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z zig heil. There are no charges in florida because of the florida stands your ground law. Its the same one much discussed in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Now, federal lawmakers are calling the doj to investigate. So how did we get here . After finishing her nursing shift,
things when they re in the middle of a physical confrontation. in other words, if we can za bruder the tape the man who shoved him is towering over him. the question, what s in his head and is what s in his head a reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm. boom. right there is the question. that s absolutely correct. the only analysis i would add to it, we do need to look at it as the statute requires from dresda s perspective. what what he is going through. you get thrown to the grounds, you have a dutch of adrenaline into your body. we know from cops telling, you get tunnel vichlgs you don t hear things, interpret things the way. sounding like a criminal defense attorney at a moment, dresda is in a position where his
as i watch that and eval wait the tape myself. is the sheriffs analysis incorrect or is the law at fault? i m not comfortable with the outcome of this case. i should say out front. am i to blame the law or the way in which it s being applied? i think the sheriff is incorrect, the state attorney bernie mccabe should know that there is enough evidence to charge this killer with cold blooded murder. less troubling for many in communities of cover that you can pick a confrontation. you can be the initial aggressor. you killed an unarmed black person and then you say, oh, it was self defence. i was standing my ground. you get to go home and sleep in your bed at night. we think the law is a bad law that encourages people to take the law into their own hands. it s a license to kill black
because the sheriff could, in fact, be liable if he arrests without good reason. so to answer the question, when you look at that tape, when you look closely at it, mr. mclaughlin did, i disagree with ben, mclaughlin was the initial aggressor in that he started the physical confront axe, having said that he also backed off after. that i don t think the shooter tant gets to shoot as you say, as i said in retry buchlths i have a tough time believing even though he was on the ground he was in reasonable fear of imminent great bodily injury. everything else aside, we do need to look at it from his perspective, are you in reasonable fear at that moment of ongoing imminent great bodily harm and quite honestly, i don t think the tape shows it, even presuming the way a person looks, reacts and interprets