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SuperVegito2487
08/17/17 7:58:39 AM
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ThePredominate posted...
Ethically charged? Give that boy a medal, he's a hero. Where is the dilemma?


Yes i wouldnt say ethics and morals is an issue here

Legallity however is.

AFAIK (dont quote me on this) if he COULD have stopped it without killing the man thats what should have been done, even if the man was trying to kill his mother.

Thats how ive heard it, although i dont agree with it.
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Darkman124
08/17/17 8:04:28 AM
#52:


NeoShadowhen posted...
Yikes. I mean, choking someone to death isn't easy. You kinda have to keep going after they stop moving.


it's worth mentioning that this is not entirely true

in the process of choking someone out you can easily crush their larynx by accident

in so doing, even if you only choke them to unconsciousness, they may not resume breathing when you release them
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Tauros
08/17/17 8:05:17 AM
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ThePredominate posted...
Ethically charged? Give that boy a medal, he's a hero. Where is the dilemma?

This.

If anything, he should have tortured the man longer.
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ThePredominate
08/17/17 8:06:40 AM
#54:


SuperVegito2487 posted...
ThePredominate posted...
Ethically charged? Give that boy a medal, he's a hero. Where is the dilemma?


Yes i wouldnt say ethics and morals is an issue here

Legallity however is.

AFAIK (dont quote me on this) if he COULD have stopped it without killing the man thats what should have been done, even if the man was trying to kill his mother.

Thats how ive heard it, although i dont agree with it.


All he needs say is he feared for his mother's life, and his own when he went to defend her.
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GunmaN1905
08/17/17 8:07:13 AM
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Dumb bitch dated a guy with 26 arrests?
Fucking hell, way to ruin your son's life.
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StucklnMyPants
08/17/17 8:08:08 AM
#56:


SuperVegito2487 posted...
AFAIK (dont quote me on this) if he COULD have stopped it without killing the man thats what should have been done, even if the man was trying to kill his mother.

That's a UK thing, not a U.S. thing. In the UK, you're only allowed to use as much force as necessary to stop someone. In the U.S., it's much broader. Many states have stand-your-ground laws, and people are even able to resist wrongful arrests by police officers, by taking their life.

Like someone else said earlier, you'll have a hard time getting a conviction from a jury since the guy had so many arrests and since it's going to be obvious he was a POS. There's just too strong of an argument to be made that he was defending the life of another.
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Vertania
08/17/17 8:09:21 AM
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Legally, defense of another person is pretty much the same as self defense. If he reasonably thought his mom's life was in danger, the defense should hold.

Side note: I've considered doing the same thing before. I used to hear my step dad and mom beat the living shit out of each other while growing up. I heard him choke her nearly to death, I heard them throw things at each other and hit each other, etc. There were quite a few times I thought about running to the kitchen, grabbing a knife, and putting an end to it. Kind of grew indifferent towards it after a while though.
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Melonfarms
08/17/17 8:11:05 AM
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*Didn't read anything except what TC wrote*

If she was actively being beaten then the son was defending her. Justifiable. They only question would be if the force used was necessary but the judgement of an 18 year old is not the best and I wouldn't fault him for going overboard in this situation.

Seeing NeoShadowhen's post: When applying a proper choke to someone you are cutting off blood flow rather than air and they can pass out within seconds. Continuing just a little longer can result in death. It could happen pretty quickly.
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Fony
08/17/17 8:13:39 AM
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bad mother
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Solar_Crimson
08/17/17 8:20:27 AM
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GregShmedley posted...
He absolutely did the right thing and I hope his charges are dropped.

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Vertania
08/17/17 8:20:40 AM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
we shouldn't live in a society where heightened emotions can justify killing someone like that.

The legal system already takes emotion into account. "Severe emotional distress" is enough to drop a charge from murder to manslaughter.

Funkydog posted...
I can't really blame him, but murder is still against the law.

It's not murder because it wasn't premeditated. Also, the emotional distress I just mentioned would make it, at most, manslaughter.
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Funkydog
08/17/17 8:21:13 AM
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Vertania posted...
Funkydog posted...
I can't really blame him, but murder is still against the law.

It's not murder because it wasn't premeditated. Also, the emotional distress I just mentioned would make it, at most, manslaughter.

Like I said in the rest of my post you didn't quote, I could see it easily not being considered that.
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Southernfatman
08/17/17 8:26:00 AM
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Sounds like he's a hero to me if it went down how it says it went down.

Kinda reminds me of that guy who beat to death his little daughters rapist (or attempted rapist). Hopefully this kid will get off too.
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SuperVegito2487
08/17/17 8:27:13 AM
#64:


StucklnMyPants posted...
SuperVegito2487 posted...
AFAIK (dont quote me on this) if he COULD have stopped it without killing the man thats what should have been done, even if the man was trying to kill his mother.

That's a UK thing, not a U.S. thing. In the UK, you're only allowed to use as much force as necessary to stop someone. In the U.S., it's much broader. Many states have stand-your-ground laws, and people are even able to resist wrongful arrests by police officers, by taking their life.

Like someone else said earlier, you'll have a hard time getting a conviction from a jury since the guy had so many arrests and since it's going to be obvious he was a POS. There's just too strong of an argument to be made that he was defending the life of another.


Hmm or europe i wasnt going by uk laws i was going by what little i know of denmark laws which are probably similar


There is a reason for the difference... i just dont know it

But i thank you for explaining it.

