No, but neither do you get one free shot at the guy who sucker shoved you then backed away.
Watch the entire video, not just a still image. When the gun was pulled, the man had a legitimate fear for his life. But when the trigger was pulled, he did not have that same fear of imminent bodily harm.
I’ll have to disagree. They are about 5-6’apart when the shot was fired.
Pulling a gun should lessen the fear of bodily harm. I have a gun which I will use to kill you if you attack me. I do not have a gun to use if you attack me. Which situation has the legitimate fear? I have a gun and I just got the drop on you. Now my fear level is even lower.
I didn’t have an opinion in this case until I saw the video. The guy never really knew the guy was going to attack him, because he was focused on the woman in the car. After he hit the ground the women is out of the car approaching him, and so is the initiator of violence, while he pulls up HOA shorts. The shooter pulls a gun out, and for a millisecond and no longer, the agreeaor stops, then is hit by a round.
Perhaps it wasnt wise to make a big deal about that woman breaking the law,. It was very stupid to attack the person having a ‘verbal’ dispute, from an unexpected angle. It was insane to try to continue the assault and have another person also approach especially since you don’t know if they are armed.
This guy, IMHO, has little chance of being convicted UNLESS the police have other information about his past behaviors or ‘plans’. I have to wonder if a white man had pushed a handicapped black man to the ground and been shot, if there would have been an arrest at all.