A woman was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter for shooting through her front door and killing her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens.
Susan Lorincz, 60, a white woman was convicted in August and on Monday the judge sentenced her to 25 years… pic.twitter.com/r5ywBDFsaO
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One of the upshots of the death of George Floyd is that it is now an official part of democracy that it’s illegal to defend yourself when black people attack you.
They will put you in prison.
AP:
A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction.
Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing Ajike “A.J.” Owens, 35, by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023. She had faced a maximum of 30 years behind bars. Circuit Judge Robert Hodges opted for a slightly lesser term amid evidence that Lorincz had been abused as a child and had mental health problems.
Susan Lorincz
“The shooting was completely unnecessary in this case,” Hodges said during an afternoon hearing. “The shooting, I find, was based more in anger than in fear.”
The shooting was the culmination of a long-running argument between the two neighbors over Owens’ children playing in a grassy area near both of their houses in Ocala, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Orlando.
Prosecutors said Owens had come to Lorincz’s home after her children complained that she had thrown roller skates and an umbrella at them, which Lorincz denied. Trial testimony showed Owens, a mother of four young children, was pounding on Lorincz’s door and yelling, leading Lorincz to claim self-defense in shooting her neighbor.
Ajike “A.J.” Owens
Lorincz told detectives in a videotaped interview that she feared for her life. She also said she had been harassed for most of the three years she had lived in the neighborhood. Jurors who heard the trial evidence did not agree that the shooting was in self-defense.
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Owens’ family pushed for the maximum prison sentence after Lorincz was convicted by an all-white jury. Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, said in court Monday that she now is the sole caregiver of her daughter’s four children and that they are deeply traumatized by the killing.
An all-black jury would have let her go. That’s why the prosecution wanted a bunch of whites. You can explain that, I guess, but it’s the reality of the situation.
We’ve all seen these blacks.
Do you think this woman didn’t fear for her life?
I fear for my life when a big black bitch starts yelling at me in Walmart.
Judge sentences Susan Lorincz to 25 years in the death of her neighbor
Family of Ajike “Aj” Owens responds
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Elvis Dunderhoff contributed to this article.