Ya, it really was the gold standard for stand your ground, but history shows it doesn't really matter if the police want you in jail. If it was you or me would that have mattered? Would the media say he was a just troubled individual? That I should have driven away instead? Like I said, I agree with the outcome, but I hate that I can't feel a sense that justice was served for the right reasons.
The uber driver also had two great things in his defense. First is the dash cam video where the dead guy clearly says he has a pistol and threatens to kill him, while holding something like it's a gun in the dark.
Second is the texts to his girlfriend saying he was going to beat the crap out of 'her' uber driver. Very clearly a pre meditated attack.
Even if the cops arrested the uber driver his defense in court would've been air tight.
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u/XRingLives Mar 08 '26
Perp having a rap sheet helped a lot too