New Little Falls Coalition for Justice for Byron Smith - Lakeland News at Ten - February 9, 2015

[@samuelwell2930]

Glad this group came together! It’s time to stop punishing victims

[@josephlipnicki3285]

Have you read the evidence in this case?

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

@@josephlipnicki3285 I piss and shit on nick and haley's grave!

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@bimmyfrizzo3988you're a loser, much like byron

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

Byron is no victim

[@sebencopeak9839]

​@@josephlipnicki3285the thieves started it first.

[@sfbnnncmv]

🗣🎤 FREE BYRON!!!!!!!!!!!!! The (2 thugs) got what they deserve...👍🏼

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

And so did byron

[@ashleycampbelllane4758]

This guy needs to be released

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

To the bottom of the ocean

[@jeffb8562]

And it was at that moment, the 2 “teens” surrendered their will to live. They were adults. Don’t give a puck if they were 17. Have 17 year olds ever murdered someone? Pray he has a new trial. This one wasn’t fair. The judge actually did not allow the fact that his home has been burglarized multiple times in the past, into the trial.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

It's irrelevant to the MURDER

[@adamjacksonmedia]

He deserves to never be free.

[@GailLee-y2e]

You would have to be a victim of a home invasion to really understand the horrible feelings that never go away, this man deserves to be released from prison, I'm sure that the families of the perpetrators having had the same experience would understand the horror of this experience if it happened to them once and this happened to this poor man several times as least more than once by the same family. The Police department in their city is a joke and I would be seriously worry about my well being in their city as well as justice for anyone living there. Quite honestly you should move immediately.

[@RK-eo8gl]

Well Said 👍

[@brooklynfreeparking4515]

Good luck. I hope they are successful in freeing Byron Smith.

[@deborahcooper9085]

That’s because it wasn’t your child that was shot!!!! He is right where he needs to be!!!

[@chelseamunroe]

@@deborahcooper9085 those “children” were serial ROBBERS. Terrorizing this man who lived alone, stealing his medication and family heirlooms. He was angry and he was paranoid. I guess me saying “if someone breaks into my house and I’m here alone with my son, I’m going to shoot and kill them” means premeditation... well then damn I guess it would be “premeditated murder”... cause I sure as hell am not taking a chance with someone breaking into my home and not killing them making SURE the threat is gone

[@deborahcooper9085]

@@chelseamunroe he parked his truck down from his house to make it look like no one was home then he sat and waited for them with guns in the basement. No excuse. Premeditated!!!

[@chelseamunroe]

@@deborahcooper9085 okay... if I’m by myself and someone knocks on the door I don’t answer it. I don’t want people to know I’m home. I keep my lights off so people don’t bother me because I don’t like talking to people. Is me making it seem like I’m not home setting a trap for someone to rob me? Just because it appears someone isn’t home doesn’t mean you can come in.. what the hell!? My husband carries his gun on his hip at all times except for to bed when it’s in the night stand. Is that premeditating to hurt someone?? Yes if someone enters our home we do plan on killing them... I don’t see the problem with that.

[@deborahcooper9085]

@@chelseamunroe when you hear him talking to himself while waiting for them 2 to show up tells you his intentions. He could have kept them in the house and called the police. They were not armed. And besides that they were kids for petes sake. Then he waited 24 hours before reporting it.

[@brandi5730]

And I’m going to send letters to Trump administration

[@Michael-uv1gk]

"Convicted of 4 counts of murder for killing 2 Teenagers"...????

[@beewalk34]

Bless these bravr men and women. And free Byron Smith!!!! ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@CrazyLibs]

He went way over board, he planned to execute then threat or not, which they clearly weren't after first shot seeing unarmed children.

[@deborahcooper9085]

Thank you. Some people just don’t see the real issue here but the jury did didn’t they. Had it been any of these people’s kids that got killed by this unhinged man they would be seeing it a lot differently I suppose.

