This 67-year-old man is going to prison
In New York, a great many violent criminals with long rap sheets seem to evade incarceration for long periods of time. But this 67-year-old guy has gotten four years for a weapons violation, under the following circumstances:
A Queens senior citizen who shot dead a man who tried to rob him will spend four years in prison after admitting to toting an unlicensed revolver — as his lawyer ripped the city’s “draconian” gun laws.
Charles Foehner, 67, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal weapons possession Thursday in a deal to end his case more than two years after he fatally shot would-be thief Cody Gonzalez, who charged at him near his Kew Gardens home.
The Queens District Attorney’s Office chose not to prosecute Foehner, a retired doorman, for Gonzalez’s killing after he told cops that he’d defended himself from a mugger who lunged at him late at night holding what looked like a knife — but which turned out to be a pen.
So instead, they threatened him with a 25-year sentence for weapons possession, and he pleaded guilty in order to get only four years. As far I know, he has no prior arrests, although Gonzalez had “at least” fifteen arrests and a history of mental illness. Sounds familiar.
From Foehner’s attorney – the same one who defended Daniel Penny:
Kenniff called Foehner a “hero” who was put in an “impossible position” by what he called “draconian” Big Apple gun laws that make it difficult for “law-abiding citizens” to obtain permits to carry firearms.
“If this was a state and a city that had its affairs in order, Mr. Foehner would be getting a plaque, not a prison sentence,” Kenniff told reporters on the courthouse steps.
NOTE: Meanwhile, also in NYC, this lady skates because her case was initially assigned by Bragg’s office to a student, and then botched:
A conservative influencer who was slugged in the face by an unhinged pro-abortion crusader has accused progressive Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg of botching the case against her attacker, who won’t face charges after leaving her battered and bloodied.
Savannah Craven Antao, a 23-year-old pro-life activist, was sucker-punched by a woman while she was conducting man-on-the-street interviews in Harlem in April.
Her attacker, Brianna J. Rivers, was arrested and charged with felony assault, but Bragg’s officer later downgraded the charge to a misdemeanor — and then flubbed the “onerous” discovery requirements, leading the case to be tossed.
The victim is suing:
The suit also accuses prosecutors of refusing to refile charges as a felony and declining to pursue hate crime charges — despite evidence that Rivers’ attack “was committed in the context of her mockery of [Antao’s] Christian beliefs.”
One of the comments to the article says “I am surprised [Bragg] didn’t find a way to charge the victim.”
Here’s a clip of the attack:
Anarchotyranny.
Shut up, she explained.
NOTE: Meanwhile, also in NYC, this lady skates because her case was initially assigned by Bragg’s office to a student, and then botched:
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Doesn’t “botched” usually imply it was unintended? I doubt that here.
Eeyore (Is, Eum):
The botching may have been unintentional. It was only a misdemeanor charge and it was apparently given to some sort of student-lawyer. Long ago, I had some cases when I was a student-lawyer, and I lived in terror of botching them, which was an ever-looming possibility.
Are there any Democrats in the prosecutor trade or in the judge trade who aren’t malicious frauds?
Beyond a certain level of unidirectional incompetence, malice aforethought is the better answer.
Never attribute to incompetence what can be explained by malfeasance.
Are there any Democrats in the prosecutor trade or in the judge trade who aren’t malicious frauds?
No.
The rule of law has been turned on its head
Wright and Rossi published the definitive study on gun control and concluded the availability of guns has no effect on crime.
See here. https://www.nationalaffairs.com/storage/app/uploads/public/58e/1a4/dde/58e1a4dde8725999536402.pdf
Finally found the Wright and Rossi study on Amazon. The search engines were not very helpful.
https://www.amazon.com/Under-Gun-Weapons-Violence-America-ebook/dp/B0761XV62W
My ancestors built Kew Gardens. Back then you could defend yourself. Not today.
Muslims will be free to murder Jews under Mamdani. He won’t lift a finger any more than that P.O.S Sadiq Khan does in London.
“Charles Foehner, 67, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal weapons possession Thursday in a deal to end his case more than two years after he fatally shot would-be thief Cody Gonzalez, who charged at him near his Kew Gardens home.”
If the FPC wanted a case to challenge NYC gun permit requirement in light of Bruen, Foehner’s case would have been an excellent one, had he not plead guilty.
Be careful where you live. It matters..
I hope that the remaining good people of NYC will be safe, but they should get out. Judging by repeated election results, the majority of their neighbors are scumbags and I have not sympathy for them at all.