DrumUltimA Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040101090_pf.html/ The 12-year-old boy had finished his homework and was playing a video game when he heard his mother cry out. Rushing to her aid, he found her on the kitchen floor, straddled by a fellow resident of their Prince George's County boarding house, the man's hands wrapped tightly around her neck, the boy said yesterday."I kept saying, 'Stop! Stop! Stop!' " the boy said, describing the events of Monday night. "But he just ignored me. He didn't stop. He just kept hurting her." The boy said he grabbed a knife and swung, slashing 64-year-old Salomon Noubissie across the neck and opening an artery. Noubissie was fatally wounded. Pretty nuts. But he was playing a video game. Chalk one up for violent video games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 That kid got balls. Bravo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 He must have been knifing his teammates after the start of a match on Counter-strike. But seriously, bravo on saving your mother, young one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 That's pretty crazy -- but still, better the 12-year old kills a person than loses his mother while having to deal with the idea that he could have done something about it his whole life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derrit Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hardcore. All the comments on the website are positive for the kid. Its good to see everyone supports his action. I doubt he wanted to, but he did what he had to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global-Trance Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Oh boy. That was rather intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 "The boy, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds" Fuck that kid is almost bigger than me...and I'm 7 years older! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCT Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The moral of the story is, don't mess with mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Zero Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 With or without the video game premise this is an admirable, and frighteningly intense, story. I could see myself doing the same thing without hesitation but I can't imagine what I'd be feeling after doing such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Samus Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I wonder how the police will handle this? I know he killed man, but it was self-defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 HUMILIATION! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I wonder how the police will handle this? I know he killed man, but it was self-defense. Technically not self-defense. The boy wasn't attacked, the mother was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Personally I think he deserves a raise in his allowance. Also, death is rarely a cause for celebration but this is a beautiful story of justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamoh Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 pwnt. 10char Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausdog Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Would I have been able to do the same thing in his situation, I wonder? Hmm. I've had those typical machismo fantasies, but I was like 5'3 and 140 and adults still seemed BIG AND SCARY so I'd make sure I was at a distance. If the kid gets in trouble, whoever got him in trouble is an asshole. Someone was going to die, and it was eighter going to be the (presumably) innocent mom or the certainly guilty chokerr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifirit Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Technically not self-defense. The boy wasn't attacked, the mother was. True, but according to the article, a defense claim can be used when third parties are violently attacked in Maryland. Also, as of the date of the article, police had not yet filed charges against the boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Faced Angel Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 If I remember my knowledge of Maryland law correctly, he will not be charged due to the fact he was protecting his mother. All stories point to the same conclusion, that he did what he had to do. And given the evidence that the man was not cooperating even though he was bleeding to death, that cements that the man was hostile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum4n After All Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 The moral of the story is, don't mess with mom. Agreed. Never mess with mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Mr. Noubissie is a noub... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninymouse Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Bravo, young one. May your heroism ring through the ages, and may you never carry the burden of guilt for too long. Death is never anything to celebrate, but that any of us would take destiny by the reins and offer our lives to save another we love is certainly the greatest deed that one could hope to be known for in years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyHunter Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'm curious to see if they ever find out why the guy went nuts. I mean, if he didn't die at the hospital, I wonder if he would've went back to normal and continued to lead a normal life... you know, assuming he doesn't get a huge prison sentence for attempted murder. I wonder how his family's doing... (Not to say I don't care about the boy and his mother, but 90% of the article is about them, so I'm not exactly curious about them anymore...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XZero Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 From a legal perspective there's absolutely no way this kid gets into any trouble. As was mentioned in the report, Maryland has a statute about a third party's actions. I don't believe any state would even bring forth charges against him. It was manslaughter definitionally speaking, but simultaneously, the actions of the boy were clearly to prevent what he and a reasonable third party would perceive to be murderous toward his mother. In the law, if a person has a truly reasonable belief that the tortious actions of an individual will in all probability result in immediate death to another, equal force, in this case force of death, can be used for the protection of the victim, whether it is yourself or another. Obviously application will vary with circumstances, but as I stated earlier, I can't conceive of any state that would pursue any prosecutorial action against the boy in this case given these facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCvgluvr Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Bravo, young one. May your heroism ring through the ages, and may you never carry the burden of guilt for too long. Death is never anything to celebrate, but that any of us would take destiny by the reins and offer our lives to save another we love is certainly the greatest deed that one could hope to be known for in years to come. Alright, spill it. Which book did you steal this from? (Lol, I kid, I kid.) (Unless, you really did quote from a book, which I'm not assuming you did...) But yeah, this kid's a hero. I don't know if I could have done the same thing...Even though my mom is the closest friend I have in the entire world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikigami Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 From a legal perspective there's absolutely no way this kid gets into any trouble. As was mentioned in the report, Maryland has a statute about a third party's actions. I don't believe any state would even bring forth charges against him. It was manslaughter definitionally speaking, but simultaneously, the actions of the boy were clearly to prevent what he and a reasonable third party would perceive to be murderous toward his mother. yeah. i think that there could be non-fatal ways to deal with him in this situation, but a 12 year old probably wouldnt even be thinking about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 wtf, how are "charges" even being considered?? Jesus. Only in this country. Guess the only way for him to remain legally safe was to let his mother die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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