Recent comments in /f/newhampshire

TechPriestPratt t1_j6kql3c wrote

You should not find it significant at all that his defense attorney feels confident that he will be found not guilty. It's literally his job to say things like that. The guy could be guilty as sin and his defense attorney will (and should) go out there and say that he believes he will be found not guilty. Don't be so gullible.

*note I'm not saying he is or isn't guilty just commenting on taking anything an attorney with interest in the case says at face value.

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Longjumping_Ask_4911 t1_j6kqjw2 wrote

Clearly not, this is obviously stand your ground.

"Residents have a right to defend themselves from attack anywhere. A citizen should not be required to retreat from a place they have a legal right to be. "

https://www.citizenscount.org/issues/stand-your-ground-castle-doctrine

Like I said, don't throw the punch, this never happens.

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Longjumping_Ask_4911 t1_j6kp7cr wrote

You can't force someone to punch you. Regardless of what happened before, as soon as that dude threw the punch he was at fault. Seems pretty simple, don't act like an animal, don't throw a punch over words, then this doesn't happen. Anyone who thinks otherwise has a different agenda. I feel bad for the guy whose going to get shit because some little napoleon threw what appears to be two sucker punches.

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Reddit_in_her_voice t1_j6knp8s wrote

I also think there's a fair case for self defense just in the two videos. Repeated blows to the head immediately following a brain injury are without question potentially deadly.

Of course we'll wait and see what happens when more evidence comes out. But notable that the reaction to this event on Reddit is virtually identical to the reaction to the Rittenhouse case and he walked away with five not guilty verdicts and zero guilty verdicts.

I've also seen a lot of ignorance about both firearms and the law. Such as people claiming a one second draw is not possible unless one's hand is already on the gun and that there is some legal duty to retreat in this state.

Edit ignorance even in this very thread where a now deleted comment argues that size is a conclusive factor and that there is some kind of legal duty to engage in fisticuffs when attacked.

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