simple as that.
Oh like you're children do at school?
DeleteFrom what I hvae read so far, its not close to the Trayvon Martin shooting. Trayvon attacked Zimmerman and was involved in assaulting him with force that could have been deadly (shattered his skull on the sidewalk).
ReplyDeleteByrd was sitting in a vehicle when shot, and was shot several times after exiting and attempting to hide. I've seen no report of anything done by the occupants of the vehicle that indicated a threat to Kendle. So I don't see where stand your ground applies, and its certainly nothing like the Martin shooting, which was justified by Martin's attack.
It is very tough situations when men are quarreling with each other for their skin colour. It ia important to know that every human body had red colour blood and their bodies have same parts.
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