Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Well.....
1. This was not big brother, but a private camera.
2. I'm the biggest proponent of self-defense you'll ever find, but what THAT guy did looks like MURDER to me. Now, we don't know what really happened; whether the decedent who was down was really OUT or not; i.e. whether he made an aggressive move toward his weapon or whatnot. We cannot see that part. If he did, it's gonna be a good case of self-defense. If he didn't, it's pretty clearly murder. The guy seems way more concerned with getting the 2nd guy than what the 1st guy was doing after he went down (i.e. not concerned about separating him from his weapon etc.); he seemed far more concerned about revenge than he was in defending his store (himself & his territory), by leaving and turning his back on the guy who was down. Bottom line, if I was on that jury, and there was believable testimony of any kind, even to the slightest degree, that the guy on the ground made a move for his gun, then I'd fully aquit. If he didn't, then I would vote 2nd degree murder, or a minimum of manslaughter.
but no, I'm not a fan of government cameras in public in most cases. But there's a place for them in public areas, not private.
1. This was not big brother, but a private camera.
2. I'm the biggest proponent of self-defense you'll ever find, but what THAT guy did looks like MURDER to me. Now, we don't know what really happened; whether the decedent who was down was really OUT or not; i.e. whether he made an aggressive move toward his weapon or whatnot. We cannot see that part. If he did, it's gonna be a good case of self-defense. If he didn't, it's pretty clearly murder. The guy seems way more concerned with getting the 2nd guy than what the 1st guy was doing after he went down (i.e. not concerned about separating him from his weapon etc.); he seemed far more concerned about revenge than he was in defending his store (himself & his territory), by leaving and turning his back on the guy who was down. Bottom line, if I was on that jury, and there was believable testimony of any kind, even to the slightest degree, that the guy on the ground made a move for his gun, then I'd fully aquit. If he didn't, then I would vote 2nd degree murder, or a minimum of manslaughter.
but no, I'm not a fan of government cameras in public in most cases. But there's a place for them in public areas, not private.