I was very small when I was young and was physically bullied a lot. It made me stronger and taught me to fight back when odds were against me. It also taught me bullies are generally cowards but WILL beat you up if they are bigger.
So I have a HUGE resentment for bullies and when I see one get taken down — even all the way as in this case — I can only feel satisfied.
In general I don’t buy that “boo hoo hoo my childhood made me like I am” but that doesn’t mean we don’t bring impressions forward.
It would have been totally justified.
And the kids, since they would have been orphans.
I’m not going to shed tears of this guy dying. You go around beating people up, you take your chances. But the shooter started a confrontation, was not injured, and the black guy wasn’t actively attacking. Looks more like a shooting in revenge rather than self-defense.
Nothing to do with “Stand your ground”. Stand your ground says you don’t need to flee from an attack. It doesn’t say you get to shoot after an attack has ended.