"Justice for Trayvon" mob severely beats Alabama man

[jfssms]

Being attacked by a mob, regardless of their ethnic background, ought to be a justification for defending oneself.

Thank you, Mr. Books.

 

[LightningCrash]

You are correct



Im pretty sure getting beat down by a mob is going to end either in great bodily harm or death

Sort of. Read the first line of that.

 

[dieseltech09]

So glad I live way out in suburbia. I could see a mob coming from a mile away. Plenty of time to load up some 30 round mags.

all the more reason for a betta mag or at least a couple of surefire 60 or 100 round mags laying around

 

[dieseltech09]

Sort of. Read the first line of that.

You must read it different than I do. He wasn't somewhere he shouldn't have been and he wasn't doing anything illegal at the time he was jumped by the mob. Same goes for the neighbor

 

[LightningCrash]

You must read it different than I do. He wasn't somewhere he shouldn't have been and he wasn't doing anything illegal at the time he was jumped by the mob.

We're talking about the neighbor, not the beaten man.

Specifically, to aid another, you must be attacked.

 

[dieseltech09]

We're talking about the neighbor, not the beaten man.

Specifically, to aid another, you must be attacked.

You dont have to be attacked for the law to take affect. Only in fear for your life or that of another as the law reads. If a mob is coming at you are you going to wait until you are overwhelmed (attacked) by the mob before you take action. Like I said you read it differently than I do

 

[Biggsly]

So glad I live way out in suburbia. I could see a mob coming from a mile away. Plenty of time to load up some 30 round mags.

Just one more reason to keep several already loaded.

 

[victor3ranger]

Poor mob of good black children, only releaving pent up stress the from the white mans burden, I am sure the white kid provided some reason for the beating he got, therefore I am sure the black community will see that this beatdown was warrented.

Someone should have opened fire on this filth.

 

[tRidiot]

We're talking about the neighbor, not the beaten man.

Specifically, to aid another, you must be attacked.

I don't believe that. The way I read it is that you can intervene if you are a bystander in the attempt to prevent said bodily harm to another, even if you are not part of it.

Otherwise, you can be driving down the road and see a man beating a woman with a chain or baseball bat and you are forbidden from intervening to save her life. That does not make sense, not that the law always does, but it is not the way I read it. I'd be interested in case law or precedent to prove it, if there is any available.


<edit> After re-reading the law, I can see where you might interpret it that way. However, I do not believe that is the intent of the law... perhaps we should start a campaign during next session to have our legislators clarify that wording, so that it may be more clear. Would hate for a well-intentioned, law-abiding citizen to end up hoisted on his own petard for doing the right thing in such a situation.

 

[PUMPKIN]

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