"Robert Green" wrote in message
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"Oren" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:19:03 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote:

The ONLY thing that
counts is what I believed and whether that which I believed is the
same
thing that a "reasonable person" would also believe.

You say that but my experience is that what happens is someone gets to
decide what your state of mind was. It could be the State's Attorney,
as
it
seems to have been here, or it could be the grand jury, a trial jury or
a
trial judge.

I guess that depends on the evidence. If I follow the CD/SYG law in
Florida, a "justified" shooting, provides immunity from arrest or
civil liabilities. Each CD/SYG state have variations of what applies.

I agree. A lot will depend on what evidence is collected. The catch is
that under the law it has to be a "justified" shooting. That word just
screams someone's going to judge whether is was justified or not. DA's
can
be wrong. Looking at Mike Nifong's relentless (and baseless) prosecution
of
the Dukies.

Prosecutorial misconduct is so widespread that the Supremes just ruled
only
a pattern of illegal behavior can be the basis for a suit. (-: One-off's
don't even count anymore. There's a lot of external pressure being
brought
to bear in this case and sometimes that causes justice to deflect a
little.
It seems that some people hate the idea that a miscreant like Sharpton can
actually affect outcomes. He couldn't be effective unless the media was
complicit in giving him a soapbox. They do that to sell newspapers.


Well you finally got something right
Too bad you couldn't keep it up..

There's a concept in liability law about who has the "last clear chance to
prevent an accident." This was not a guy on his way home accosted by
muggers, this was someone who engaged in confrontational behavior while
armed on what seems to be a fairly regular basis. Trouble was bound to
happen. I'm going to be most interested in what Z considered suspicious
about M.


There you go with your stupid presumptions again
THERE IS NO DATA to support YOUR claim that Z went out of his way to create
a confrontation
And NO, being armed, or getting out of your vehicle is NOT AUTOMATICALLY
"engaging in confrontational behavior"
And NO, there is no Z "did it (confrontational behavior" on a regular basis"

That just YOUR spin for YOUR AGENDA.



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