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Originally Posted by Praxeas
equivocation fallacy.
Following is not automatically a chase
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When the victim ran away, the defendant ran after the victim.
There isn't an equivocation fallacy here.
Listen to the recordings.
The defendant is out of breath (from running).
The defendant even says things to the affect that "this guy is not going to get away from me."
The defendant has made 50 other calls to the Police for his neighborhood over the course of the last two years prior to this tragedy.
This IS indeed a chase.
Grown man, chasing a 17 year old, and the grown man KNEW he had his weapon on him. He didn't think his decision to chase or run after the victim all the way through.
If he had thought it all the way through, that 17 year old would not have died that night.
I never said that the defendant was blood-thirsty. I did say that he prejudged the victim and his intents.
Definitely, the defendant was overzealous in a way that should not be protected by the laws or our courts.
If he is found "Not-Guilty", it could set a really bad precedent for vigilantism.
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