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Posted by daddyo: Now what I have suggested which has been ignored is that as we discuss how to properly speak to LE and online, so that we don't look predisposed to violence, we are basically premeditatedly thinking about how to avoid looking guilty. This could be mistaken for an intent to decieve. Purposely cloaking your actions in pre approved words so that under the microscope of the arm chair DA, you appear to be something you are not. After all if you aren't hiding your true disposition why the need for defensive minded words?
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There was a recent case in which a shooter in Texas tried just that, and the jury saw though him and convicted him of first degree murder.
His words didn't work, but his actions were what cooked his goose.
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After all if you aren't hiding your true disposition why the need for defensive minded words?
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It isn't at all a matter of using "defensive minded words". It is a simple matter three things:
- Acting intelligently--avoiding trouble in the first place; and
- should that fail, acting lawfully, and using force only when and to the extent that is necssary; and
- avoiding saying, writing, posting, wearing, or carrying anything that is likely to give the impression of a predisposition to use deadly force.