[@cheriaanderson5036]

He didn't. Do you know what happens psychologically when you've been robbed once? Now imagine that's your house, the one place we're you're supposed to feel safe. THEY DID IT TO HIM 11 TIMES. THE ONE PLACE YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE FROM THE WORLD. He's had enough, that's way more than catfish would've done. Criminalizing this man because he is human and flawed is ridiculous. If it were different people, different teens,, I would've understood your argument. But it's the same dumb asses who made the womb and tear it open once it heals over and over again!

[@yukithesnowman314]

Wonder if the suspects were Black would you guys be hating on Byron in the comments as much as you guys are. FREE BYRON!

[@sebencopeak9839]

Moral of the story, don't call the cops after stopping criminals.

[@lilyblu4577]

All of these ppl know the difference between what BS did & what he *should* have done. Sounds more like they're trying to blur the line between the two.

[@angelogiannattasio4315]

I would've done the same thing. Yes he planned what he would do to someone if they had broken into his home AGAIN. I'm a vet and have lived in the middle east and you develop as sense of "defense" merely for self preservation. When you have been violated you naturally think of the what should I do to protect myself and a good soldier as well as a repeated victim is going to develop a plan as well. The poor man had probably been sitting down there for days in wait, waiting to finally put an end to the unnerving waiting for the next time they come and with his own weapons. There's no doubt about it, the loss of two young lives is a tragedy but there again so is the life of a man who worked his whole life and retired only to be tortured in his own hometown. The audio is pure relief, not from waiting to kill but for waiting to no longer having to have to kill. He should be free. He sounds cold but just because he's used to handling himself professionally and matter of dactyl and in the middle east it is quite a chore to do so, doesn't make him a cold blooded killer. It makes him a survivor trying to report the facts and if you don't think most people would spit on their victim after defeating them at that very moment with adrenalin flowing as well as the enormous waves of emotion the body goes through in such a circumstance think again. You'd be surprised at how great it feels to survive an attack.

[@JET7C0]

Your comment is 4 years old, I know, but whatever - first off, he said in his police interview about his time overseas, literally, "In 20 years I had zero problems whatsoever," describing not even feeling threatened. So there goes your idea about him developing some spider-sense of self-preservation. Second, he had hours of additional recordings which were reviewed besides the ~30 min one that's been uploaded, and at one point he mutters "in your left eye" to himself, which other than honestly being creepy as fuck to say to yourself, is precisely where he shot the female victim, after he'd already shot her _four times,_ mostly in her chest according to him, when she was clearly incapacitated. Then, after he dragged her body on a tarp he just happened to have handy for the occasion, he noticed she was somehow still clinging to life, but obviously not remotely able to attack him, at which point he admitted giving her a "good, clean finishing shot under her chin and into her cranium." When she wasn't a threat at all. There's a reason that's illegal, and far separate from defending your life and/or home at that point, according to laws in this country. It's also why we have the justice system we do, so that citizens aren't allowed to decide people deserve death as a punishment for crimes not remotely worthy of that, because it's clear based on the defense of this guy by some, how quickly we could descend into unjust, extrajudicial killings.

[@1neAdam12]

@@JET7C0 Bet it sent a message to all the other little punks in that town. I say he taught everyone a valuable lesson.

[@ImGazu]

I say he would've made his house an even bigger target for vandalism if he weren't arrested and serving the rest of his miserable life in prison.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

Idiot

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@1neAdam12 He sure did period he taught everyone that if you commit murder you go to prison the rest of your life and lose everything

[@phantomrider5247]

Byron smith deserves to stay in jail for the rest of his life because he executed 2 teenagers and waited for them he’s a killer and deserves to die in jail!! Yes he was right in defending his house but not killing the teenagers!!!

[@ianpropst6281]

phantom rider what you just said is the dumbest thing I ever read. You are a stupid person.

