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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:13 AM Jul 2020

Gay Firefighter Killed After (alledgedly) Flirting With Straight Couple

According to his statements to Memphis Police, Carlton Wells, 25, waived his Miranda right to remain silent and freely confessed to the murder. He told police he was sitting with Danielle Mack, 39 (his girlfriend) in a rented car in Kennedy Park, a well-known gay cruising area, when Mack Bond, 58, parked alongside them.

Wells claims Mack Bond propositioned the couple for sex, which made Wells feel uncomfortable so Wells shot the firefighter multiple times. Bond died at the scene.

Following the shooting, Danielle Mack drove the car to the Memphis Airport Avis where it had been rented. She exchanged it for a new car, claiming the one used in the murder had transmission problems.

Currently, there are no laws in effect in Tennessee that would prevent Wells from using the gay panic defense, which claims the victim's sexuality is to blame for triggering an asssailant's blind rage. The discredited legal tactic has been banned outright in 11 states according to The LGBT Bar.

https://www.out.com/crime/2020/7/22/gay-firefighter-killed-after-flirting-straight-couple

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Gay Firefighter Killed After (alledgedly) Flirting With Straight Couple (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 OP

names seem mixed up in that??? Kali Jul 2020 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author secondwind Jul 2020 #2

Thanks. Correction made left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #3

I sort of figured it out due to the two "Macks" Kali Jul 2020 #4

My fault left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #5

yet another self centered hetrosexual made them selves judge, god joury and exocutioneer. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #6

The couple went to a 'gay cruising area' left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #7

they are both POC Kali Jul 2020 #8

Sounds like they were not from there FreeState Jul 2020 #9

Kali

(55,735 posts)

1. names seem mixed up in that???

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:30 AM

Jul 2020

reads like the victim that died at the scene returned rental car for new one

or something?

Response to Kali (Reply #1)

secondwind This message was self-deleted by its author.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. Thanks. Correction made

Reply to Kali (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:44 AM

Jul 2020

victim - Mack Bond
Danielle Mack returned rental car for new one

Kali

(55,735 posts)

4. I sort of figured it out due to the two "Macks"

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:47 AM

Jul 2020

but the first read was really confusing.

strange story

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

5. My fault

Reply to Kali (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:17 PM

Jul 2020

I was trying to condense a lengthy article into size for DU.

AllaN01Bear

(23,039 posts)

6. yet another self centered hetrosexual made them selves judge, god joury and exocutioneer.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:24 PM

Jul 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. The couple went to a 'gay cruising area'

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 01:01 PM

Jul 2020

I think they were hunting someone to kill.

Kali

(55,735 posts)

8. they are both POC

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 01:47 PM

Jul 2020

and she is not classically feminine, and older than him

lots of wierdness

FreeState

(10,692 posts)

9. Sounds like they were not from there

Reply to Kali (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:14 PM

Jul 2020

And likely didn’t know they were in a park known for cruising. Not sure that her appearance or that they are POC have to do with any of it if anything. Comments just as odd as the story to me...

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