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[quote=Anonymous]I"m not discussing guilt or innocence (although I believe he is guilty). My issue is that this POS hasn't even been arrested. In what world shouldn't this happen?

-He called 911 to report a "suspicious person" 
-911 told him not to intervene and that police were on the way 
-The man chose to exit his vehicle with his gun. 
-An altercation enrsued (I can imagine that this teen told him to "eff off" which is probably what I would have told him. Blacks no longer need walking papers and we are free to walk wherever we please without having to explain our intentions to anybody). 
-Somewhere in this altercation, the man pulled his gun and shot the teen

Again, in what world was this murderer not the aggressor? 
OK, I think there should be an investigation, but this is a bit overblown.  First, ignoring the 911 operator's instructions to not follow the kid, and exiting the car, while stupid actions that ultimately lead to this tragedy, are not criminal actions, and do not eliminate a self-defense argument if it otherwise would be appropriate.  In other words, getting out of the car and yelling where the eff are you going does not make the shooter the aggressor.  Second, the viability of self-defense depends entirely on what happened in the altercation.  If the kid yelled eff you and was shot, clearly not self-defense.  If he yelled eff you, the guy yelled eff you back, and the kid rushed towards him?  It gets a little grayer.  Most importantly, there are no witnesses, and for the most part the only thing the cops have is the account of the shooter.  With nothing to contradict his story, it's not out of the world of possibility that the cops/DA coudl decide that a prosecution would be pointless.  I'd guess at this point there will be an arrest because of the publicity, but absent a witness coming forward or some forensic evidence to contradict the shooter's story, I'm not sure a conviction is likely.  [/quote]

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