Whose right to "Stand Your Ground" takes precedence?

dancingtongue · 2023-04-09T10:29:34-04:00

Politics - Whose right to "Stand Your Ground" takes precedence? (Quote) --USA Today If someone runs a... (42 replies).

"Texas has one of the strongest 'Stand Your Ground' laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney," Abbott said in a tweet. “I will work as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry.” . . . .

Perry, an Army sergeant, was working as an Uber driver in Austin on the night of July 25, 2020, when he ran a red light at an intersection downtown and drove into a Black Lives Matter march before stopping.

Garrett Foster, carrying an AK-47 rifle, was among a group of protesters who approached his car. Perry told police that Foster threatened him by raising the barrel of his rifle at him, so he shot him five times with a .357 revolver through the window of his car before driving away.

--USA Today

If someone runs a redlight to ram their car into you, aren't you standing your ground by raising your AR-15?

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akindheart · 61-69, F

It has to be determined if perry deliberately.rammed him.or not. Foster had no right to point a gun. Perry fired in self defense

MethDozer · M

@akindheart The Ak was pointed in self defense.

akindheart · 61-69, F

@MethDozer it says he raised his gun. Sounds tome that perry shot in self defense not the other way around

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@akindheart The gun was raised at a heavy vehicle that just ran a red light and is bearing down on him and a crowd of others. Isn't that self defense?

MethDozer · M

@akindheart Perry ran a red light into a crowd of people. That's the initial assault. DEERRP

Sounds to me and anyone with half a brain he raised the gun in defense to an threat.

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MethDozer · M

@akindheart

Foster attended an Austin protest on July 25 while Perry was downtown driving for Uber. According to police, Perry stopped his car and honked at people protesting while they walked through the street, blocks from the state Capitol. Seconds later, he drove his car into the crowd, police said.

Foster, who was a 28-year-old white man and an Air Force veteran, had been seen openly carrying an AK-47 rifle at the time, which is legal. There are conflicting accounts as to whether Foster raised the rifle to the driver first — but seconds later Perry, who was also legally armed, shot and killed Foster and fled the area, police said. He called the police and reported what happened, claiming he shot in self defense after Foster aimed his weapon at him. Perry is also a white man.

The case sparked debates over Texas’ “stand your ground” law, which allows people to use deadly force against someone else if they feel they are in danger. But Perry’s social media posts about retaliating against protesters raised questions about the shooter’s state of mind and his self-defense claim.

The “stand your ground” law prohibits an individual from arguing self-defense if they provoked a threat from someone else. Witnesses said that Perry seemed to drive threateningly into the crowd before shots were fired, and his actions seemed intentional

Self defense my ass.

akindheart · 61-69, F

@MethDozer 2 pts and as usual. You pick a fight . Conflicting accts? Of course when it works ti your advantage and secondly i went by what was posted

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@dancingtongue

The gun was raised at a heavy vehicle that just ran a red light and is bearing down on him and a crowd of others. Isn't that self defense?

It said he was stopped liar. Leftists will do ANYTHING to defend their pathology