Miln (allegedly) once attacked Douglas w/shovel.
DeShwan Douglas went home yesterday after he posted a $75,000 bond. The Rankin County Sheriff charged Douglas with first degree murder in the shooting death of Chris Miln.
The two men were neighbors in adjacent duplexes on Brendalwood Lane in the Bay Park neighborhood at the Reservoir. They have had a history of confrontations. Douglas once filed simple assault charges against Miln and obtained a restraining order against him (which had expired).
The ghost of Big Lee apparently visited Brendalwood on December 28. Video shows a screaming match erupted between the two men. The 54 year-old Miln went on Douglas's property several times. Douglas is 18 years old. The two men got into a fight that was broken up by a witness.
The video ends with the two men wrasslin' on the ground. Douglas (allegedly) shot him Miln four times.
Rankin County Court Judge Kent McDaniel set bond for Douglas at $75,000. Douglas posted bond yesterday. Judge McDaniel ordered Douglas to stay away from the Miln family. Douglas can not reside "at or near the scene of the crime." Douglas must wear an ankle bracelet. He must hold a job and can't possess any firearms.
The District Attorney will present the case to the grand jury for further action. Douglas's attorney, Scott Gilbert, issued the following statement.
Shawn Douglas did what many of his fellow Rankin Countians would have done when Christopher Miln violently attacked him on December 28. Shawn and his family had been victimized by Miln’s threats of violence for months. These threats were not only directed at Shawn, but at his 13-year-old baby brother. The publicly available video evidence from December 28 is clear. Shawn walked away from Miln, just like he had done several times before. For reasons known only to Miln, he finally decided to make good on his threats and he violently attacked Shawn, grabbing Shawn from behind, wrapping his arm around Shawn’s neck and wrenching downward in an effort to cut off Shawn’s ability to breath.
Shawn and his family had taken every available step to protect themselves from Miln over the months leading up to Miln’s violent attack on Shawn. In early October, Shawn filed charges against Miln for assault in Justice Court after Miln, brandishing a shovel, threatened to attack Shawn. The case was remanded, and Miln was not prosecuted but he was ordered to have no contact with Shawn. The police had also tried to deal with Miln in the past after being called by Shawn’s mother. Despite Miln’s best efforts, neither Shawn nor his family ever allowed Miln to provoke them into a physical altercation. On December 28, Miln, as he had threatened, violently attacked Shawn.
Every Mississippian has both an inherent and a legal right to use deadly force to defend themselves from someone who is attempting to cause great personal injury. Shawn’s actions on December 28 were reasonable under the circumstances. Even though Shawn was able to momentarily free himself from Miln’s lethal grip, there was nothing preventing Miln from continuing to pursue his attempt to injure Shawn. While Miln’s death is tragic, it was the legally justifiable consequence of his violent attack on Shawn and the certainty that Miln would continue to escalate his violent behavior until Shawn or a member of his family were eventually killed.
My team is working to collect evidence and interview witnesses. We intend to present the evidence to the court and the District Attorney at Shawn’s bond and preliminary hearing on January 5, 2021. We are confident that once all the facts are known, everyone will agree that Shawn is not a danger to the community and that he should be released from custody while the investigation runs its course.
Kingfish note: $75,000 bond? That low amount indicates there may not be a strong case against Douglas or the authorities don't think he is a threat to public safety.
49 comments:
It could be as simple as self defense. If so, let him go. A man has the right to defend himself.
Jury will convict of lesser included offense.
there's a strong case for self-defense though...
Why does he have to stay away from his house? Especially if this was self-defense. It's completely disrupting his life not to mention the financial burden of bond and a lawyer.
Just imagine the National protests if a white man shot and killed a black man then was released
Anyone see the thug’s wife whining to the media that her thug husband didn’t deserve to die. I’m sure she’s just waiting to sue someone since she can’t accept her husband was the problem.
white boys better learn to show some respect to your superiors.
Even Bryan Bailey and DA Bubba took the knee.
I have been an advocate for not convicting all cops when there are questionable shootings and racial implications in the media.
So I have no problem with this young man being released and awaiting his day in court.
I hope all the facts are presented fairly and justice is served.
That said, based on the overtly racist comments on other social media outlets from both skin colors...very few people care about justice anymore and only want revenge based on blind hate.
