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A man was "pulled into an argument over the NBA playoffs", eventually getting stabbed to death outside his cousin's house in Queens Village. Henry Frazier died at Mary Immaculate Hospital, and police believe Frazier may have started to altercation.
The NY Times reports that Frazier "struck [Benjamin] Dunn on the side of the head with a bottle, and punched and kicked him." Dunn ran from the scene, so Frazier chased him, only for Dunn to fight back with a razor. One man was wounded when trying to break up the fight, another person was wounded from the bottle that hit Dunn.
The Post says Dunn was charged with manslaughter, assault and weapon possession. Frazier's mother described her son, who served in the Persian Gulf War, as depressed and diagnosed with schizophrenia. Louise Frazier attributed his problems to his military service, "They teach them to kill. They don’t realize how it affects them. After he came back, he wasn’t the same.”
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I'm no lawyer, but if Frazier smashed Dunn in the head with a bottle, and then proceded to chase him, why is Dunn being charged with manslaughter/assault? At the point isn't it self defense?
#1, I'm no lawyer, but as I understand it, if you have a weapon and your attacker does not, 'self-defense' is a tougher claim. If he still had the bottle in his hand, maybe, but it sounds like he was unarmed, even though he was beating the crap out of his friend.
and this is related to the nba playoffs how?
the claim of self defense is a defense to the charge, whether it applies to these facts will be for the jury/judge to decide.
unless you are in your home, there is a duty to retreat. If the story is right, Frazier attacked Dunn, Dunn ran and Frazier chased him. Dunn then fought back with a razor. It sounds like Dunn retreated before using the razor, so he probably has a decent claim to self-defense.
The biggest problem for him will be showing that Frazier hitting him with a bottle was deadly force. Also, possession of a razor with intent to use it unlawfully against another is a class A misdemeanor in NY... so that also might pose a problem. The fact that Frazier was diagnosed as depressed and schizophrenic probably will work to Dunn's favor.
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"A man was 'pulled into an argument over the NBA playoffs', eventually getting stabbed to death outside his cousin's house in Queens Village."
The NBA is not worth getting killed over, seriously...
More and more you see the fans replicating the behavior of the players. The NBA, like rap music, fosters a culture of aggression and hate toward one another that results in thugs getting worse and worse. Usually, they kill one another.
I doubt a razor will "stab" anyone. What probably happened was a vital artery was severed by the razor, and Frazier probably bled to death.
The Gulf War was the regular season, getting slashed and bleeding to death was the NBA Playoffs.
He died for his beliefs I guess! A true basketball Shahid!