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My biggest problem with this and the GQ piece from last week -- both quote O'Neal as saying “We were stopping for a light" when Smith allegedly hit them in front of Juan's. But very simple fact checking shows that the light was a few hundred feet away, and at that hour, I seriously doubt there was a line of cars stopped at the light. The most likely scenario is that Hayes stopped abruptly in the street for no apparent reason. In which case, Smith was reasonable in fearing that it was a set-up for a carjacking or other robbery, and reasonable in driving away instead of getting out to check on the non-existent "damage."
For reference, here's a shot of the street from Google Maps. Hayes stopped abruptly right near that parking meter. As you can see, the light is 7 or 8 car-lengths away.
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"Louisiana, like an increasing number of states, has a strong stand-your-ground law, under which a homicide “is justifiable . . . when committed in self-defense by one who reasonably believes that he is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the killing is necessary to save himself from that danger.” "
This one passage IMO taints the entire article and I stopped reading at this point.
"Homicide" is NEVER justified. "Homicide" IS the unlawful killing of anther person. This guy has an agenda other than reporting on this story.
"Louisiana, like an increasing number of states, has a strong stand-your-ground law, under which a homicide “is justifiable . . . when committed in self-defense by one who reasonably believes that he is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the killing is necessary to save himself from that danger.” "
This one passage IMO taints the entire article and I stopped reading at this point.
"Homicide" is NEVER justified. "Homicide" IS the unlawful killing of anther person. This guy has an agenda other than reporting on this story.
Incorrect. Homicide is the killing of one person by another, just as suicide is the killing of oneself, or fratricide is the killing of one's brother. It does not imply guilt, innocence, or intent. Justifiable homicide is absolutely real, and is the case when one person kills another in self-defense.
That said, stand your ground laws are still garbage.
Incorrect. Homicide is the killing of one person by another, just as suicide is the killing of oneself, or fratricide is the killing of one's brother. It does not imply guilt, innocence, or intent. Justifiable homicide is absolutely real, and is the case when one person kills another in self-defense.
That said, stand your ground laws are still garbage.