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In reply to the discussion: Is this one self-defense, manslaughter, or murder? [View all]Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)50. See, your very wording gives you away.
Now you are supporting and defending the killer of an unarmed man.
See, your very wording twists the truth and gives you away.
This was not just an "unarmed man", as you would have it. He was an unarmed man who just seconds before he dropped his gun was about to commit armed robbery.
He was an armed robber.
But you refuse to call a spade a spade. Why is that? Why are you so insistent on referring to this man as if he were just walking down the street innocently and was shot for no reason at all? Why do you work so hard to try and ignore what this man was doing just before he got shot?
I imagine you also support the death penalty. Correct?
And, as par for the Starboard Tack course, you are wrong. I do not support the death penalty. I do not trust the state to have the authority to execute its citizens. It has been shown in countless cases to railroad justice, especially upon the poor.
See, your very wording twists the truth and gives you away.
This was not just an "unarmed man", as you would have it. He was an unarmed man who just seconds before he dropped his gun was about to commit armed robbery.
He was an armed robber.
But you refuse to call a spade a spade. Why is that? Why are you so insistent on referring to this man as if he were just walking down the street innocently and was shot for no reason at all? Why do you work so hard to try and ignore what this man was doing just before he got shot?
I imagine you also support the death penalty. Correct?
And, as par for the Starboard Tack course, you are wrong. I do not support the death penalty. I do not trust the state to have the authority to execute its citizens. It has been shown in countless cases to railroad justice, especially upon the poor.
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Murder 2 cause he didn't need to shoot the guy because he had the gun. No question about it if it
teddy51
Apr 2012
#1
I would say it depends on whether the alleged robber was backing away or fleeing
petronius
Apr 2012
#3
This is exactly what I mean when I say I don't have much sympathy for violent criminals.
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#24
You really believe you're going to get away with shooting people in the back?
Starboard Tack
Apr 2012
#37
Could still be murder if the prosecution can convince a jury of premeditation.
Starboard Tack
Apr 2012
#49
Only because the criminal was a butterfingers or saw the police and ditched his gun and ran.
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#42