Arkansas homeowner shoots at teens egging his car, killing 15 year old girl in the process

[BlueStreak]

108. Should not be.

Obviously it is a case of second degree murder, which the defense would try to argue down to an aggravated homicide charge. I don't think anybody here would ever suggest that deadly force was justified.

I'm just saying that the article makes it sound like this was an innocent bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time. But in fact it appears she was involved in the vandalism. You cannot justify shooting anybody for vandalism. But I'm simply suggesting that those wanting to make another Trayvon / Dunn case out of this should not try to shade the facts. It isn't necessary. She was vandalizing and a guy murdered her. That's the story.

It is essentially the same story as Dunn and maybe Trayvon. We know that in the Dunn case, the eventual victims were behaving in a way that was at least irritating, if not intentionally provocative. The issue in all cases is proportion. You can't shoot a guy because his music is too loud. You can't shoot a girl because she threw an egg.