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dkf

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12. Read it again. Dooley says it was self defense for the choking.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:22 AM

Jul 2013

The two witnesses say the other guy was reaching for Dooley's gun.

From the article, Dooley's rationale wasn't the gun grabbing.

At least that is how I read it.

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If someone has their hands around your neck and reaching for your gun [View all] HipChick Jul 2013 OP

That is exactly how those laws work BainsBane Jul 2013 #1

They have their hands around your neck AND are reaching for your gun? NancyDL Jul 2013 #2

I was willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt but his account of being choked doesn't dkf Jul 2013 #3

you heaven05 Jul 2013 #5

Geez it's the person on trial who you are supposed to be reviewing the actions of. dkf Jul 2013 #6

supporters heaven05 Jul 2013 #24

OF COURSE you completely ignore the "reaching for my gun" part. There were 2 parts to Z's defense an uponit7771 Jul 2013 #10

Read it again. Dooley says it was self defense for the choking. dkf Jul 2013 #12

Yes it was! That was part of his defense!! That the other guy was grabbing for his gun JUST like Z.. uponit7771 Jul 2013 #14

Where does Dooley assert the other guy was going for his gun? dkf Jul 2013 #15

You're freakin kidding me!! Link and quote inside uponit7771 Jul 2013 #16

Was Dooley choked badly enough to require hospitalization? JVS Jul 2013 #4

By GZ standards Dooly on needs to THINK that he will need hospitalization. Dooley can get up, go to uponit7771 Jul 2013 #8

"By GZ standards Dooly on needs to THINK that he will need hospitalization" JVS Jul 2013 #17

injured or hospitalized tomato tomoto.. Also, like Z..Dooley had a two part defense. Injuries and... uponit7771 Jul 2013 #18

More proof that SYG is a whites only law uponit7771 Jul 2013 #7

+1 Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #13

Some people have three hands lunatica Jul 2013 #9

Some people have quakerboy Jul 2013 #30

Self Defense and Stand Your Ground only applies to white people. Minorities avebury Jul 2013 #11

This is what I am seeing.. HipChick Jul 2013 #22

Wait and see how they will like it when the white avebury Jul 2013 #23

If you bother to go find the details of the case Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #19

You can claim SYG as an agressor if you TRY to desist...and can't. jmg257 Jul 2013 #21

FL 776.041(2) allows use of deadly force BY THE AGGRESSOR in certain circumstances DeschutesRiver Jul 2013 #26

How does FL case law Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #27

That i do not know. Just wanted to correct the aggressor thing as that is 100% wrong in FL. DeschutesRiver Jul 2013 #29

What's similiar in these cases is people getting killed - WITH GUNS - for NO jmg257 Jul 2013 #20

Racist whites have been frothing at the mouth for a race war for decades. bushisanidiot Jul 2013 #25

Except neither the judge nor the jury believed that version of events onenote Jul 2013 #28