{"id":2108332,"date":"2023-11-26T18:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jogger-charged-with-manslaughter-after-evening-run-prosecutors-say-his-phone-holds-record-of-the-crime\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T18:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:48:59","slug":"jogger-charged-with-manslaughter-after-evening-run-prosecutors-say-his-phone-holds-record-of-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jogger-charged-with-manslaughter-after-evening-run-prosecutors-say-his-phone-holds-record-of-the-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Jogger accused of manslaughter, phone holds crime evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjogger-charged-with-manslaughter-after-evening-run-prosecutors-say-his-phone-holds-record-of-the-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2108332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Devil&#8217;s Playground: Dehumanization and Tragedy in Our World<\/h2>\n<p>The devil delights in a world where dehumanizing your fellow \u2062man \u2014 no matter how absurd \u2014 is easy. We live \u200din that world.<\/p>\n<p>In one \u2064high-profile example, \u200cthere \u2062are those\u2062 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/nation-world\/israeli-columnist-calls-out-lgbtq-activists-who-back-palestine-i-welcome-you-to-go-to-gaza-hillel-fuld-west-bank-lgbt-gay-lesbian-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT community<\/a> who are out in\u200b the streets dehumanizing Jews by defending Hamas \u2014 a terrorist organization that would have all LGBT people eliminated \u2062from the planet \u200dif\u200b it could.<\/p>\n<p>Less \u200cdramatic but equally tragic is the homeless problem plaguing our country, especially in \u200bCalifornia.\u2064 Video clips of \u2062people living in tents on city streets \u2014 some openly \u200cdoing drugs,\u2062 others talking to\u2063 invisible\u200b entities residing in their heads, and still \u2063others defecating on sidewalks \u2014 abound \u200don the\u2063 internet.\u2064 For\u200d many, images like these dehumanize the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-mayor-california-virtually-eliminates-homelessness-making-1-minor-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dehumanization leads to the senseless taking \u2064of human life. In a recent example of\u2063 senseless death \u2014\u200b a phenomenon that has \u200bbecome \u200ball too common \u2014 a \u2062California \u2062jogger killed a\u200b man who was in\u200c the way of his afternoon run. If that\u2019s\u200b not bad enough, the jogger recorded himself\u2062 taking \u200dthe man\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>And now that man is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/activist-egged-crowd-filmed-killing-ashli-babbitt-convicted-seven-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal\u200c charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/orangecountyda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Craig-Sumner-Elliott.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> \u200b from the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office \u200dissued on Nov.\u200d 20 stated, \u201cA Garden Grove man has been charged with felony voluntary manslaughter for shooting \u2064and killing a homeless\u200b man \u2062he \u2062had just woken up for blocking the sidewalk while he was sleeping. The victim threw a shoe at the shooter seconds before the shooting. The incident was captured on\u200d video\u2064 by the\u2064 shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraig Sumner Elliott, 68 \u2026 has also been charged\u2063 with one felony enhancement of personal\u2063 use of \u2062a firearm,\u201d the release continued. \u201cHe\u2063 faces a maximum sentence of 21 years in state prison if convicted\u2063 on all charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At \u206368 years old,\u200b a sentence that long would likely mean death in prison for Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred\u2063 around 3 p.m. on September\u2064 28.\u200b Elliot\u2062 was jogging with a pushcart and his two dogs.\u2062 While passing through the 10400 block\u200c of\u2064 Katella \u200cAvenue, about 2 miles from \u2063Disneyland, Elliott allegedly came \u200cacross Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, an \u2064unhoused man \u2063sleeping across the\u2063 sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 the DA\u2019s office, Elliott used the pushcart to \u201cnudge Avalos \u2063in an attempt\u2063 to wake \u200chim\u200b up.\u201d Avalos responded by \u201cyelling at Elliott to get away from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElliott is \u2063accused of recording Avalos and grabbing a handgun from his pushcart,\u201d according to the news release. He was carrying the weapon legally. He had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/armed-mob-tries-rob-concealed-carry-holder-leaves-fleeing-begging-911-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concealed carry<\/a> permit issued\u200d by the Orange County \u200dSheriff\u2019s \u200bDepartment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DA\u2019s office, Elliott recorded Avalos on \u2064his phone \u2063standing up\u200b and throwing a shoe. Elliott ducked\u2063 to avoid the \u200bshoe and then shot\u2062 Avalos three times. Avalos later died from the wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragic set of circumstances\u200b that unfolded in the worst possible way over a minor inconvenience of a blocked sidewalk, and\u2062 a man is dead\u2062 as a result,\u201d Orange\u2063 County district attorney Todd Spitzer said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2062tragic because \u200dit appears to be senseless. Elliot \u2064will have\u200d his day in court. Maybe he will claim he thought the shoe was an IED and Avalos was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wife-missionary-held-captive-islamic-terrorists-years-unleashes-biden-admin-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic \u200cterrorist<\/a> or\u2063 a \u2062crazed Jewish militant out to\u200b commit \u200bgenocide.