- 03 Dec 2022 02:55
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This is kind of a bizarre story.
A robber had just committed a robbery with a gun. While outside trying to run away, the robber was chased by the store clerk and shot in the leg. The robber shot back, killing the store clerk.
The robber is NOT going to be charged with murder. The authorities in California, one hour inland from the San Francisco Bay Area, have decided what the robber did was "self defense".
A California clerk was fatally shot by a robbery suspect, authorities say. The suspect won't be charged with murder. NBC News, David K. Li, Donna Mendell, December 1, 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ca ... -rcna59657
Ronald Jackson Jr., 20, was initially booked on suspicion of armed robbery and homicide in connection to the slaying of James Williams, 36, at a Chevron gas station in Antioch, California.
So it appears the prosecutor's office is sending a message that it's not okay to shoot armed robbers who are trying to get away? Or at least that the robber has a right to shoot back in self defense, if he is in the process of running away and being chased.
And will this concept apply to police chasing the suspect too?
What do you think about this? Is it wacky progressive insanity, or do armed robbers really do have some level of right to self defense, in some situations?
Will Europeans have a different view on this from Americans?
A robber had just committed a robbery with a gun. While outside trying to run away, the robber was chased by the store clerk and shot in the leg. The robber shot back, killing the store clerk.
The robber is NOT going to be charged with murder. The authorities in California, one hour inland from the San Francisco Bay Area, have decided what the robber did was "self defense".
A California clerk was fatally shot by a robbery suspect, authorities say. The suspect won't be charged with murder. NBC News, David K. Li, Donna Mendell, December 1, 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ca ... -rcna59657
Ronald Jackson Jr., 20, was initially booked on suspicion of armed robbery and homicide in connection to the slaying of James Williams, 36, at a Chevron gas station in Antioch, California.
So it appears the prosecutor's office is sending a message that it's not okay to shoot armed robbers who are trying to get away? Or at least that the robber has a right to shoot back in self defense, if he is in the process of running away and being chased.
And will this concept apply to police chasing the suspect too?
What do you think about this? Is it wacky progressive insanity, or do armed robbers really do have some level of right to self defense, in some situations?
Will Europeans have a different view on this from Americans?