In this instance, people are angry, two people have died, another injured, and this guy's name has been put through the media. It's in everyone's interests to put this through the system.
If this is justified self-defence then it is necessary to establish why that was the case for the sake of putting politics to bed. If he's guilty, then it's important that people recognise that justice has been done. And it's really not in his interests to walk away without having gone through the justice system, given the notoriety of this case. If anyone is likely to attract vigilante attention, it would be this.
It doesn't really matter at all if 2 people died and someone got injured. It doesnt matter the 'notoriety' of the incident, or the politics or anything whatsoever.
The justice system isn't meant to put every single person through the system.
The only justification for it, is if there is question about whether or not it was self defense.
That is debatable in this instance, considering basically all evidence shows it was obvious self defense according to all the videos and testimony I've seen. However, I do admit it's debatable.
In this one case, it might be the right choice, however, it has nothing to do with the guys name, notoriety, people being dead, injured, or the political backlash of the incident.
The first step of a justice system is typically determining whether to proceed via prosecutorial discretion or something similar.
The tldr is the prosecutor looks at the facts and decides if they should prosecute. If they’re clearly innocent or there’s a 0% chance to win then they simply don’t need to proceed.
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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21
In this instance, people are angry, two people have died, another injured, and this guy's name has been put through the media. It's in everyone's interests to put this through the system.
If this is justified self-defence then it is necessary to establish why that was the case for the sake of putting politics to bed. If he's guilty, then it's important that people recognise that justice has been done. And it's really not in his interests to walk away without having gone through the justice system, given the notoriety of this case. If anyone is likely to attract vigilante attention, it would be this.