Another Stand Your Ground Shooting Rejected

[zeebaron]

I wouldn't' convict him. The guy didn't stop after he drew his gun.

I know what the law says, I don't agree with it.

If as thief you continue after you've been threatened with deadly force, then it's your own fault if you end up with a bullet in you.

[Skoll]

I don't agree with speeding laws, I still have to pay the tax man if I get caught breaking them.

[zeebaron]

I don't agree with speeding laws, I still have to pay the tax man if I get caught breaking them.

You don't get to go in front of a jury for a speeding ticket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

[Skoll]

You do go in front of a jury for flat out murdering a man though, regardless of what laws you pick and choose to "believe" in.

[dammitgriff]

You do go in front of a jury for flat out murdering a man though, regardless of what laws you pick and choose to "believe" in.

Does this apply to armed government agents?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/us/polic ... index.html

[Allme]

You do go in front of a jury for flat out murdering a man though, regardless of what laws you pick and choose to "believe" in.

Does this apply to armed government agents?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/us/polic ... index.html

They have the magical badges and costumes that grants them special privilege not to mention the police union that pays for the best defense possible.

[Allme]

An d the more this kind of crap goes on, the more likely it is that SYG will get changed.

IMHO it is evidence that the law is working as advertised. The Leftist firearms phobics who are against it lie continuously, especially when they publish statistics. They never bother to account for the time before SYG when aggressive prosecutors would regularly hold useless, expensive trials and get a jury decision of Not Guilty because of self defense, or the loss to society of the innocent who accept plea bargains or are convicted because they can't afford a decent lawyer.

Spot on.

[Skoll]

You do go in front of a jury for flat out murdering a man though, regardless of what laws you pick and choose to "believe" in.

Does this apply to armed government agents?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/us/polic ... index.html

I'm sorry, I fail to see how the disproportionate preferential treatment cops get in the legal system have anything to do with a store owner that shot someone who wasn't threatening him or a danger, in cold blood. Try again, please.

[REDinFL]

And, you forgot the 5 yard holding penalty. That grip on the shirt did him in as far as a murder charge.

[dammitgriff]

You do go in front of a jury for flat out murdering a man though, regardless of what laws you pick and choose to "believe" in.

Does this apply to armed government agents?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/us/polic ... index.html

I'm sorry, I fail to see how the disproportionate preferential treatment cops get in the legal system have anything to do with a store owner that shot someone who wasn't threatening him or a danger, in cold blood. Try again, please.

If the store owner was a cop, a member of the protected class, he’d be 50% less liable to see a jury, statistically speaking, for this crime. They get away with murder as a matter of routine.
The store owner in question is a regular knot-head and not an armed agent of the state, therefore facing the full force of the law.
There exists two levels of law and justice in this country, and unless you’re a g-man, you’re just fodder for the judicial system.