Pacers Shoot Out!

True. However, ( in no way am I sticking up for him or saying he did the right thing) the other party did just try to run him over and from what I hear came pretty close to it. Now Im not sure that shooting them is the right thing to do but that is kind of along the lines of self defense to me.

Good one. LOL LOL

I would have done the same thing if somebody tried to run over me. a car can be used as a deadly weapon.

As it`s leaving the scene it`s not a threat to you any longer, therefore, you may not LAWFULLY discharge your weapon at it.

If the car was coming back at him, then yes, it represented a threat, but driving away-nope.

As for your statement that someone running away from a gunfight may be running to find cover-I personally wouldn`t want to have to attempt to make a case for self defense when I`ve shot someone in the back. The prosecutor and the police absolutely WILL judge your actions if you discharge your weapon.

Why were they there in the first place.Like I told my son many times,If you were not there it could not have happened. Seems like many sports figures are nothing more than high price thugs.
If they did not have athletic ability they would be mugging people for a living.

When Barkley said that he did not want to be a role model he said it all. May be it is long past the time when athletes are looked upon as role models. Between steroids, drugs, and just down right bad behavior very few are worth really looking up to in other way than being athletes. Why is it that we set them on pinnicles from Junior High thru professional.

Then you always have the guy that feels he has to test himself against someone like Jackson. Those guys just want to have a life and be able to do things too.
Just think about the mess that idiot with the beer caused in Detroit. Had he not attacked the Pacers none of that would have happened.

This is the IPD release to the media about the incident......Note near the bottome that IPD says that Jackson's firing of the 9mm appears to have been in self defense.

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Today, October 6th, at approximately 2:59 a.m., police were dispatched to Club Rio at W 38th Street and Gemco Lane on the report of a disturbance with shots fired. Upon arrival, they found four players from the Indiana Pacers who had been involved in an altercation in the parking lot. They were Stephen Jackson, Jamal Tinsley, Marquis Daniels and Jimmie "Snap" Hunter. The other parties involved had fled the scene. The investigation has determined so far that there was some sort of a verbal confrontation that went out into the parking lot after closing which then turned into a physical confrontation. During the fight, Stephen Jackson was struck in the mouth, causing injury and bleeding. Three black males in a 1980's GM, two-door sedan, blue in color with chrome rims, tried to run Stephen Jackson over, striking him in the leg. He reportedly went over the hood but escaped serious injury. At some point during this confrontation Jackson took out a 9 mm handgun and fired five rounds, A video from the club showed at least one shot being fired into the air, and the vehicle striking Jackson before going out of the camera view. The vehicle left the area. The three males inside were described as follows: #1 - B/M, early - mid 20's, 5'6" - 8", stocky, bald with a red and black cap with the letters BB. He goes by a street name of "Dino". #2 - B/M, mid 20's, short, thin with short hair wearing a sleeveless white t-shirt and dark pants. He has only a thumb and two fingers on each hand, and "short"-handicapped arms. He goes by the street name of "Fingers". #3- B/M, late 20's to early 30's, dark skinned, heavy set and bald. If anybody has information regarding these three individuals or their car, please contact IPD. During the course of the investigation, both Jamal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels admitted they had guns in their vehicles and gave officers permission to search the vehicles for the weapons. While searching for the weapon in Tinsley's vehicle, a very small amount of marijuana was found on the passenger side of the vehicle. There had also been three other individuals in the car with Tinsley. No arrest was made for the marijuana since it could not be determined to whom it belonged. Tinsley, Jackson and Daniels all have valid licenses to carry a handgun, so no firearms arrests were made. The investigation is on-going to determine if Jackson did indeed act in self-defense or in a reckless manner. All indications to this point indicate a self-defense motive on his part. The video tape and 911 recordings will hopefully be available Monday for release, depending on the investigators work and the prosecutor's needs. Jackson was limping however he refused medical treatment at the scene. -32-

Discharge of Firearm in city Limts....No ticket??? Selfdefence...ok i Guess!!!!!