At what point can a defendant say 3 out of 4 prosecutors didn't want to pursue this case.
“At what point can a defendant say 3 out of 4 prosecutors didn’t want to pursue this case.”
These defendants cannot pick their prosecutor.
The people who allegedly did the shooting were associated with the potential prosecutors since the father of the father/son duo was a former employee of the DA. Any DA that did not recuse himself would be an idiot and obviously corrupt. The prosecutor who actually declined to prosecute made his judgement on the grounds that the men were acting in self defense when the shots were fired, and that they were there in the first place acting as citizens in an attempted citizen’s arrest.
Our experience with Trayvon and Gentle Giant obviously got slanted by the media to push a narrative. This case appears somewhat different in that the guys went after him because he had committed a burglary. The tapes of the site where he went inside and looked around clearly show he did not take anything, and didn’t break anything to get in.
Why does a black person not have a right to go jogging? Just because most joggers you see running up and down the street are white? It really is embarrassing to be around people who are so stereotypish that if he’s black and suspected of a crime then he must actually have committed the crime.
I have been looking at this for days. I have tried to find anything at all that would get me to change my mind about it, just to be sure I am not reflexively taking one side or another based on media coverage. Still looking.
I do not believe it is OK to grab a gun and jump in a pickup truck to chase down a burglary suspect. Rape or murder, maybe. I do not believe it is OK to brandish a firearm at anyone not brandishing one at me. Holding him at gunpoint where guilt has not been proven and probable cause has not been established seems a bit rash. I conclude that those guys are stupid bullies and a-holes. They should have known better.
As far as them defending themselves and standing their ground, it seems a bit twisted around that the black jogger cannot stand his ground, and certainly trying to fight someone who is holding a gun is not the smartest thing in the world, but damn!
All of the actions stem from the moment the two guys got in a pickup truck with guns. Everything after that was testosterone and adrenaline and stupidity.
The phrase “hot potato” pops into mind.