Deep down, you guys know that the verdict constituted an injustice. Three people with the best of civic-minded intentions are being sent to prison for it. That's really what it comes down to. These three are a living sacrifice to the gods of wokeness. Our society is much poorer because of this verdict, and the consequences will be that folks will be even more reluctant to get involved in the face of crime.
I think their intentions were good, they didn't mean to kill him, and I wish he hadn't tried to grab the gun and the cops had showed up to sort it out.
But if you're gonna chase somebody down with a shotgun and attempt to detain them, you need to educate yourself on your state laws. And also, how to do it without bad things happening, like killing the guy when you don't mean to.
If you're not going to do those things, you have no business doing what they did.
MontanaMarine had one of the best observations on that; they went about it all wrong. They didn't have to put themselves in the position they put themselves in.
So you think it consistent with the American legal tradition that a series of unfortunate, unintentional, violations of legal technicalities (typically only perceivable by legal experts) should result in long prison terms for those who fall on the wrong side of them?