So that’s what happen. HMM
Imagine if your neighbor attacked your 18 year old son.
Restraining order expired and the neighbor clearly was undeterred by the legal path.
Damn right this guy was a threat. What adult wrestles his neighbor to the ground.
If the kid hadn’t shot this guy, the kid would be the dead one.
Vote to acquit. Put me on his jury.
Somehow that guy got the best criminal defense lawyer in town.....he’s a lucky guy who must have a serious rainy day fund.
Gilbert is for real.
Didn’t white dude already have a restraining order against him? If I was being harassed and was carrying the outcome would be the same. I’m the words of MSU: don’t start none, won’t be none.
So at some point Douglas does the right thing and gets the authorities involved and Miln is charged with simple assault (presumably a restraining order is in place). Some time later Miln is seen on video trying to provoke a confrontation with Douglas and even chases Douglas down and initiates a fight. Douglas shoots Miln. Douglas is charged with Murder? Was he supposed to wait for the authorities each time Miln attempted to initiate a confrontation? Restraining orders and simple assault charges are worthless in situations like this. They are a after the fact remedy and do nothing to help the victim in the event the attacker doesn't care about the law.
No justice, no peace!
12:08 - Victim/next door neighbor's name was in the block ad of the funeral home this morning. The Judge may have been acting in his best interest. Wouldn't be a safe place when the mourners came back to the house after the funeral.
Hopefully he makes it to trial. Those terms are entrapment. Who’s going to hire this young man in Rankin County after this?
@1:00pm - Getting some free advertising in eh Gilbert?
12:27 PM respect is a two way street. I don't bow down to anyone except for God.
I’d have shot Miln too. Self defense
55 year old Rankin county old white man
I hope I get selected for the jury. Acquit!
So the killer went inside, got a gun, then returned and shot the man in the back? Self defense? Wasn't the threat over when the killer went into his own house?
It the man was outside in his own yard calling the killer names, that is covered under the freedom of speech amendment.
ALL of the above statement is based on what I heard, not what I know.
I'm sure the other people that live there are glad both of those guys out of the neighborhood, regardless of how it happened. I would be.
@2:06 - If only they had an HOA. If they did, this would’ve never happened and “property values” would be preserved /s
@1:00 pm. Been practicing criminal defense in metro area for 17 years... Never heard of Gilbert. Any lawyer can be great if the facts are on their side.
@2:01 PM - clean off your glasses and look at the video again. His gun was in his sweat pants all long.
" If only they had an HOA "
That's funny.
I thought HOA's was a requirement for all Rez hoods.
BTW, what happened to that HOA "dictator" president that tried to hurt little kids on jet skies by casting grappling hooks at them when they passed by her pier ?
Oh wait, I think that was on the Madison side.
3:25 pm
Now you have
12:42 PM
Welcome to Mississippi.
All this bullshit about 'his home' and 'the boy can't get a job in his home town'. For God's sake, the boy is a resident of Vicksburg, a punk there and a punk here. Nothing matters other than this: The tussle was over when the punk went and got a weapon and shot the deceased four times. End of trial. Parchman bound.
Didn't he run after the shooting? Didn't they have a big manhunt to find him?
Good luck with that self-defense defence.
He would be a free man if he was white. Miln was clearly the aggressor in the video. He played stupid games and got a stupid yet justified prize. Lot of people having a hard time understanding self defense isn't just for white folk.
4:20
Your info makes sense as to why the charge of Capital Murder was made and not self-defense.
If he broke free, obtained a weapon, returned to the scene and then shot the redneck, he's in deep shit.
The shooter does not own any property in Rankin County Mississippi, what was he protecting to kill another human being. The whole situation is sad! Just killing and giving money to the Justice System. Sad, Sad, and senseless.
Someone commented on another article about the Rental units now in this subdivision.
Of the 19 addresses recorded on that one street per Rankin Tax Records, only 5 get homestead exemption. 3 units are listed as owned by Companies. Tax with Homestead exemption is roughly 500.00. Non Homestead taxes average around 1300.00 per unit.
The victims wife, stated they had just moved there last May. Trulia shows the Address being sold in may for 125k after being listed & reduced several times in Nov 2019 for 140k.
