Prosecutor Blames 'Stand Your Ground' For Chiefs Rally Shooter FAIL

This is likely the most disappointing news of the week so far . . .

THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR SHIFTS BLAME ONTO GUN RIGHTS AS A GUNMAN EARNS A LIGHT SENTENCE FOLLOWING DEADLY CRIME!!!  

She did it a bit nicer than most and tried to manage media sentiment . . . 

But the reality is that a shooter involved in a deadly exchange of gunfire garnered only a TWO-YEAR SENTENCE and will probably be out of jail before Christmas. 

Personal aside . . . What galls us as Westsiders is how the family is getting played like a political prop and going along with this political chatter . . . Seems like they might have been better off ignoring elected officials and their promises in this instance. 

Meanwhile . . . In fairness, here's prosecutor's side of the story . . .  

On Tuesday, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said Miller was protected by the state’s Stand Your Ground law.

“So under Missouri law, that meant that we did not file a murder charge even though someone lost their life,” Johnson said in a news conference Tuesday. “Those conversations with families never get easier, and should not have to happen as often as they do.”

The prosecutor’s office said the number of cases they have been unable to prosecute due to the state’s Stand Your Ground laws has increased in the last several years since the latest laws were adopted in 2016.

“That is exactly why my office has been working on these issues behind the scenes, even when it doesn’t make headlines,” Johnson said Tuesday.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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