I lived on Robert Jemison Road when in college at UAB in the 1970’s. Although relatively safe back then, this could have been me. Self-defense is self-defense, I don’t care if you are green with pink polka dots. The judge did right.
Good judging by the judge there. The prosecutors should hang their heads in shame.
Unfortunately for him he was shot in the face with a .22 by the attacker but fortunately he was able to repel the attack by returning fire with his own handgun......
You carry a gun to protect yourself. When you are assaulted by three individuals and do nothing, the next thing you know they have your gun you are screwed.
Episode MCXLMCXXIV blacks behaving badly.
Thank God for one sane judge; I hope there are many more across the land.
Any assault can turn deadly for the intended victim(s). Shaking one's fist at another person is assault. A group of thugs approaching a single person or smaller number of persons in a threatening manner is assault. Entering someone else's personal space (within arm's reach) to yell in their face is assault. If a person acts like an uncivilized rabid dog toward other people, they should expect to get dispatched accordingly.
This stuff used to be common knowledge; even grade-school kids understood it.
Under the laws of nature, and those of civilized states, a targeted person does not have to wait until an approaching threat proves itself deadly.
I do believe my long time tag line says it all.
The judge should have publicly reprimanded the prosecutor for wasting the courts time. The prosecutor should be thrown out at the next election - or the elected guy who appointed him should get thrown out for poor judgement. Otherwise this idiot will make the same mistake later on.
always remember disparity of force. it could save your life.
The liberal analogy, the victim should have continued in his role as victim and allowed the attacker/s to beat him bloody, this is only fair because white privilege has left black thugs and criminals powerless.
We are seeing our rights eroded continually right in front of our eyes, criminals are in charge of our politics, our schools, our courts, it is rare and worthy of reporting that this one judge does right, that the victim will not suffer many years of prison boiled down to luck of the draw.
By far, this is the silliest statement I have heard all week, so far. Only the U.S. military fights this way, and by order of the CINC.
I approve of this shooting, and I would have approved if he had felt threatened by the other two surrounding him and shot them as well. Surrounding a stranger is a threat. If anyone surrounding him throws a punch, all people engaging in the threatening behavior can reasonably be considered an immediate danger. I don’t care about the race of the thugs or of the victim; self-defense is a natural right.