2seaoat wrote:http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/jordan-davis-michael-dunn-loud-music-shooting-case-nothing-like-trayvon-martin-case-lawyers-say
Mistakes are mistakes....but some mistakes are by tragic design........
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If their "music" was what I suspect it to have been....vulgar, espousing violence, and full of misogynous hate...I also would have been offended. I've had the same experience many times, with my Mother, my Wife, or my Daughter in the vehicle. The answer is to extricate yourself from the situation, NOT to pull out a gun and claim self defense when you execute an unarmed public nuisance.
Let me guess...he was also wearing baggy pants hanging low....? That alone is cause to shoot his wanna be gangster butt, but it's just not an option in a sane mind.
I loved this from his lawyer...
"That's ridiculous. Michael is not a vigilante," the attorney said. "He's a brilliant software developer. It was never his intention to kill anyone."Perfect. See, he fired 8 warning shots into a moving vehicle because he only wanted to wound them...a little...somewhat...maybe.
Let's play what if.
Place a drunk redneck at a convenience store gas island, with Trace Adkins blaring out at ear splitting decibels. An offended black male takes a gun and shoots the redneck, dead freaking deadski. At a press conference we hear this absurdity.....
"That's ridiculous. Michael is not a vigilante," the attorney said. "He's a brilliant software developer. It was never his intention to kill anyone."This
stand your ground BS sure does put a lot of folk under the ground they were standing on.
Racist geek + gun in car = dead folk X jail sentence - any future.
It's a simple equation for simple minded gun violence apologists.