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(13,776 posts)I didn't explain my post very well. This shooting seems to have been completely avoidable. However, I had gotten the impression (before I watched the video) that Rodriguez videotaped himself going over to complain about noise, went "ooh ooh I feel as though my life is threatened," and shot somebody vigilante-style.
I'm just saying that the other three guys escalated the situation. If it had been me in Rodriguez's situation I'd have skedaddled the hell back home, but with stand your ground as a defense, he apparently chose to shoot to kill, because the guy had indeed threatened him, and he figured that was a defense... and maybe it is, legally. Stand your ground should only be a defense as a last resort but as the law is written, it sure doesn't seem to be.