BluesStringer
Les Brers
Defensive deadly force? First time I have heard that term. So you say he was blinded by pepper spray and his breathing was impaired, it sure didn't look that way in the video when he was running full speed, weapon out while shooting.
You saw him "running full speed, weapon out while shooting" at the end of the video, which was not time-accurate as several splices can be seen before that point in the video. We have no idea how much time has passed between being sprayed initially and coming out from behind the shelves two aisles over from where they both disappeared from camera-view. And actually, you didn't see Benn shooting at all. The reporter said they stopped the tape before Benn shot Colorado. Benn says he was already shot at that time, which is supported by the counter-help seen ducking for cover behind the counter before Benn even exits the aisle.
So what your saying is if a guy splashes shampoo in my eyes while standing in line than I can use defensive deadly force because I was blinded?
Uh....yeah.....that's the extent of what happened, right? Colorado approached Benn from behind, sprayed him once, Benn moved away, Colorado advanced, sprayed him twice more, Benn tried to separate himself from Colorado by putting an aisle between them, Colorado pursued down the next aisle threatening him saying "I got more for you, where you at bro?" (or something very close to that), and when they both exited out of the aisle two rows over from the last position we saw Benn in, the cashier or pharmacist was already hugging the Earth, Benn says he was already shot, and only in that split second does the camera show him raising his weapon.
So if all that happened after someone splashed shampoo in your eyes while standing in (or out) of line, you're damn skippy, Skippy, you can then use defensive deadly force in any state in the Union where the cops and prosecutors don't try to railroad someone for trying to save their own life with a gun, or for being black, or just for sh!ts and giggles, I don't know, there is no tellin' what motivates cops and prosecutors these days.
I need you as my lawyer.
Hey, I haven't called you or anyone else names. Why are you calling me a stinkin' lawyer? Even if I were one, I'd never take an ex-cop for a client. Colorado clearly shows what kind of human debris they can be. I do have standards.
And surprise surprise. Here you are looking for an excuse to find the cops and prosecutors free from any wrong-doing after they tried to railroad a guy who fired his weapon in justifiable self defense, and say they're going to re-try him even now that the video is made public. I guess they're counting on the jury pool being just like you and ignoring most of the evidence the tape shows, and then boiling it down to some kind of "accidental" blinding and then BOOM! Benn shoots the guy that "splashed" pepper spray on him.....three times.....then pursued him while threatening him....then shot him. Hopefully, the second jury won't be that freakin' stupid.
Blues