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I keep hearing the reasoning that Kyle is guilty because he inserted himself into a dangerous situation and thus he was asking for trouble...
What really gets me about this excuse is you are essentially admitting that the protesters that night were extremely dangerous. Since when is it a defense to say "Yea the kid was almost killed by an angry mob, but it was his own fault for walking into a bad neighborhood".
FFS you are kinda admiting he had every right to be scared for his life and to shoot in the first place.
This is the same horrible logic people use when they say rape victims deserved to be raped because they were "asking for it" by wearing low cut shirts.... no thats not how this works, that not how any of this works.
@thatguyoverthere pretty much yea... The only persons fault it is is who throws the first punch, period.
@thatguyoverthere my thoughts example. He went out of his way to flee, only shot as a last resort when a person was within arms reacha nd made multiple attempts at assault, an his behavior up until the moment of the incident was one where he showed a genuine effort to help the community and keep it safe by administering first-aid and cleaning up graffiti.
The only argument anyone could make is that he was probably a bit too young to be in such a dangerous place. But that is hardly an argument that suggests his guilt in any sense. It just means his mother wasnt quite as protective of his life as I would normally expect.
@freemo
Doesn't that also kind of go against innocence presumption (pardon my french)? "You're guilty because of the initial conditions of the crime" is like codemning the guy before even looking at any other angle?
@lefarfadet Sorta I guess... It basically means anyone who ever commits a crime in a dangerous area is automatically innocent because the person they assault/kill/rob should have known better than to be around a criminal in the first place.
"it's her fault she for raped for wearing that red dress." Same energy