Man found guilty of manslaughter in death of Joe McKnight

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Man found guilty of manslaughter in death of Joe McKnight Published: Jan 26, 2018 at 02:17 PM GRETNA, La. -- The man who killed NFL running back Joe McKnight in a December 2016 road-rage confrontation was found guilty of manslaughter Friday by a jury in suburban New Orleans. Jurors began deliberations Friday afternoon in the case of Ronald Ga ser, 56. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 40 years. Defense attorneys had claimed Ga ser feared for his life when he fired from his driver's seat at McKnight, who was standing at his open pa senger-side window. Police said the death had followed a 5-mile (8-kilometer) rolling confrontation that began with dangerously aggre sive driving on a New Orleans bridge and ended with McKnight being shot as he stood outside Ga ser's car at a suburban intersection. Prosecutors didn't deny that McKnight drove dangerously before he was killed. "We do not dispute that he was driving like a jerk," A sistant District Attorney Seth Shute told jurors in closing arguments, alluding to witne s D.J. Augustin Jersey testimony that McKnight weaved in and out of traffic, cutting Ga ser and others off, at high speed. But Shute said Ga ser escalated the danger, taking McKnight's driving as a challenge. "Mr. Ga ser thought that Mr. McKnight had thrown the gauntlet down," Shute told jurors, later adding, "He followed him off the exit. That was not his exit." Shute acknowledged that McKnight had a hand on the open, pa senger side window of Ga ser's car before he was shot. But he said physical evidence proved Ga ser lied during extensive police questioning when he claimed McKnight lunged at him. He cited the lack of gun powder on McKnight's body as evidence that McKnight wasn't close to Ga ser. "Joe McKnight was not lunging," he added, citing autopsy results. "There would be a hole in his deltoid muscle if he was." Defense lawyer Matthew Goetz said Ga ser wasn't pursuing McKnight down the exit that day but simply taking an alternate route to his nearby home, having been distracted by McKnight. Ga ser did not seek a confrontation at the traffic light where McKnight exited his own vehicle and walked up to Ga ser's pa senger window. Louisiana law allows the use of lethal force by someone who believes someone entering his or her home or car Dwayne Bacon Jersey is a threat. "What do you think he was doing when he went to the window, inviting him to tea?" McKnight was considered the No. 1 running back recruit in the country when he came out of John Curtis Christian School in Louisiana in 2006. He signed with the University of Southern California, where he ran for 2,213 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 66 pa ses for 542 yards and two scores in three seasons. In the NFL, he played three seasons for the and one with the . He spent a season in the Canadian Football League, playing two games for the Edmonton Eskimos and three for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was shot Dec. 1, 2016. Ga ser never left the shooting scene and was initially freed after more than eight hours of questioning. Ga ser's release sparked protests at the time, and some said race played a role in his release. Ga ser is white and McKnight was black. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, who has since retired, angrily denied that race played any role in the case and said a thorough investigation led to the arrest. Prosecutors later recounted a painstaking effort including an extensive search for witne ses and physical evidence that eventually led to Ga ser being charged. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or Aaron Gordon Jersey contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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