feh...The sister talking about a warning shot is only trying to process the pain of her loss. It is sad that the kid chose the wrong path and paid with his life.
So many of the posters on this thread are disgusting. They know nothing of the family, yet deride them in their time of grief. It makes me frequent FR less.
feh...Do you think she might have also been processing some pain for the other people her brother mugged and beat - the ones who didn't have a gun to protect themselves?
Ever been a victim of violent crime?
See ya.
There is a difference between feeling joy in the demise of this person, and feeling anger at the waste, but no regret.
That family should feel shame, and they don’t. To them, it isn’t the fault of their brother or son, that he was shot by someone while he attempted to assault them, but is instead the result of an unjust person who used more force than he should have.
One of the real problems we have in our society is that we view people who are judgmental as somehow flawed, and that there is something wrong with being judgmental. There is nothing wrong with being judgmental. Liberals like to say things like “You have no right to judge others, you have your own flaws...” and while that is certainly true, that truth does not bar me from passing judgement on this dead teenager. I have my flaws, but I haven’t assaulted and robbed people. So, people SHOULD pass judgment on this person.
As for his family, I take no joy in their grief, none whatsoever. But the fact that I don’t feel happy they are in pain doesn’t in any way invalidate my judgment that they are wrong, Wrong, WRONG to think there was ANYTHING “wrong” about his death and to suggest this man defending himself should have done otherwise.
I would have no issue if they said “I am sad my son/brother is dead, but that man did what he had to do to defend himself. It isn’t his fault.”
But that isn’t what they are saying. It is shameful.
So, you and I agree, it IS sad that this person chose the path of crime that he did, but I agree with another poster on this thread that they are shedding tears for their unjustly killed son/brother, but are unlikely to have shed any tears for the multiple people who have been hurt or injured by this feral teen who is part of their family. That is just background noise on the evening news to them.
I'm trying to process my pain.