\u2062 Fear\u200c breeds irrationality. Irrationality \u200dis the devil\u2019s playground.<\/p>\n<p>Homeless people getting killed is common in California. In 2022, homeless people \u200cmade \u2063up nearly a quarter of Los Angeles\u2019 murder victims, according to \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/investigations\/las-homeless-were-24-of-citys-murder-victims\/3066979\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The homeless crisis is plaguing\u2063 many American cities.\u200c According to\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/endhomelessness.org\/homelessness-in-america\/homelessness-statistics\/state-of-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Alliance to End Homelessness<\/a>, homelessness reached\u2064 record highs \u201cin \u2063the \u2063history of data collection\u201d in 2022. There\u2019s \u2062no reason to think \u200dthe\u200b rate subsided in 2023 with the economic woes brought on by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tries-explain-bidenomics-giant-whiteboard-backfires-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bidenomics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">human dignity<\/a> \u2063\u2014 just the \u200dopposite.<\/p>\n<p>Homeless people are the \u2063victims and enablers of the \u2062homeless crisis. Many homeless suffer \u200bfrom drug \u200daddiction, poverty and\/or mental illness. That\u2019s not an excuse \u200bbut \u200ca fact. Most homeless, it is safe\u2064 to assume, don\u2019t\u200b want to be homeless. Those who do are\u2062 likely insane.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is \u200bthat homeless people are still people. They\u200c are not vermin to be shot \u200don the\u2062 streets like rats in a\u200c cage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">California jogger Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, is charged with manslaughter after \u2018filming himself killing homeless man sleeping \u200don\u200c sidewalk near Disneyland\u2019: Police say victim threw a \u200cshoe at suspect before \u2064being shot three times \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pn3rcFQVLX\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pn3rcFQVLX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c9bndmsint\">pic.twitter.com\/c9bndmsint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailOnline\/status\/1727389506523860995?\">November 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Provoking\u2064 a homeless person and\u200c then responding with\u2062 fatal force \u2014\u200c if that is what Elliott did \u2014 is never a good solution. \u2064In this case, it looks like one man \u200bis dead and another risks dying in prison because \u200bof a lack of \u200drespect for human dignity.<\/p>\n<p>We \u200clive \u2062in \u200ca world\u2064 where Christianity is desperately \u200bneeded.\u2062 Christians hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rashida-tlaib-breaks-tears-house-floor-attempts-make-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human dignity<\/a> in the highest\u2064 esteem\u2064 and are \u2062taught to hate the \u200bsin but \u2063love \u2062the sinner. If Elliot put more store in \u200dhuman dignity than his own convenience, he wouldn\u2019t be\u2063 charged with a crime and a\u2063 man would \u2064still be alive.<\/p>\n<p>The devil hates \u200cthat.<\/p>\n<p>Guns aren\u2019t the \u2063problem. A \u2063lack of respect\u200d for human life is.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from \u200cOur Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will\u200d have nothing\u200c to do with The\u2062 Western \u2063Journal? 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We refuse to let their attempts at censorship and financial manipulation succeed.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We believe that independent journalism is crucial in a\u2064 world where bias and fake\u2064 news run rampant. We strive to\u200d bring you accurate, honest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surrounded\/\" title=\"Encircled\">thought-provoking articles<\/a> that challenge the status quo and give voice to important issues.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But we can&#8217;t \u200cdo it without you. We need your support\u2064 to\u2062 continue our mission.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you value independent journalism and believe in the power of the truth, we urge you to consider subscribing\u200c to The Western Journal. 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It concludes by stating that the lack of respect\u2063 for human life is the root problem, not guns.<\/p>\n<h2>Keywords:<\/h2>\n<p>Dehumanization, tragedy, world, devil, LGBT, \u2063Hamas, homeless, California, \u200ccriminal charges, human dignity, \u200dChristianity, respect, human life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The devil revels in a world where dehumanizing others, no matter how absurd, is effortless. Sadly, we inhabit such a world. A prominent instance involves some from the LGBT community who, in supporting Hamas, a terrorist group that opposes LGBT rights, dehumanize Jews. 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