Look - I would be happy to give the kid a self-defense excuse.
But he left the school and came back with a gun to “attack the bullies”
But he SHOT A TEACHER WHO WAS COMING TO HELP IN THE FIGHT.
This is not, in any way, self-defense.
However, certain attorneys of certain ideologies seem to want to redefine these as “duels” and “mutual combat”
And in a sense I can go along with that too in a gangland war.
But, again - this was NOT THAT.
The bail level was irresponsible - the defense of this is irresponsible and, worse, is incitement.
He didn’t leave school, he had the gun right there in the classroom in his Orange Backpack. This school did not have metal detectors. It’s reported that he has been bullied and robbed twice at school and his family reported this to school authorities. The school knew of the boys ongoing feud yet they remained in the same classes. Here’s the kid who got shot and did the beating on the shooter.
https://twitter.com/HowertonNews/status/1446258144213078026/photo/1
Calvin Pettitt, a 25-year-old English teacher who jumped in to break up the fight, was shot in the back, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung,.....
Transferred to a new school. Second day in gym, which was wrestling unit, was matched up to a guy 30 lbs heavier. That teaching f&ck just looked at me when I questioned it.
After two minutes of being bounced around when I tried to "wrestle" as I'd been taught, his thug did not respond well to the bloody nose my elbow gave him.
It was a learning experience. Life is unfair, and they ALL want to kill you. Teachers are the worst, because you are expecting to be able to trust them.