Local & National news show video of protests at the Rankin Courthouse.
https://www.wlbt.com/2021/01/04/deputies-release-teenager-jail-amid-growing-concerns-murder-charge-was-excessive/
75k bind? Damn McDaniel, why even have a murderer post any money if you are going to set the bond so low.
4:48 Lot's of stupid prizes have been handed out in Jackson this year -- approx 130.
The owner's insurance of the rental homes are the one's who's gonna payout when this is said-and-done.
most properties in brendalhood are rentals, same for bay park duplexes adjacent to it.
No, no hoa.
Can't wait for the newly approved by prvswd liquor store to open across the skreet and potential for pot dispensary in proximity just down the walkin trail! Yippee!
But someone said Phil Bryant lives in this hood!
Amazed by the number of Bubble-Heads still talking about prior restraining orders and who appeared to have escalated an argument into a wrestling match - While the Bubble-Heads have no clue as to the prosecutions strategy....which will be, "The tussle was over. The two were separated. The black guy either drew or went and got a pistola and emptied it into the white guy".
If the boy takes the stand, the question will be, "Why did you shoot this man four times?" And his answer will be, "Er-Ah, I ran out of bullets?"
I keep seeing on this article & others, the "No Contact Order" by Justice Court referenced. Per one of the Justice Court Judges in our County, 2 years ago in 2018, she said a Justice Court issued Restraining/No Contact Order was only valid for Seven (7) days. Anything longer & we would have to retain an Attorney & go through Chancery Court. This was due to Criminal complaints, NOT Domestic.
Even though some acts occurred in the County, she said because we were just within the City Limits of a small town, she couldn't issue an order nor could we file any charges because due to our legal Residence, we would have to go through the Town Municipal Court.
The town is under State Audit, The 15 year Town Clerk is gone, the Mayor resigned, the Entire 15+ Roster Police dept + part time officers gone, 6 year Court Clerk gone, Municipal Judge gone, the Prosecutor is also Board Attorney, still there. The Water Dept Manager gone. And ALL Police & many financial records missing.
then did lawyers from the watkins and eager firm start handling criminal cases?
big civil law firms like W & E, that engage in corporate and insurance defense usually never get their hands dirty with something as sordid as this.
and the reason is simple....money. no-one get s rich representing the likes of this defendant.
wanna know what really happened-after the wrestling match, miln charged the victim who reached into his pants and pulled a gun and started shooting. the bullet placement of several in front, one in the side, and one in the back is consistent with this narrative.
case closed. self defense shooting. not even a civil trial can get the miln family any money with that narrative.
So many factors in a homicide. What we think matters not.
Videos never show everything. Does the DA want a conviction?
Got to see how the Grand Jury turns out. We all have the right to due process.
White older troublemakers and youths actions after they wrestled I assume is key. What were the the guys doing who pulled them apart, if that occurred, was white fat guy attacking, was he backing off, when was the 'gangster carried handgun' displayed, the cadence of firing, did he finish him off him at the end. Do not know enough to say the kid can prove he risked serious injury or death.
Would have greatly helped himself sticking around and winning the race to call 911. But leaving could be downplayed.
Should have gone inside and locked the door, much easier to claim self defense in castle law, after a forced break in.
With the reputation of rankin county police and its citizenry, I don’t blame the young man for running if that’s what happened. Kingfish and the like posting lock and load messages and every redneck in Rankin itching to join the mob justice would have me running for my life too.
8:49 - You were a witness, right?
This young man has a good case for self-defense. The manic idiot with a history was the aggressor. It's unfortunate that we can't hear the conversation/audio in the video.
Some of y'all need to be color blind while analyzing the video.
Lord Steffey, our Most Mighty "Legal Expert," has spoken: https://www.wlbt.com/2021/01/05/legal-expert-first-degree-murder-charge-against-teen-not-excessive/
12:06 - You can watch the video and analyze it forty-three times, but you will never see the physical altercation or the shooting. The 'manic idiot's' history is irrelevant. What's unfortunate is the fact that you actually believe your theory but have zero video to back it up, and you were not a witness. Please sit this one out.
A general comment, if the DA prevents a indictment, cuts the kid loose, it helps keep the 'Rebel' facing west downtown for another few years. Since real issues are beyond the political system to solve symbolism is a great diversion.
The white guy in wife beater and shorts was not loveable anyway.
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