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Originally Posted by Largest of Als  If he'd chased him down in the street and killed him, yes.
In his own home, faced by an intruder, who he didnt know was a 'just a burglar' and didnt know if he was armed or not, then to me, thats a different story.
Al |
He was climbing out of a window, trying frantically to escape and catch his mates who had already ran for their lives because the farmer had shown up with a gun and he was terrified.
Now, whether or not he should have been there in the first place doesn't make shooting him in the back as he tries to retreat from you a reasonable thing to do.
I don't agree that it should have been a murder charge but the manslaughter verdict which was served? Definitely. Without a doubt.
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Originally Posted by Stew Slight difference between someone resisting arrest when he's already been warned a couple of times by the police and threatened with the use of the tazer and some farmer shooting someone in the back, no? |
That's the point. The conversation is now about what constitutes reasonable force.
