Blog 5 - Oscar Pistorius trial: Witness recounts accidental shooting in restaurant

Summary:

This article discussed a few significant events to occur in South Africa. These events were tied to Olympic star, Oscar Pistorius. The article opened up speaking of Oscar “accidentally” firing a gun under a table at a restaurant. The mishap luckily didn’t injure anyone, but the real problem came when he asked his friend to take the blame for shooting the firearm. His friend took the blame, but that seemed a little sketchy. One month after this event, Oscar was involved in another shooting. On Valentine’s Day of 2013, Oscar was accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend in his home through a locked “toilet door”. Oscar made several statements implying that it was simply a mistake and that he mistook her for an intruder. Neighbors of Oscar had given statements in court that they could hear the scream of Oscar’s girlfriend. Four shots were fired, so why didn’t Oscar realize there was no intruder after hearing his girlfriend scream after the first shot? These questions were brought up in the recent court case, but in the end Oscar Pistorius plead not guilty for murder and a firearms charge. Whether Oscar will be found guilty for premeditated murder or culpable homicide will be announced within the next few weeks. 

Analysis:

This event shows that fame and money only makes things worse. I say that because of the fact that even though Oscar is an Olympic star known as the “Fastest Man on No Legs” he still can’t be satisfied with life. No matter how much money we circulate in the world things like this will only continue to happen. This Oscar Episode is only shining more light on South Africa’s out of hand gun violence and crime rates. Residents of South Africa have reported being fearful of break-ins and various violent events such as this. Event such as these make the country or city that it took place in suffer. After hearing about violent events like these people will fear to travel and that will hurt the country greatly. We need to look at these situations and figure out a way to prevent them from happening. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/africa/oscar-pistorius-trial-third-day/index.html?hpt=hp_t3