Raymone "Ramone" ClementsCleveland.com reports
A Cleveland man accused of shooting a dog tied to a tree in Cleveland Heights was sentenced today in federal court to almost 23 years in prison on related firearms charges.
At the end of a four-day trial in April, a jury took 45 minutes to convict the 42-year-old tattoo artist of being a felon in illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.
The two firearms charges stemmed from accusations that Clements tied a bullmastiff to a tree in a Cleveland Heights park last November and then fired four shots at the dog, striking the animal twice.
At today's hearing, Clements denied that the gun and ammunition belonged to him and blamed a friend for shooting the dog.
Clements has spent 16 years in prison for two rapes, aggravated robbery, drug trafficking, drug possession and receiving stolen property.
Maybe we should give this guy the same benefit of the doubt many people are giving George Zimmerman. After all those years in prison, perhaps he's learned his lesson. Maybe his friend really did shoot the dog. And let's face it, no one should be punished for exercising his god-given, basic-human, 2nd-amendment-protected right to own a gun.
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The better question was to ask why this man was out in circulation after two rape convictions among all those others. He should have been in permanent state custody.
ReplyDelete"The animal cruelty charges against him, misdemeanors, were later dropped in lieu of federal prosecution after police found the ammunition in his home during their investigation of the shooting."
ReplyDeleteAs is happening with Zimmerman, he received a jury trial. So he due process happened. His house, his responsibility. This case grew legs (no pun intended) because he mistreated an animal and it became a human interest story. Otherwise he would have been one of the thousand of felons not charged and put away for some quality time.
What does this have to do with Zimmerman? He's not claiming he shot the dog in self-defense, he's saying he didn't shoot the dog. And I'm guessing there's evidence to the contrary in this case.
ReplyDeleteEven the attempt to equate the two cases is pathetic.
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