05-14-2020, 04:15 PM
(05-14-2020, 03:56 PM)samhain Wrote: And for the record, this issue for me has always been this: The bar for justifiable homicide, IMO is an exceptionally high one. I believe that the law bears this out as well. If your life isn't in immediate danger, or any danger at all, you should expect to answer for taking a life. Stolen property doesn't meet that bar. Trespassing doesn't either, when the trespasser is no longer on the property. If someone isn't in your home uninvited and refusing to leave, then killing them is murder as far as I can see. The obvious exception would be if they are trying to physically harm you or someone else off-property.
This is compounded in this case by the fact that it's all on video for the world to see, and that the victim tries to flee the accused more than once. That's pretty far from justifiable from what I can tell, and from all I've read, trespassing isn't even a felony in GA.
If some unarmed hillbilly in a MAGA hat and a Confederate flag shirt got ambushed and shot dead in the street for breaking into a car in somebody's driveway, I'd hope that whoever did it caught a murder charge as well. Batman isn't real, and vigilanteism in the real world isn't something that people should get away with, particularly when taking a life comes into play.
In stunning irony, the McMichael’s have claimed a stand your ground defense stating they were forced to defend themselves after Aubery attacked them who was standing his ground because two strangers got out of a truck and pointed guns in his face.
Apparently, either the local law enforcement or prosecutor bought that stupid argument which is why they weren’t changed with anything until about 3 months later after the general public became aware of the video.
