JPD charged attorney Bradley Wellborn with two counts of aggravated assault last week after he shot two intruders on his rental home on Cedarhurst Drive. He said he shot one of the intruders after he pulled an asp on the lawyer. Mr. Wellborn explains his side of the story in an interview with WLBT. The interview is posted below.
Kingfish note: What JPD is probably looking at is Mr. Wellborn received a call and went to the property. It was a vacant rental property he was renovating, not an occupied home. Of course, Mr. Wellborn will counter the brandishing of the asp was a credible threat and he had a right to protect himself.
Prediction: Charges eventually dropped.
47 comments:
Yep you made 4 mistakes indeed:
1) Being white
2) In Jackson
3) Shooting minorities
4) In self defense
LMAO. JPD claiming Mississippi doesn't have stand your ground.
He’s an idiot for doing press releases
God help anyone who owns property in Jackson. LOL and the insurance companies that insure them....wink wink .
And here I thought we had a resourceful criminal arming himself with a poisonous snake (asp).
Free Bradley. He wasn't doing nothing.
What will it take for people to learn they do not need to be in Jackson? The man had every right to protect his property. I do wonder how many times the Jackson police have received complaints and filed charges about the people who were attempting to steal from the man. It wasn't the man's duty to retreat. It was his property. We have too many people wanting the law abiding citizens to give up their weapons. Most of the time those who want to disarm the citizens have armed themselves or have armed people to protect them. If there is anyone who still thinks the law abiding citizen should give up their guns they should give up their guns and get rid of the armed guards.
The DA will drop these charges, but probably not before the maximum outrage and newsworthiness is extracted. Some cops at the Res have little understanding of the law, it’s a shame it’s not confined to the JPD.
Abandon Jackson.
Done right - Shooting and hitting target
Done wrong - Leaving one un-shot, and calling the Nap Squad
What a dumbass for doing this interview. Talk about an advertisement for not using this guy as an attorney.
@10:12a the people he shot were also white. Idiot
@10:12 I thought the guy he shot was white.
@12:17 PM - you are the idiot. The point that he was making is that white folks don't get the same treatment from JPD and the DA when they use a gun as do other Jackistan residents.
@10:12, fifth mistake was investing in Jackson.
If I remember right a while back a man living in Jackson shot a man through the window of his house. The man he shot was outside of his house. I think there was another man who shot a person through his front door. Does anyone know if they were arrested or charged?
@12:22 the listed #3 “shooting minorities” to back up their claim . So being poor and white makes one a minority now?
Sounds like another reverse race baiter!
An ASP is 100% a "deadly weapon."
Doesn't really matter what led up to it being pulled, the instant a deadly weapon gets pulled, it's justifiable to fire in self defense.
KF ad you clarify? Mississippi castle law only applies to a home that an individual currently occupies, not a rental property. Nonetheless, he would not be facing charges in another metro city. I got that.
JPD has 4 detectives for major crimes. Most of the good ones have left, so they are promoting whoever will take the job. At one time they had at least 40 detectives across all divisions. Just another example of how Chokwe has neutered JPD, and Capitol PD needs to take over.
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
Bunch of wannabe, non-lawyers in here who don't know the law or understand how it works. Big, huge difference between defending yourself in an occupied dwelling vs going out and confronting someone.
I can't imagine a licensed attorney doing the following (in Jackson) after shooting someone:
1) Talking directly to the police.
2) Doing a TV interview.
This guy needs to get some continuing education in criminal law.
I was told by a former JPD officer that had moved into state law enforcement that the Jackson Police Department became corrupted in the 1990’s when then Mayor Kane Ditto hired D.C. Deputy Police Chief Jimmy Wilson.
There’s an idiom about a Fox and a Chicken Coup that can teach us all we need to know about the Jackson Police Department.
I love the fact that the police were looking for shell casings in the front yard when the man told him the shooting took place in the shed AND he had already given the weapon used, a REVOLVER!
12:48. awesome!
yeah-his two mistakes were not shooting to kill and leaving the other alive
Insulting JPD wins him no favors with the DA.
Rewarding bad behavior NEVER works!!!!! Disrespecting our laws and desecrating the property of good tax paying citizens by anyone, homeless or not, is immoral bad behavior and cannot be tolerated!!!!
Self-defense. Property owner with right to go to his own property when notified of intruders; 2 people on property that was not theirs, with no good or justifiable intent;1 brandishing a weapon. Charges should be dropped.
LOT OF MISINFORMATION IN THESE COMMENTS.
Let me clear it up.
1. Castle doctrine not applicable here- not his residence or vehicle.
2. Defense of property theft not applicable- no justification to shoot in
and of itself
3.In order to lawfully shoot, he must have feared and demonstrated that he was sublect to imminent bodily harm or death from the shootee.
No. 3 will be the sole issue at his trial
This lawyer needs Lawyer. Not the Lawyer Mayor who knows the law, but a Lawyer.
April 24, 2023 at 12:22 PM
Somebody gets it.
Cops probably mad they didn’t get to shoot the crooks.
I agree the trajectory of Jackson is bad and gotten worse under the current mayor. I hope you ‘abandon Jackson’ people live out of state. If you live in the Jackson suburbs the decline of Jackson is bad for you too. No one in other parts of the country are impressed that you live in a nice suburb. To everyone else you are from the same failing city as those of us who live in Jackson. And in the grand scheme of things they’re right. Based on his recent statements I’d say Governor Reeves agrees.
