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Originally Posted by Sixer
When it comes to using deadly force you should only be reacting to what the BG is doing
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Which, according to the brothers, was taking the gun he had stolen and threatening them with it. According to their story they didn't kill him for breaking into their house. They killed him to prevent the imminent use of deadly force.
Now one can argue until the cows come home about the wisdom or morality of attempting to catch this guy, but it doesn't matter that they would be charged with murder somewhere like Massachussetts because chasing him down and attempting to hold him is apparently legal in Texas and standing your ground when threatened is apparently legal in Texas, which all makes their reaction to getting the stolen gun turned on them apparently legal in Texas. It's no wonder given the way things work in Texas that the Texas cops said it was probably self-defense. Just don't try this in Chicago.
Or course, as PT111 noted, we have and only will have the brother's version of the story. "Lucky" for them.