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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:02 AM Jun 2021

This guy had 50 guns ?!

Former Derry, Pa, Mayor Kevin Gross, accused of pulling a gun on 4 children, acquitted

The ex-mayor of Derry Borough was acquitted Wednesday of all charges related to a 2019 incident in which he allegedly pulled a gun on four children at a local park after a fistfight broke out.

During that incident, police said Kevin Gross pointed a loaded gun on a group of children after a fight involving his son broke out in a Westmoreland County park on April 14, 2019. He was arrested the next day and soon resigned as mayor of the borough.

According to the terms of Mr. Gross’s bail (in addition to putting up $20,000)
he had to turn over to the county sheriff firearms in his possession,
which tallied upward of 50.
Most of the weapons were collector’s items that Mr. Gross had never used, his lawyer said at the time.

In Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, a jury found Mr. Gross, 40, not guilty of simple assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment. He had previously been acquitted of aggravated assault charges.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2021/06/24/former-mayor-Derry-Kevin-Gross-acquitted-criminal-charges-park-fight-2019/stories/202106240143
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This guy had 50 guns ?! (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 OP
I'm in awe that he no_hypocrisy Jun 2021 #1
Hmmmm? What kind of privilege do we label this? Because it's certainly a privilege... brush Jun 2021 #2
The privilege of being a white guy,... with a gun,... with political connections,... doing stupid,.. magicarpet Jun 2021 #3
It's a type of privilege EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #4
Derry is the western edge of Pennsyltucky. Probatim Jun 2021 #5
So Derry is a town of idiots? lark Jun 2021 #6
"Why did I do it?" FakeNoose Jun 2021 #7

no_hypocrisy

(49,041 posts)
1. I'm in awe that he
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:09 AM
Jun 2021

1. pointed a gun
2. pointed a LOADED gun
3. pointed a LOADED GUN AT CHILDREN

and was still acquitted.

I would have gone for child endangerment and attempted murder, but hey, that's me.

brush

(57,943 posts)
2. Hmmmm? What kind of privilege do we label this? Because it's certainly a privilege...
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:11 AM
Jun 2021

everybody doesn't get.

magicarpet

(16,760 posts)
3. The privilege of being a white guy,... with a gun,... with political connections,... doing stupid,..
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:20 AM
Jun 2021

... stuff around children while waving a fucking loaded gun...

EYESORE 9001

(27,565 posts)
4. It's a type of privilege
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:20 AM
Jun 2021

not normally extended to the run-of-the-mill people who share that melanin-challenged complexion.

Probatim

(3,038 posts)
5. Derry is the western edge of Pennsyltucky.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:02 AM
Jun 2021

There was no way this guy was going to convicted of this act. My guess is that he was hailed as a hero for breaking up a fight.

lark

(24,289 posts)
6. So Derry is a town of idiots?
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:22 AM
Jun 2021

Good to know and avoid. There's a lot of places in this country to which I wont go now or in the near future - the preponderance of idiots is just too high and I won't spend my money there.

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