Why wasn’t Grant given a medal instead of being sent to jail?
Because he’s a subject, not a citizen.
Because he armed himself, got a group together and went looking for a fight?
In any state, even those with Stand Your Ground laws, if you arm yourself and go out looking for a fight, when you find one your ability to plead self-defense is greatly reduced if not eliminated.
Also because UK has “knife control” laws by which his simply carrying the knife is itself a crime. I don’t necessarily agree with those laws, but they ARE the law there.
I live in Florida, the state with the most horrible SYG laws, as we all know. :)
Despite these laws, if I have a beef with my neighbor because I think he stole something, and I get my homies together, arm myself and go confront him, and somebody winds up dead, I’m in serious trouble, even if he is the one that initiates violence.
That’s because I initiated the confrontation. Since my group outnumbers him 4:1 and is armed, HE would have a very good case for self-defense if I or one of my boys winds up dead.