OT Derek Chauvin, 45, is found guilty on ALL three charges

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  1. Everything Beagle

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    This might be controversial but I don’t think anyone should get to murder people without being tried for murder afterwards.

    Think for a moment about the many ways this can be interpreted. I mean them all. Yeah even that one.
     
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    Well said.
     
    Phatguysrule, Dec 19, 2023
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    Yep. When people who are abused and attacked defend themselves with lethal force, we should absolutely re-traumatize them with a trial.
     
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    That isn't murder.
     
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    The post to which I responded said, and I quote: "Think for a moment about the many ways this can be interpreted. I mean them all. Yeah even that one."

    The scenario I mentioned absolutely is one of the ways that that statement could be interpreted. I'm taking her at her word that when she says she means all of them, "even that one," that she means what she says.
     
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    This is almost always the case, as you'd learn in a firearm safety course (as well as most any other comprehensive self defense course).

    Defending yourself with lethal force will land you in court and likely cost you tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
     
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    I can't guess what someone really means. I think murder should be prosecuted but I am no pacifist. I do support self defense in cases where it really is self defense and not gay panic or cops interpreting anything a Black citizen does as threatening. And that getting out of a situation is first option. Not shooting.
     
    crandc, Dec 20, 2023
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    Nor can I. But when someone makes a point to be exceedingly crystal clear, I take them at their word.
     
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