DParker wrote:03Lightningrocks wrote:The usual thought process about shooting someone in the back is that it usually means they are trying to get away from you...which means they were no longer a threat. I will say this...I don't believe for one minute these two BG's charged a guy holding a shotgun on them. I believe they were trying to run away. I believe one tried to run to the left and go down the side of the house and the other tried to run straight away from Joe Horn.
The problem is that what you have chosen to believe is contradicted by the testimony of the only two living eye witnesses: Horn and the plainclothes detective who was the first responder. One can, of course, discount Horn's testimony for obvious reasons. But you still have the detective's account to contend with. That is, unless your beliefs are arrived at simply because they are what you
want to believe.
My beliefs are arrived at the same way yours are. By how
I see the evidence. Maybe your beliefs are simply because they are what you
want to believe, since you brought this possibility up first. I did not remember reading that an officer actually watched as Joe Horn fired at these guys. In a legal case...this should be enough for a verdict of self defense. I still don't think Joe Horn should test his luck on this.