Tenn. woman busted after pointing gun at black man asking for a cigarette from 10 feet away

[SecularMotion]

A 67-year-old Tennessee woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after drawing her gun on a black man authorities said posed no threat to her, WTVF-TV reported.

“I have never been so afraid of anything in my whole life I don’t think,” Sherry McLain said of the encounter in a Walmart parking lot last weekend. “This guy is the bad guy and I’m the one in handcuffs walking away.”

According to the Murfeesboro Daily News Journal, security footage shows 52-year-old James Crutchfield walking past McLain and turning toward her, but not behaving toward her in a threatening manner.

McLain has insisted that Crutchfield approached her even after she drew her handgun and told him to stop. But the footage actually shows him backing away from her with his hands up before approaching another woman, Diane Miller, and telling her to call the police before running into the store. WTVF reported that Crutchfield never got within 10 feet of McLain during the encounter.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/tenn-woman-busted-after-pointing-gun-at-black-man-asking-for-a-cigarette-from-10-feet-away/

[Eleanors38]

1. Seems relevant in the AA group. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. Its not relevant here?

How about if she actually shot him?

[Eleanors38]

4. The OP mentions (at least) her race, so he seems to think a racial issue is involved...

The threat posed by the woman could have come by way of her car or a knife.

There IS just the slightest possibility that the OP is trying to link gun-owners -- esp here in DU, given the group posting he/she chose -- with racist actions. If that is the case, this group is inappropriate. Please note the OP'S title.

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. Do you think cops do not use race when its not a racial issue?

and YES the article says it was a racial issue.....why else would that lady point a gun at him all random like that?

[Eleanors38]

7. This is not a "cops" group. In fact, it is not a group whose purpose is racism issues...

Since the issue is "racial" then what qualifies it for GCRKBA over, say, a dozen other groups? Instrumentality?

Certainly, racism comes up from time to time, as when discussing Jim (large, raucous black bird) laws, discrimination against minorities when seeking gun permits in some localities, and the histories of the Deacons for Defense, Robert Williams, etc. But this is not generally considered a group or Forum for discussing racism.

Unless an axe is being ground.

[stone space]

3. She's still claiming to be the victim here in the video. (nt)

[gwheezie]

6. Why would a responsible gun owner act like that?

Seriously, this must be one who fell through the cracks. I am positive the 2nd does not cover this as a right to pull a gun because someone spoke to you.

[Eleanors38]

8. Actually, she did fall through the cracks, and the 2nd doesn't protect her criminality.