Also since this seems to have happened in the US that means US law so im arguing sementics

I will say this. Pretty sure here in denmark he would still be punished but it would be a mild penalty. Potentially even just conditional sentence which is essentially just a parole. And i also know that many people wouldnt care. The punishment would be worth saving a parent.

Although

Darkman124 posted...
NeoShadowhen posted...
Yikes. I mean, choking someone to death isn't easy. You kinda have to keep going after they stop moving.


it's worth mentioning that this is not entirely true

in the process of choking someone out you can easily crush their larynx by accident

in so doing, even if you only choke them to unconsciousness, they may not resume breathing when you release them


If this is the case and he was aiming to just neutralize i think the death would be considered an accident. Im only parroting 3rd source info at best. Which is why im happy for your description @StucklnMyPants
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Vertania
08/17/17 8:27:21 AM
#65:


Funkydog posted...
Like I said in the rest of my post you didn't quote, I could see it easily not being considered that.

"Defense of another" is a legal defense. You don't get charged with it; you get charged with murder or manslaughter, then use that as a defense to it.

I know it seems like I'm playing semantics, but legal terms have very specific meanings.
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Funkydog
08/17/17 8:29:16 AM
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Vertania posted...
Funkydog posted...
Like I said in the rest of my post you didn't quote, I could see it easily not being considered that.

"Defense of another" is a legal defense. You don't get charged with it; you get charged with murder or manslaughter, then use that as a defense to it.

I know it seems like I'm playing semantics, but legal terms have very specific meanings.

Well, I'm no lawyer and have no knowledge of law. But what I meant was I could see it very easily not being charged/whatever as murder and don't really believe it was given he was defending his mother from a repeat abuser.

Admittedly, I am going off British law and defence laws are far stricter than America's.
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Solid Sonic
08/17/17 8:29:55 AM
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Choking a man to death is pretty brutal. Was he just trying to make him pass out or did he actually want the guy dead?
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Coffeebeanz
08/17/17 8:32:55 AM
#68:


Was this the 18 year old Billy Bob Thornton in Switchblade?
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MarioBro88
08/17/17 8:41:00 AM
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Good.
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eston
08/17/17 8:42:43 AM
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I think it was appropriate to charge him given the law, but I sincerely hope a jury does not convict him
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Life Sympathy
08/17/17 8:46:59 AM
#71:


NY PENAL LAW 35.15 states that it was justified with a substantial amount of evidence to back it up.
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Sad_Face
08/17/17 8:56:23 AM
#72:


Southernfatman posted...
Sounds like he's a hero to me if it went down how it says it went down.

Kinda reminds me of that guy who beat to death his little daughters rapist (or attempted rapist). Hopefully this kid will get off too.


I was thinking of the same story here too. I'm sure the kid will be fine.
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AlisLandale
08/17/17 9:08:57 AM
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I'd say it's "wrong" but justified.

He should be charged and tried though. But only for the sake of due process. Id hope he'd get off.
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Mackorov
08/17/17 9:09:08 AM
#74:


Sativa_Rose posted...
Mackorov posted...
If this was a cop that did the act, they'd be on paid leave and free vacation right now. Then all they gotta do is go to court to get acquitted


Yup, remember Eric Garner? He was choked to death for a hell of a lot less than what this ex boyfriend did...


I will never get the logic behind this. Civilians kill others in actual serious need of self-defense...gets charged and arrested with manslaughter.

Police kills others out of pure paranoia and without actual need of such self-defense? Nope, perfectly acceptable. It's got to the point it seems a cop can just randomly shoot someone just for fun and wont be charged either.
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thanosibe
08/17/17 10:34:54 AM
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Jc 118 to 4. I sincerely hope none of you emotionally unhinged people make it to a US jury.
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Lil_Bit83
08/17/17 10:48:37 AM
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In defense of his loved one and quite possibly himself? Yes. He's a hero.

I can't pretend to know personally why people stay in these kinds of relationships other then threat of even worse harm if they left, constant stalking etc. but I'd have kicked his abusive ass to the curb Day One.

Urgh my aunt has put up with domestic abuse all her married life. I love her, but I really don't get why she didn't divorce his sorry ass or why she kept going back? It doesn't make sense.
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Darkman124
08/17/17 10:53:59 AM
#77:


SuperVegito2487 posted...


If this is the case and he was aiming to just neutralize i think the death would be considered an accident. Im only parroting 3rd source info at best. Which is why im happy for your description @StucklnMyPants


ultimately the windpipe is a very fragile part of the body. what is intended as an action to neutralize can rapidly become a cause of death without intent
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SuperVegito2487
08/17/17 10:58:40 AM
#78:


Darkman124 posted...
SuperVegito2487 posted...


If this is the case and he was aiming to just neutralize i think the death would be considered an accident. Im only parroting 3rd source info at best. Which is why im happy for your description @StucklnMyPants


ultimately the windpipe is a very fragile part of the body. what is intended as an action to neutralize can rapidly become a cause of death without intent


Indeed meaning a mistake would be easy to make and then theres the whole heat of the moment

if thats what happened i dont see much happening to the guy
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ToonLinkWithGun
08/17/17 11:34:14 AM
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I'd kill anyone who would lay their hands on my mother. Same for anyone I love really.
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Kitt
08/17/17 11:42:18 AM
#81:


Lol at the random posts victim blaming the mom.
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ShadowElite86
08/17/17 12:00:40 PM
#82:


RebelElite791 posted...
I don't know if it's the "right thing" but it's morally justified and he shouldn't be charged imo.

This. All I know is that I would have done the exact same thing tbh.
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Tropicalwood
08/17/17 12:06:04 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxO8Z-mhTM

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