Joe McKnight’s Shooting Has NOTHING To Do With Stand Your Ground

By Bob Owens

We knew it was coming: the inevitable screaming of clueless media pundits and dimwitted politicians blaming “stand your ground” laws that none of them have bothered to read and comprehend after former NFL running back Joe McKnight was shot and killed during a road rage incident in Louisiana.

Two days after the fatal shooting of Joe McKnight, hundreds of people gathered at the Lincoln Manor Gym in Kenner to hold a vigil for the slain high school football star and NFL running back. Among the attendees were McKnight’s family, friends and former teammates, who grieved and called for unity as the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigation into McKnight’s death proceeds.

McKnight was shot dead Thursday afternoon (Dec. 1) at the intersection of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard in Terrytown in what authorities have described as a “rage rage” incident. The suspected shooter, Ronald Gasser, was released by the sheriff’s office Thursday night after questioning. Authorities say Gasser admitted to killing McKnight, but he has not been charged with a crime. At a press conference Friday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand hinted that Louisiana’s “stand your ground” self-defense law “looms on the horizon” as a potential factor in the …Read the Rest

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