I’m to the point of giving up after 30 years. I will not be moving to Madison or Rankin County. If Jackson’s problems aren’t improved they will be moving in those directions. I’ll be moving far away.
Kingfish is as stupid as some of the rest of you, including the cop who advised the man that this was not his primary residence, but a rental.
The right to self protection, even the castle doctrine, does not begin and end at the doorstep of your primary residence.
April 24, 2023 at 12:17 PM
I'm sorry buttercup would perhaps I should have used the right nomenclature "underserved population". Perhaps you'd like I address you by the right pronouns as well?
12:38 - You could not be more wrong. Also applies to your vehicle, even if a rental. Also applies to a hotel room, or any other place you happen to be sheltered or inside. Give up Perry Mason, Leftenant Tragg.
"KF ad you clarify? Mississippi castle law only applies to a home that an individual currently occupies, not a rental property. Nonetheless, he would not be facing charges in another metro city. I got that." Not all sections are included due to limited symbol space.
§ 97-3-15. Homicide; justifiable homicide; use of defensive force; duty to retreat.
(1) The killing of a human being by the act, procurement or omission of another shall be justifiable in the following cases:
(f) When committed in the lawful defense of one's own person or any other human being, where there shall be reasonable ground to apprehend a design to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury, and there shall be imminent danger of such design being accomplished;
(2) (a) As used in subsection (1)(c) and (d) of this section, the term "when necessarily committed" means that a public officer or a person acting by or at the officer's command, aid or assistance is authorized to use such force as necessary in securing and detaining the felon offender, overcoming the offender's resistance, preventing the offender's escape, recapturing the offender if the offender escapes or in protecting himself or others from bodily harm; but such officer or person shall not be authorized to resort to deadly or dangerous means when to do so would be unreasonable under the circumstances. The public officer or person acting by or at the officer's command may act upon a reasonable apprehension of the surrounding circumstances; however, such officer or person shall not use excessive force or force
#####(c) As used in subsections (1)(e) and (3) of this section, "dwelling" means a building or conveyance of any kind that has a roof over it, whether the building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, including a tent, that is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night, including any attached porch;
(4) A person who is not the initial aggressor and is not engaged in unlawful activity shall have no duty to retreat before using deadly force under subsection (1) (e) or (f) of this section if the person is in a place where the person has a right to be, and no finder of fact shall be permitted to consider the person's failure to retreat as evidence that the person's use of force was unnecessary, excessive or unreasonable.#####
@12:38 No it is not limited to just the residence you occupy.
Mississippi Law
Mississippi has a stand your ground law that removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force in defense of oneself or another as long as the person is not the initial aggressor and is in a place they have a right to be. 2 Mississippi law also states that “the killing of a human being” is justifiable “in resisting” certain property crimes.
He’ll walk, just like the guy in KCMO. The JJ lawyers on here defending criminals will once again be left hurt and confused.
Lots of bleeding hearts/sob sisters on here today defending two low life criminals.
At first I wondered if the meth head and woman made this attorney out to be the aggressor: a vigilante who was not threatened but decided to confront and bust some caps on "mostly peaceful" trespassers out of frustration.
But reading the attorney's description of events, the detective sounds exceptionally lazy... even for Jackson.
So, I must conclude the attorney must have offended the detective somehow, and this turned into a case of, "You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride."
I do think charges will be dropped eventually but maybe not before some expense and impact to the attorney.
Bradley, stay strong, you’ll win this. Sell your rental property and if your primary residence is in the city of Jackson, sell it too and get out of the sanctuary city for criminals.
I hope he moves into my neighborhood. Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money.
Castle doctrine or not, the right to self defense travels with you wherever you are. Not saying it is or isn’t the case, but the mere fact that he was at a rents property does not render him totally unable to defend himself. Even the duty to retreat outside the castle doctrine is not unlimited. The only question is whether retreat was possible.
I support Bradley absolutely and unconditionally. It seems very unlikely that this case would ever get to a jury, but I suspect even Jacksonian jurors would not convict him under the circumstances. That said, all of his comments are correct, but even so maybe not the best strategy. But credit to him for letting the public know how ridiculous JPD is. Now we get to see how ridiculous the Hinds County DA is. I expect someone with a brain will dismiss these charges.
"The only question is whether retreat was possible.April 25, 2023 at 1:28 PM"
No...That's NOT the ONLY question. In fact, it's not a question at all, since duty to retreat is not relevant to the circumstance.
There is no duty to retreat when one is (a) faced with the wielding of a deadly weapon, or (b) in fear for his personal safety or, in fact, his life.
That anyone would assert that one must have proof of Quit Claim to the location of the self defense to legally avoid murder charges is upsetting.
I hope 12:38 is not a layer that passed the bar.
I’ve known this guy my entire life. Went to school with him. I know nothing about the law, nothing about the details of this case. I do know that Bradley as I knew him isn’t the kind of person to just shoot someone without what I’m his mind is self defense or “probable cause” if you will. He may be a dumbass for this decision, and arrogant as hell for the way he has handled it publicly, but not a malicious person. Also not prejudiced, which is more than I can say for 99% of the rest of the people I grew up with.
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