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March 9, 2013, 01:28 PM | #1 | |
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Editorial against Florida Stand Your Ground, and my contribution to "comments"
I was checking out some editorial pages today, and ran across this in the Bradenton, FL paper:
http://www.bradenton.com/2013/03/09/...#disqus_thread As the headline might suggest, the editorial board finds SYG shameful, and a sham, and they had scathing comments for the committee that just held a hearing on whether to scrap or revise the law. (Obviously, the committee decided the law was fine.) So, here was my comment on the editorial: Quote:
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March 9, 2013, 02:00 PM | #2 |
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What is funny about the recent case in FL involving "stand your ground" is that whether you believe the version of the man arrested, or the version by supporters of the dead alleged attacker, in either scenario, the "stand your ground" law is irrelevant, and cannot be applied. "Stand your ground" does not justify pursuit of a suspected criminal as was alleged, nor when you are on your back, getting your head banged against the sidewalk does your "duty to retreat" even become an obligation for which you need "stand your ground" to protect you from.
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March 9, 2013, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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Pursuit would imply an intent to catch and detain; given that the defendant in question was giving a running update to a 911 dispatcher, it seems more likely that he was trying to keep the other person in sight until the police could arrive.
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March 9, 2013, 03:30 PM | #4 |
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Stand Your Ground is a great concept in theory, as long as it's not abused like someone clearly being the aggressor and claiming SYG and it working for them.
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March 9, 2013, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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And in practice, when has that happened?
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March 9, 2013, 06:30 PM | #6 |
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Good post M. What were your stats on the posting in the paper. Could you share some of the replies?
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March 9, 2013, 07:18 PM | #7 |
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Well said, MLeake.
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March 9, 2013, 07:33 PM | #8 |
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I read the article and left my own comment, that the task force's decision was exactly right.
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