RosieS
Partisan Courtesan
I'll wait for more facts before making a judgement.
It could be he honestly thought he saw a gun and fired in self defense, or he could be a guy who got into a yelling match that escalated until he fired 8 shots into a car of unarmed teens.
I agree, we need more information, but eight shots is an awful lot. That doesn't sound like self defense to me; that sounds like rage.
How many shootings have you been involved with?
Standard tactic is to shoot until the threat is neutralized. Maybe it took 8 shots.
I dont know enough about this case to venture a judgement. As others have said, if he can articulate that he was under reasonable belief that he was in jeopardy of death or severe bodily harm he will walk away. If he can't, he won't.
But that's for a jury to decide.
I wonder what would have happened if he had been black or the kids white.
A Florida jury decided a black man was guilty despite using Stand Your Ground when hr shot a white man dead in front of the dead man's kid:
Convicted of killing his neighbor, Trevor Dooley talks of race but not remorse - Tampa Bay Times
Regards from Rosie
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