Stand Your Ground? Texas man kills teacher over noise complaint

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294. They're laughing because they were drunk and/or stupid. But they weren't paranoid

and angry, as he was. And none of them shot a gun or even carried one.

And again, that video only showed a few minutes of a 22 minute altercation. More than one onlooker testified that he was in the driveway at least part of the time.

But what difference does it make? He wasn't on his OWN property, so stand your ground shouldn't apply. The problem is, he was convinced it did, and his interpretation is common.

http://www.khou.com/news/Former-neighbors-union-Rodriguez-always-paranoid-157943785.html

The president of the Baytown Firefighters Union, who was asked not to go on camera by Harris County prosecutors because of the trial, told KHOU 11 News that Rodriguez was the first and only firefighter voted out of their union. The union felt he was divisive, prejudiced and always felt people were out to get him.

“He was paranoid to the point he thought somebody was going to do something to him,” Johnson said.

Johnson said Rodriguez often showed off his gun, argued with adults and children and had confrontations in his old neighborhood similar to what was caught on tape and showed in court Wednesday.