[@phantomrider5247]

Ian Propst maybe he deserved to be rob and maybe you should join Byron in jail if you agree what he did was right!!! If it was an older person who robbed him the yea he shouldn’t be put in but they were teenagers not adults they were young and dumb but they didn’t deserve to die!!!!

[@ianpropst6281]

Just please stop making yourself look stupid.

[@KIMjB72]

phantom rider that man needs to be free he did nothing wrong ....so where were the criminals parents coked up when there criminal kids breaking in to ppl homes for over a fucking year .....if the police did their job those crooks (adults) would be alive they thought that old man was easy pray ..it was time for the CROOKS to say goodbye I'm sure the town is thinking that man for what he did ....the CROOKS parents must be shit bags to have kids that are robbers but they will never Rob any else ......NOW WILL THEY !!!!😜😜

[@KIMjB72]

phantom rider you must be kin to those 2 dead shit bags

[@markadavid5377]

You go, Beverly!

[@raynabozny6309]

Bunch of busybodys

[@mta4562]

bunch of fools. i suspect they haven't met in years.

[@margaretneanover3385]

I believe he does have more than a point. Why is this not our national news? It's not a free for all. Since this, how many teen couples were also killed? How many ways can the nation trust a guy to build embassies, then find guilt? I need to know the criteria of this. Is this a farce or a product expected from his possible knowledge about who blew those buildings up? It's about time all were talking, but not talking shitaki.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

What lol

[@Allthingsgreat1]

wtf is wrong with these people they don’t get it !!

[@paynebobbees6027]

he belongs in prison.

[@chelseamunroe]

Why..

[@ColinFlowers]

He should get a medal.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@chelseamunroe If you don't know why then you don't know anything about the case

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@ColinFlowers Great they can give him a medal, in prison where he belongs

[@lokilaufeyson3983]

Trump supporters befor they had trump to follow on twitter really used there time wisely i done tell yee what.

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

Trump is not pro gun.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

Idiot

[@charleighcairns7226]

Wow are people serioues I hope he roots in he'll for wat he done to nick and Hailey

[@1neAdam12]

How do you feel about the 1000's of White victims to senseless reggiN crime every year?

[@daviddupree7935]

You rot in hell. They got what was coming. You dont break in people's home!

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

I'd piss and shit on nick and haley's grave! Fuck them!

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@1neAdam12huh

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

​@@daviddupree7935you rot in hell. No one deserves this

[@glennweeks7176]

He had every right to shoot them but he essentially executed them...there is no excuse for his actions...

[@sergeantdef.3572]

Indeed

[@schneir5]

Yeah and he just left their dead bodies there for like an entire day, and he hid the first intruder's body so the next one would come further in where he could shoot him or her, and he literally told the police that he executed the girl. I'm totally on board with the Castle Doctrine, and I can't imagine how pissed off I would be if that happened to me, but I would definitely be smarter about it. The fact that he planned the whole thing, but couldn't even come up with a legally acceptable reason for shooting these intruders, is pretty sad to me. All he had to do was headshot, then call 911 because there was half an hour or something between when the first intruder came down the stairs and the second one did.

[@tr909love]

Shut the fuck up idiot, an intruder should be executed no matter what ! A little bit of life in the intruder can turn against you, they can play dead and get a hidden gun from somewhere and shoot you back or something !

[@chelseamunroe]

@@tr909love exactly right!! If someone enters my home I’m shooting to kill first then calling the cops! I have an infant son... if I hear someone breaking a window and entering my home... I may not be able to get to my child and even if I could there are only like five rooms to hide. The intruder would find us in moments. I wouldn’t have time to wait 10+ minutes for police to arrive. And as a woman, if I shoot a grown man in the leg or something to wound him he could keep coming at me. He could pull a concealed gun. No no if someone comes in their dead.. sorry not sorry.

