re: “. . . hell he could have been a punk who taunted that old man with racist taunts, we simply do not know.”
I agree - we do not know all the facts yet - just like in the Zimmerman case - so, why conjecture all these race-baiting scenarios? Why not wait for more info?
re: “. . . But let us for arguments sake and only arguments sake assume that this kid was an anti-white racist who partook in a campaign to make this old mans life hell. . .”
Why assume that? Why not assume that the white guy was a minority-hating skin head who couldn’t wait to ice some black guys? That has just as much credibility as your scenario.
re: “. . . and the old man having no options whatsoever except a death home just snapped. I would call it a killing not murder . . .”
If, and I say again, if, the article is accurate, shooting an unarmed person, who was not physically attacking you, at point-blank range square in the chest and attempting to shoot him again in the act of fleeing - that’s murder no matter what thefts this person may have committed against the shooter. It’s murder no matter how frustrated the shooter was. All of that is irrelevant to the act itself - except when it comes to degree or sentencing.
re: “. . . nor would I ride a moral high horse having some snit at people asking questions.”
Questions are one thing, but people making up “what if” assumptions or scenarios of racial conflict between the victim and the shooter in order to justify what the shooter did - that’s exactly the same thing Jessie and Al do to excuse the crimes committed by some blacks - it’s not their fault because of “whitey”. Isn’t that the same thing as it’s not the white guy’s fault because of the possible acts of “the blacks”.
How about we wait for all the facts to come out and leave the conjecturing out of it.
I said for arguments sake only because some high horsed moralist practically had the kid in diapers and sucking on his mom’s breasts. He is going to jail and he will die there no question about it, but I want to hear his side simply because from what I gather in our culture I’ll bet the blacks in that neighborhood were either awful or they turned a blind eye to it while some of their more hateful kind lynched him slowly. We’ll see