[Classicvette63]

Adam, I had the misfortune of living between two mentally unstable individuals who thought they were the kings of the neighborhood and liked to bully people. I endured months of harrasment including vandalism, poisoning my dogs (thankfully they survived), the killing of a pet rabbit and posing it on top of my firepit etc. Even though I made multiple reports to the police nothing was done. In the 5 days prior to the incident, the 2 perps had 288 texts between them about how they were going to get me out of my house that day and "take care of me". The decedent stated that "he had a gun and Spencer is no match for me".

I was leaving that morning for a car show when he came running out as I was pulling out of my drive way, screaming and yelling. Words were exchanged and I started to drive away when he yelled that he was going over to kill my dogs. I stopped, not realizing he had been chasing my truck. When I got out, he was about 6 -8 ft away, closing fast and stated "I'm going to kill you". I pulled the pistol out of truck and pointed it at him at point blank range. I was cornered in the door and told him to get back. He reached in his pocket and started to pull out what I thought was a gun, so I fired. Some otter box cases for cellphones look exactly like a glock. The TV show will go into more detail about all of that. I immediately dialed 911, secured my weapon, stayed on scene etc., everything you are supposed to do.

The castle doctrine would have applied had I been away from the truck and been able to move. Since I physically couldn't go anywhere, it was a moot point. In pa, a 1st degree murder charge is a non bailable offense, so I was stuck in prison, even though the ad, never made an attempt to prove the charges. Actually he only tried to prove 3rd by the case they presented. But since the da can charge you with whatever he wants with impunity.

Unfortunately for me, the da is anti gun and was up for re election and wanted to make a splash with my case. The local police department is one of the worst in the nation, being one of the 20 investigated by the dept. of justice and told to change their ways or else. I've needed 6 major surgeries to my neck, back and shoulder while being"taken into custody" even though they admitted I did not resist at all. All from one officer who the department has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle claims against him. I couldn't sue because it wasnt caught on tape.

They tried to keep all the guns seized from my house even after my aquital. They even tried to keep my phone and other personal property until I had to have my lawyer intervene and they still jerked us around for months. Proof positive again of why you never have all of your firearms in one location.

What did I miss?