Gay on trial for killing man by throwing him in front of a car

This guy throws a drunk man out of the bar- and the bar happens to be close by the road- and a car was coming by?

I think everyone is entitled to protect his loved ones from drunks, but dragging him out of the bar, and throwing him in the street and having him run over seems at a minimum to be manslaughter.



Was it an accident or murder?

A former University of North Carolina football player is on trial for second-degree murder, accused of dragging a man out of a Charlotte bar and throwing him in front of a moving car in March 2012.



The defense claims that Kenan Gay, 23, was only trying to protect his girlfriend – now his wife – from harassment. Chris Fialko, Gay’s attorney, said the death of Robert Kingston, 30, was a tragic accident.

“The fellow was putting his hands on my client’s girlfriend,” Fialko said. “My client was trying to get him off of her. He threw him out the door and unfortunately and in an unlucky way, it was right near the road.”

Gay is pleading not guilty. Jurors being selected today will most likely hear that Kingston was drunk with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit, according to police reports.

But jurors will also hear from Alan Cole, the owner of Ed’s Tavern, the bar where the fight occurred.

Gay didn’t pause, Cole said. He “ran straight with the gentleman toward the sidewalk, stopped at the end of the sidewalk and tossed him into the street,” Cole said.

 

http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Attorneys-Law-student-didnt-push-man-into-cars-path-142724045.html

 

I don't think that there is any excusing what the drunk dead guy did- and I agree that Gay was well within his rights to protect his GF by throwing him out of the bar or more- but I haven't seen many bars in the U.S. where I could throw someone out of the bar- across the sidewalk and out onto the street.

If what the bar owner said was correct, it was probably manslaughter- Gay didn't intend for the guy to get killed, but probably got carried away and threw him into the street- where he was run over.

Complicated case. Too bad there doesn't appear to have been cameras on the outside of the bar to confirm what happened.

 

Why hasn't this thread been shut down yet? It violates the rules by failing to provide a source link. Other threads that violate thread creation guidelines are shut down, and somehow this one gets a pass? I'm just asking for fairness, mods.

 

Hmmmm I thought I did put a link in- glad to do so now

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...ng-arguments-begin-in-kenan.html#.U4oxD_ldWqI

http://abcnews.go.com/US/bar-brawl-ends-murder-trial-unc-football-player/story?id=23892561

 

Well played sir. Very well played!

 

Thanks. Having read the article, I have to wonder if the defense attorney will make the case that the victim bears some responsibility for what happened because he was drunk in public and his level of intoxication (nearly 4 times the legal limit) rendered him unable to keep his footing or maintain an awareness of his surroundings. I already despise the prosecutor trying to make it about "did Kinston deserve to die". It isn't even about whether or not he deserved to die. There are so many innocent people in our prisons because of dishonest prosecutors and this is yet another one.

 

My argument was fixing to say he probably called him a slur which caused that, then I thought about how most of them are non violent so it doesn't make sense. Clever

 

"Them"? Gay is his last name, not his sexual orientation.

 

Just think how confusing it would have been if the drunks name was 'Strait'

 

Gay has my vote.