It takes considerably more than that, even here in gun happy Texas.
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It takes considerably more than that, even here in gun happy Texas.
noones arguing the first point. if she was acting in self-defense and that was proven, so be it.
Seems like a good facial connection/sock might have ended it sufficiently. For then.
And?
Nothing you said is a good reason to charge someone who was shot with manslaughter.
"If it was she wouldn't have gotten into a fight "
Pointing out how the article is a good example of everything wrong with journalism.
Totally slanted.
Leaves out critical info.
Tries to paint her as the victim when she is the aggressor.
Agenda pushing.
Have to go deep in the article to find any real info yet still no details.
Etc.
Etc.
Y'all can argue the validity of the charge. It's not like they're coming after her for having a glass of wine while pregnant.
She apparently instigated and continue to escalate a situation all the way to legit use of deadly force against her that resulted in the death of her baby.
Real shit situation. Probably get pleaded down to some kind of assault.
It just says the argument escalated and she was shot. No mention of a time period. No mention of how or how fast words went to fists went to guns. No mention of her being the aggressor from the headline down to the part about the grand jury's findings. Those findings are in the article. Presumably they knew what they were when they wrote it.
SHe precipitated and continued the throw down. It sounds like maybe the shooter was willing to back off and she instead kept coming. At some point(maybe it would be clearer in a video of the event) it might have been self-defense for the shooter. The child/fetus was basically an innocent bystander, to an assault that was fended off with gunfire. Ironically, the mother of said fetus was the assailant.
The gun felt threatened.
True. That is some sad shit. Amazing she would risk her & her child's safety that way. I'd like to know the backstory on why they had this throwdown that got to that point.
There's undoubtedly more to the story. All this article mentions is that it appears to be over the father of the kid.
I can't prove it, but I'd bet the rent money he knows what both those chicks look like naked.
Irrelevant yet interesting(always) to those studying human behavioural patterns. 1 or 2 lives(depending on your viewpoint) ruined over who loves the baby daddy better. FFS.
inaccurate. he wouldnt say sorry
You and I both know where this is going and we also both know we're not gonna change each other's views on it after whatever amount of time and typing we invest in it.
On a more reasoned/detached note...
I'm thinking they went with manslaughter because this lady didn't go out that day looking to get in a shooting, but she did (according to them) initiate, participate in, and escalate a situation the ended in a justifiable one that directly ended up taking the life of her kid.
Yes, with the intent of having a precedent setting test case for the recent abortion legislation.
Personally I'm not so keen on going down that road. Just plain don't trust the system enough to go there. I can see it heading towards women getting charged with all kinds of stupid shit that kinda maybe not might've been the absolute best thing for the babies they're carrying because some holier-than-thou stiff wants to make political points.
Pandora's box can of worms that's probably best left shut.
I will say that the whole "knowing the baby died is punishment enough" sentiment should be reserved for the woman who had to fucking shoot somebody that was threatening her life.
The mother (according to them) apparently wasn't too damn concerned about the baby's well being while she was busy starting fights and commiting violence.
The mother (according to them) apparently wasn't too damn concerned about the baby's well being while she was busy starting fights and commiting violence.
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