So these dudes antagonize her, approach her, and push her down.
She pulls a gun and doesn't even shoot.
Alright I'm with it so far...
They run off...and call the cops?
And the cops arrest...her?
Drawing the weapon was clearly defensive. There's no "malicious intent" if you're in a marginalized group and carrying a legal weapon.
Had she not drawn her weapon she probably would been raped, or worse.
Do trans people have rights in conservative strongholds?
Ask a Nazi if Jews have rights and you'll get your answer.
If the courts don't bring justice the public needs to
If George Zimmerman can successfully claim self defense, anyone should be able to. What, do you need to kill the other person for it to count?
You have to be a straight, white, cisgender, conservative man.
I mean, dead men tell no tales. 😐
But seriously, the prosecution will probably say the situation wasn't dire or else the defendant would've fired.
Matthew Shepherd
October 12, 1998
Laramie, Wyoming
They tied him to a fence and beat him to death
Who is they
Six days before his death, Matthew Shepard's assailants — Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson — picked him up at a bar, drove him to the edge of town, tied him to a fence and brutally beat him. Eighteen hours later, a passerby discovered Shepard barely alive. He was taken to a Colorado hospital where he later died on October 12. Russell and McKinney were sentenced to life in prison
The Wyoming queerphobes who murdered him
Names, we need names
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
It was pretty widely reported on when it happened.
"Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested shortly after the attack and charged with first-degree murder following Shepard's death. Henderson pleaded guilty to murder, and McKinney was tried and found guilty of murder; each of them received two consecutive life sentences."
1998, University of Wyoming.
What mental gymnastics are going on that they claim "unlawful intent" if the intent to was to stop the man from assaulting her. How is intending to stop someone from continuing a hate crime unlawful?
On this planet or in this country?
Planet
Shoot first, deal with consequences later
Absolutely!
It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6
Yep. Even dealing with this bullshit law enforcement, she might be better off than what those guys were going to do to her.
Two in the chest one in the head.
Open his mind, so to speak.
The law is not equal. It's that protect the in crowd and bind the outsiders that is mentioned all the time.
That's why the wealthy never really seem to face consequences even when convicted of felonies. They just brush it off and get elected president and pardon anybody willing to bribe them or undertake illegal actions against our constitution on their behest.
That's justice today. I wonder who has been manipulating the judicial branch decisions and warping justice even further? Must be some society starting with F...
Sometimes when justice fails the people, one must appeal to Madame la Guillotine. She accepts no bribe, pardon, nor appeal.
What the fuck?
What is this headline?
There was a fight, a gun was drawn, now there is a court case to see whether that was lawful.
Sounds like it works as intended.
Also I like how articles don't cite sources apparently. No link to the court case/indictment and I can't find it online. So no idea if this is even real.
The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.
There's an obvious, easy assault charge here and they are not pursuing it. This is persecution of a trans person. Stfu.
Sounds like it works as intended.
The evidence is such that no reason reasonable jury could find the facts of the case represent anything other than self defense:
Video evidence confirms that Kelver was alone, outnumbered, physically assaulted, and left on the ground facing multiple aggressors.
Thus, the victim would be entitled to having the case dismissed as a matter of law by the evidence on hand since no reasonable jury could look at such evidence and find otherwise when the evidence is viewed in a light most favorable to the prosecution. Hell, the prosecutor could just drop the case.
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