A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year

A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year

  • kameecoding@lemmy.world
    1140·
    1 year ago

    the fact that you think mentally ill means it’s okay to shoot him means you have lived a bit too long in the dystopiam shithole that’s the USA.

      • jimbo@lemmy.world
        25·
        1 year ago

        At what point in that small reply do you see him saying that?

        The entire comment. The topic is fearing for one’s life and defending oneself with a gun, and this guy basically says that it’s right to fear for your life because someone might be mentally ill. Comment again so you don’t have to scroll up:

        I feel like every person in this thread that cannot fathom how he feared for his life has never had personal experience dealing with someone with severe mental illness, in their family or in public or something. Direct experience, though, of interacting with a large, loud, mentally ill person.

        If you think you can just assume a stranger you encounter who shoves a phone in your face is mentally healthy, you’re missing some facts of life.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        52·
        1 year ago

        You’re going to headbutt someone half a foot taller than you? Do you wings? Spring boots?

        What are you going to do next?

        • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
          13·
          1 year ago

          Gut/nut punch to get them to double over, THEN headbutt. Or even just pull them into you by their shirt. It’s not overly difficult once you know what you’re doing, but don’t celebrate your ignorance of hand to hand combat like it’s actual knowledge.

          • Maggoty@lemmy.world
            11·
            1 year ago

            Lmao … he says to a combat veteran…

            This shit ain’t Hollywood. You aren’t doubling someone over unless you’ve trained pretty hard. And even then it’s not guaranteed. Your mugging will not be choreographed.

              • Maggoty@lemmy.world
                11·
                1 year ago

                Funny. I’m not saying I’m any kind of in shape these days, just that I once was. But I was in some glasgow pubs earlier this year. Maybe you had a specific one in mind? All the ones I saw were really welcoming to a couple Americans.