[@chelseamunroe]

@Lac Parle ok but what if they have a gun in their hand how is shooting them in the foot or leg going to stop them from shooting you? Mostly people aren’t a good enough shot to shoot the gun from their hand... I am a woman and if I’m home alone with my son and someone breaks in I’m not taking no damn chances warning them I’m going to hide us both and when they come in my area, I’m gonna shoot. As many times as needed until the threat is gone. I’ll be on the phone with 911 but still I’m not going to risk them being able to shoot me or if I miss them lunge or something! This law is Bull shit. If you enter someone else’s fucking house then prepare to die I mean... why is that so hard

[@deannekliene2673]

Agreed! If they weren't breaking in they would be alive!

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

If he didn't murder them they might be alive

[@sebencopeak9839]

​@@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409 they started it first.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

@@sebencopeak9839 That's a very childish response from a very childlike person

[@sebencopeak9839]

@@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409 an inferno cannot burn without a spark. Those who spark the flame bares all the blame. The instant those criminals entered the house, they sparked a burning blaze. You can't blame Smith for extinguishing the inferno by flooding the land.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

@@sebencopeak9839 Yes I can. He is a cold-blooded murderer. He is a psychopath. He is right where he needs to be until the day he dies and then he will burn in the eternity fires of hell

[@robertblowstein7291]

free this man!

[@1neAdam12]

I met Carl ii during his cross country tour. He has the softest hands.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

To the bottom of the ocean

[@danielthao6982]

​@@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409thief supporter.

[@justincosta48]

Free Byron!!! He put up with this for so long and then he couldn't take it anymore. These 2 losers kept terrorizing him. Break in after break in and that day they walked into a death sentence

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

Free byron to the bottom of the ocean

[@brandi5730]

I’m so upset this man is in prison I’ve sent emails directly to the prison

[@brandi5730]

@Policelivesmatter * they responded back saying they agree 😉

[@1neAdam12]

Good girl.

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

We can all agree that you're a dummy

[@gunpuppy3533]

@@brandi5730really?

[@RK-eo8gl]

Byron was defending himself along with his domicile. The man was clearly pushed too far by these criminals and they chose to repeatedly return to vandalize and steal again. It is clear that Byron was very angry, stressed and fearful for his life due to being victimized. He may had overreacted when confronted by criminal #2 but he had done enough time and should be released, pronto.

[@stormsiren7207]

The fact that he's not even eligible for parole is really disturbing. There have been serial rapists, killers, and even child predators that have been given way lighter sentences. How is this man such a danger to society that we have to use our tax money to keep him imprisoned for life just because he shot some people that broke into his house? Even if he deserved some jail time for the way he did it, the no parole thing is definitely overboard in my opinion.

[@DamianRobb]

Free Bryon!

[@newaccountdoesnotequaltrol6409]

Give him a free trip to sew the titanic on that sub

[@monkey8091]

The guy crossed the fucking line! I believe in self preservation but this was not self preservation!

[@richardradice778]

He is a Goner!!!

[@adamjacksonmedia]

Yes they were burglars... but he lured them in and used unnecessary lethal force. He should never be free.

[@wteverisgud]

Lured them in?! By making it appear that nobody is home? Yeah ok.

[@markprange4386]

So when you leave home, we should feel tempted to break your window, get in your house, and take whatever we want? Is the urge to steal that acceptable to you people? Those two were accustomed to stealing. They knew what was downstairs, and wanted it. They had to go out of their way to get in his line of fire.

[@adamjacksonmedia]

@@markprange4386 "They had to go out of their way to get in his line of fire". All I can say is, as an Australian... No wonder everyone shoots each other so frequently in the US... with that attitude.

[@markprange4386]

@@adamjacksonmedia: They weren't taking a shortcut, and were just trespassing a little. The first burglar had to break a window to get in. They wanted things of his bad enough to risk getting shot to death.

[@markprange4386]

@@adamjacksonmedia: Before the time they were caught, they had been more careful about finding out if anyone was home. That's why they hadn't been killed before.