Dad in "custody battle" shoots mom in head; pleads guilty to wanton endangerment and gets 5 years (Charleston, West Virginia)

Outrageous. Still more proof of how abusive fathers are coddled by the authorities. Once again, we have a violent dad, CHADWICK EMMANUEL TAYLOR, who repeatedly terrorized his 2-year-old child and his ex, the child's mother. True to form, his abuse extended into a "custody battle" over the child, which of course is just another way to terrorize the mother (through the courts). And then Daddy finally shoots Mom in the head while she's sitting in a car, like some sort of bloody executioner. Miraculously, the mother lives. But for some reason, the authorities dropped the attempted murder charges and let Daddy plead guilty to wanton endangerment. For that, he gets FIVE FREAKING YEARS in jail. AND WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT'S A MILE LONG. And of course, he gets all kinds of BS excuses."Upset" over his son? My @$$.

http://www.dailymail.com/policebrfs/201201310220

Wednesday February 1, 2012
Young father gets 5 years for domestic shooting

by Cheryl Caswell
Daily Mail staff
Charleston Daily Mail

A Charleston man who shot a woman in the head in a domestic dispute pleaded for mercy in court Tuesday but will spend five years in jail for what the judge termed "an intentional, violent crime."

Chadwick Emmanuel Taylor, 23, of Charleston turned and looked pointedly at his victim and then bowed his head and said, "Oh man, oh man."

After the hearing, Lydia Spencer, who suffered a bullet wound to the head while sitting in a car, said she wished Taylor could have been put behind bars for longer.

Taylor was arrested after the June 11 shooting and indicted on charges of attempted murder, malicious wounding and five counts of wanton endangerment. He pleaded guilty to one count of wanton endangerment, which carries a maximum five-year penalty, and the other charges were dropped.

Spencer and Dianah Thompson, the mother of Taylor's 2-year-old child, said Taylor repeatedly terrorized them.

Thompson, who is in a relationship with Spencer, said, "He has no remorse that he shot her, only that he got caught and he got time.

"I never was involved in any gun activity of any kind, I never even saw a gun except on TV," said Spencer, who suffered some nerve damage from the incident. "I can't believe I got put in that predicament. But I was lucky."

Thompson said she has been embroiled in a custody battle with Taylor. Spencer said he came to her home earlier in the day prior to the shooting, angry and brandishing a gun. He left, and police were not called.

But in the early morning hours of June 11, she said she was in a vehicle with her cousin, Kareem Hunter, that pulled over near the intersection of Virginia and Elm Streets. Spencer saw Taylor pull over behind them, jump out and start shooting.

Taylor's attorney, Duane Rosenlieb, told the judge the man didn't act rationally because he was upset about his son.

"This had been a running dispute over Mr. Taylor's child," he said. "And it built, and built and built to the point where these events transpired."

Rosenlieb said Taylor was an abused child in a family that included several felons and wanted to devote himself to raising his son properly.

Taylor said, "I have a bad juvenile history, it could be a movie. But my original intent was never to bring harm to anyone. My back was up against the wall."

Taylor said he didn't want to be seen as a "stereotypical young black man who wreaks havoc in the community."

But Judge Jennifer Bailey said Taylor has a long criminal record that included charges of obstructing an officer, driving without insurance or license, drag racing, domestic battery, brandishing a weapon, domestic assault, wanton endangerment, first-degree robbery, destruction of property, disorderly conduct and possession of counterfeit.

She said his juvenile criminal record is also lengthy.

"Your conduct has kind of caught up with you," Bailey said. "If you cared about your child and what you hope will happen to him, your adult record would be crystal clear.

"I will not condone a person shooting a gun at another person," she said. "At some point in life it's time to accept responsibility and be a law-abiding citizen or you don't belong in our neighborhoods."