“When you decide to break into a person’s home, steal their property, or assault their person, anything and EVERYTHING bad that happens is simply a direct result of your bad decision.”
I couldn’t agree more. However, in this political climate I am very leery of the DA’s comments about needing to evaluate the facts of the case. I don’t know why, but after the Zimmerman arrest yesterday I find myself feeling little trust that those in law enforcement will do the right thing in the face of adversity.
Just now it seems that the race(s) of the involved parties determine the outcomes of the investigations.
Mecklenburg District Attorney Andrew Murray (who probably carries concealed, and has a host of men-at-arms at his call) has said the law covers anyone any peasant “who uses deadly force to legitimately protect themselves from harm or death” (unless it doesn't). However, if the evidence shows excessive force was used, he said, prosecutors could indict the shooter peasant for murder. “We have to evaluate the situation – the facts – to determine if the person peasant used deadly force because they had a real fear of bodily harm or death,” he told the Observer recently. “We’ve got to look at the evidence and whether the force used was necessary given the situation.”
We are all George Zimmerman.