A Florida jury has convicted a white woman accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of her Black neighbor amid an ongoing feud over the neighbor’s children.
  • SeaJ@lemm.eeOP
    351·
    9 months ago

    I remember racists trying to defend this piece of shit.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    181·
    9 months ago

    I don’t think in any other democracy than USA, could there be any doubt that this was outright murder.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    171·
    9 months ago

    Here’s a really good rule of thumb: don’t shoot someone that you feel threatened by until they break into your house. As long as they are outside–and not shooting at you through the door–you are not in imminent danger. This is a situation where you can readily call the cops and wait. If the neighbor had kicked the door in and come inside, then we’d be looking at a legitimate self-defense claim. But you will almost never get to claim self-defense if you’re shooting through a closed exterior door in your home at someone outside of your home.

    If you’re going to carry for self-defense, the most important thing you can learn is de-escalation, so that you don’t murder someone.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.eeBanned from community
    63·
    9 months ago

    The ONLY ONLY LITERALLY ONLY way to have Prevented this was if the NEIGHBOR Shot the Woman FIRST! There’s Literally NO OTHER WAY to have Prevented this! I’m also Pro Life!