Florida's Stand your Ground law

I wonder if this man still has his gun?

When a policeman shoots someone his gun is removed and he is placed on
administrative leave pending an investigation.

I hope this murderer isn't armed and at home ready to kill again.

Adds, I think this is true (maybe I'm naive) of the whole neighborhood watch program system, nationwide, that you don't take matters into your own hands.
I think this teen was considered by the shooter as being guilty of being black and walking; the shooter may have other issues. Maybe there's a gated community mindset/function that I don't know about personally.

I relate to this situation in that my niece has lived part of her life as one of the relatively few black children, then teen, now adult, in an ok but sort of iffy area quite like where my ex and I lived. Most people there know her and I don't think she'd be a target, but a guy like this gives me chills.

The repulsive thing, past the shooting itself, is that he wasn't held.

“He said, ‘Somebody shot Trayvon and killed him.’ And I was like, ‘Are you sure?’ ” Fulton [Trayvon's mom] continued in disbelief. “I said ‘How do you know that’s Trayvon?’ And he said because they showed him a picture.”

That was Feb. 27, one day after Trayvon was shot. The father thought that he was missing, according to the family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump, but the boy’s body had actually been taken to the medical examiner’s office and listed as a John Doe.

The father called the Missing Persons Unit. No luck. Then he called 911. The police asked the father to describe the boy, after which they sent officers to the house where the father was staying. There they showed him a picture of the boy with blood coming out of his mouth.

If someone had shot an unarmed man in the UK they would be charged,
and most likely convicted of murder. I don't understand how this can be seen as anything other than that.

unarmed?

have you ever had Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea thrown in your face

Does anyone in this forum KNOW
what decedent was actually DOING in the last few minutes of his life????

We might also note that on too many occasions,
the police have also mistakenly killed unarmed individuals.
The Dialo case in NYC comes to mind; there have been others.

At the point where he was instructed not to follow the boy, and did so anyway, he lost any claim to self defense.

At the point where he was instructed not to follow the boy, and did so anyway, he lost any claim to self defense.

Does anyone in this forum KNOW
what decedent was actually DOING in the last few minutes of his life????

Running away from the nutcase that had him in his crosshairs, [ on a pistol??? ]
and begging not to be shot, by all accounts.

We might also note that on too many occasions,
the police have also mistakenly killed unarmed individuals.
The Dialo case in NYC comes to mind; there have been others.

Er... What the hell does that have to do with anything?

Red herring, much?




According to the folks who drafted the "stand your ground" law, it does not give anyone the authority to confront someone and then claim self defense. At the point where he was instructed not to follow the boy, and did so anyway, he lost any claim to self defense.

At the point where he was instructed not to follow the boy, and did so anyway, he lost any claim to self defense.

Or so one would think.

You're a Texan, do you remember the Joe Horn case?

He shot two people who were breaking into a neighbors house
after the police had told him to stay inside his own house,
that the police were on the way. He got off.