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white Man, 76, to stand trial for shooting black neighbor, 13, he accused of burglary
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 42318678:MV8yMjkzOTA4XzM5MDU1MjUwXzkyNDY1Q0RD] A trial of 76-year-old white man accused of shooting to death his black 13-year-old neighbor in front of his mother is set to begin this week. Some have likened the shooting of Darius Simmons, 13, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as 'vigilantism and rogue police behavior' and similar in to the killing in Florida of Trayvon Martin. In both cases, an older man allegedly killed a black teen because the shooter believed they were suspicious. On trial: John Henry Spooner was charged with first-degree murder Police say John Henry Spooner shot Simmons last May after accusing the boy of stealing $3,000 worth of guns from his home. The teen, who had lived with his mother next door to Spooner for only a month, was taking out the trash around 10 a.m. when Spooner accused the boy of the theft and demanded he return the shotguns. [/quote]
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•John Spooner suspected Darius Simmons of breaking into his Milwaukee home and stealing guns
•Spooner confronted the teen on the sidewalk two days after the weapons were discovered missing and demanded they be returned
•When the teenager denied stealing anything, Spooner shot him in the chest whilst his mother watched
•The case has drawn comparisons to the trial of George Zimmerman
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