When seconds count, the PD are only minutes away...
Yes, and Mr. White chose to use those precious seconds to go out to his garage and get a revolver, and then go outside and escalate the situation far beyond what was necessary.
I'm all for self-defense within the law, but the law doesn't cover someone who intentionally escalates the situation beyond what it was.
When a black man on Long Island calls police saying that his house is under siege by a gang of drunken white kids, the cops will probably be there in seconds considering how eager they are to avoid any hint of a 'racial incident'.
Mr. White was only under immediate threat because he chose to go outside and place himself under imminent threat.
Not knowing all the details of this and after reading what you just said, I am in agreement with you.
It would have been a different situation altogether had he waited in the house, called the police and then they tried to enter the house. He would then be justified in shooting.
To go out and confront them armed, he put himself and his family in a very dangerous situation. Which now we see the results of.
He had 20 minutes.
If he would have called 911 right away, the cops would have been there before the teens arrived. And since the underaged teens had been drinking, a number of charges would have been filed including a DUI on the driver.
But White took those 20 minutes to decide instead to make a stand.
White was being threatened by a crowd of angry young men, and he did not know whether they were armed or not.
Any reasonable person, if they had a crowd of angry drunks screaming insults and threatening violence to them by name outside their home, would feel themselves to be immediately threatened.
White was in fear for his life.