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In reply to the discussion: Already, another Trayvon Martin incident has just happened [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)That was a silly contention and you know it.
My point was, he could have been actually doing ANY of the logically nefarious things that follow the ACTUAL facts as presented so far, and it STILL WOULD NOT WARRANT DEADLY FORCE IN RESPONSE.
Deadly force is authorized to meet force or the threat of force. Not to protect your car stereo, or whatever stupid fucking thing this poor kid was up to at 2am in his yard.
The kid SHOULD NOT have been there. Let's be clear on that point. And all signs point to him AT THE LEAST being a trespasser, if not worse, but NONE of it points to him being an actual threat, and therefore he does not meet the bar of force, or the threat of force, warranting deadly force in response.
It doesn't matter what he was doing, so long as it wasn't a credible threat to the shooter.
Not hard. This is very simple stuff.