Safe to say that Anthony going into a stadium tent in the pouring rain was not gratuitously seeking a chance to be violent before he was threatened and assaulted, not in the same way as
- Zimmerman, a grown man who carried a gun while following and harassing a teenager - Rittenhouse, a 17 year-old who went to a protest with an AR-15-style semiautomatic assault rifle
Those guys got off on all charges, right? "Stand your ground," right?
Is "stand your ground" a defense that everyone can use? Or just some people?
What I find most humorous is people claiming he has a 4.0 GPA. How many 4.0 GPA students are carrying a big knife on a high school campus? In my estimation - NONE!
I grew up middle class if not upper-middle class, and went to a good suburban high school.
For a period of several months I walked home from school in total fear of kids from another school. Violent bullies who had assaulted multiple kids in the area.
At one point I bought and carried a small extendable self-defense baton in my bag, in case these guys went from verbal harassment to a physical attack, which had happened to my friends. I never told anyone this.
I never had to use it, but I can see how a kid might feel the need to carry something if he is in a space where violent bullies won't hesitate to start a physical altercation.
And in Texas is is legal to carry not only a small knife but a gun, correct?
What I find most humorous is people claiming he has a 4.0 GPA. How many 4.0 GPA students are carrying a big knife on a high school campus? In my estimation - NONE!
I grew up middle class if not upper-middle class, and went to a good suburban high school.
For a period of several months I walked home from school in total fear of kids from another school. Violent bullies who had assaulted multiple kids in the area.
At one point I bought and carried a small extendable self-defense baton in my bag, in case these guys went from verbal harassment to a physical attack, which had happened to my friends. I never told anyone this.
I never had to use it, but I can see how a kid might feel the need to carry something if he is in a space where violent bullies won't hesitate to start a physical altercation.
And in Texas is is legal to carry not only a small knife but a gun, correct?
Safe to say that Anthony going into a stadium tent in the pouring rain was not gratuitously seeking a chance to be violent before he was threatened and assaulted, not in the same way as
- Zimmerman, a grown man who carried a gun while following and harassing a teenager - Rittenhouse, a 17 year-old who went to a protest with an AR-15-style semiautomatic assault rifle
Those guys got off on all charges, right? "Stand your ground," right?
Is "stand your ground" a defense that everyone can use? Or just some people?
Both of those people were attacked and feared for their lives.
At no point did this animal fear for his life. He felt "disrespected" so he murdered someone.
How do you know what he felt??
He didn't say he felt "disrespected" -- or at least he isn't quoted as saying this in the police reports that describe how the other kid escalated to a physical altercation.
It seems like you are making things up.
It seems very likely that at 200 lbs vs 130 lbs he feared for bodily harm, which is the test of self defense in Texas law.
Thirty one years in this sport and never heard of somebody being murdered or killing somebody in self defense at a track meet.
Karmelo brought a knife to a meet. He used it to kill somebody. Even if he felt threatened, he very easily could have walked away, told a coach, parent, or authority that he was being harassed, and the situation would have likely ended without incident.
Again, he brought a knife and used it… at a track meet, with hundreds of people around. Why not pull out your phone and expose the “bully/bullies”? Why not go tell an adult what the/these supposed bully/bullies were doing? He had an agenda, and he accomplished it.
You seem confused about how "stand your ground" works.
Under this law, a person who is threatened is not required to run away. They are not required to take an iPhone video. They are allowed, legally, to take steps to defend themselves from in a situation where they fear bodily harm.
This is how Zimmerman and Rittenhouse "got off."
I assume you believe that everyone is equal under the law?
What I find most humorous is people claiming he has a 4.0 GPA. How many 4.0 GPA students are carrying a big knife on a high school campus? In my estimation - NONE!
I grew up middle class if not upper-middle class, and went to a good suburban high school.
For a period of several months I walked home from school in total fear of kids from another school. Violent bullies who had assaulted multiple kids in the area.
At one point I bought and carried a small extendable self-defense baton in my bag, in case these guys went from verbal harassment to a physical attack, which had happened to my friends. I never told anyone this.
I never had to use it, but I can see how a kid might feel the need to carry something if he is in a space where violent bullies won't hesitate to start a physical altercation.
And in Texas is is legal to carry not only a small knife but a gun, correct?
There’s quite the distinction between being alone on a sidewalk walking home, and being among hundreds of people at a TRACK MEET.
Thirty one years in this sport and never heard of somebody being murdered or killing somebody in self defense at a track meet.
Karmelo brought a knife to a meet. He used it to kill somebody. Even if he felt threatened, he very easily could have walked away, told a coach, parent, or authority that he was being harassed, and the situation would have likely ended without incident.
Again, he brought a knife and used it… at a track meet, with hundreds of people around. Why not pull out your phone and expose the “bully/bullies”? Why not go tell an adult what the/these supposed bully/bullies were doing? He had an agenda, and he accomplished it.
You seem confused about how "stand your ground" works.
Under this law, a person who is threatened is not required to run away. They are not required to take an iPhone video. They are allowed, legally, to take steps to defend themselves from in a situation where they fear bodily harm.
This is how Zimmerman and Rittenhouse "got off."
I assume you believe that everyone is equal under the law?
You seem confused on the setting of the incident… a TRACK MEET with hundreds of people around trying to coach, compete, or simply work the meet.
You seem confused about how "stand your ground" works.
Under this law, a person who is threatened is not required to run away. They are not required to take an iPhone video. They are allowed, legally, to take steps to defend themselves from in a situation where they fear bodily harm.
This is how Zimmerman and Rittenhouse "got off."
I assume you believe that everyone is equal under the law?
You seem confused on the setting of the incident… a TRACK MEET with hundreds of people around trying to coach, compete, or simply work the meet.
Is there a reason that stand your ground laws don't apply at a TRACK MEET?
White person fears and kills black person. White person gets off on self-defense.
Think of Zimmerman and Rittenhouse, and the usual support given when non-black people stand their ground within the law.
You cannot be this dumb to compare these different cases...If you are, there's no reason further to discuss it...It's like trying to reason with a small child.
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