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In reply to the discussion: Stand Your Ground? Texas man kills teacher over noise complaint [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)You asked for their legal justification, and I gave you one: self-defense. I didn't say it was smart, or that they wouldn't get shot. But if indeed that happened, which there is no evidence it did, they certainly had a right to do so, though, as you point out, no OBLIGATION to do so.
But rights and obligations are different things. When the Police neither shoot nor disarm but try to de-escalate the situation, they do not do so because they have no RIGHT to disarm someone threatening others with bodily harm, they do so out of prudence. Certainly they can and do shoot (and kill) those they believe are menacing others all the time. Even if the person only has a set of car keys in his hand, or a trowel, or a shopping cart.
Letting bullies get away with bullying always emboldens them. Look at the Republicans and the Democrats. We let them get away with holding the country hostage once, and now they do it on a regular basis.