(November 8, 2021 at 12:56 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(November 8, 2021 at 12:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ‘We thought he was up to something, then he resisted’ is not and never has been a defense. There is no law against resisting vigilantes.
Boru
Right.
How is it the "castle doctrine" lead to vigilantism? It is bad enough we have a "shoot first and assume the worst" training of our actual police force, but why should anyone be surprised that a black man grabbed for the firearm? Ahmaud didn't want to die. The "castle doctrine" was only supposed to apply to your physical home. How it lead to street posses is beyond me.
I cannot tell you how many times as a kid and teen and even in my neighborhood today, I have cut through yards to get somewhere. But especially as a kid and teen, I went on to construction sites just to look around. And my understanding with this case, is that neighbors witnessed even white people looking around the construction property prior to that day.
The castle doctrine didn’t lead to vigilantism.
Boru
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