> I believe he'd be well in his rights to.
Well they were definitely on private property to begin with without being invited, not on public property... So there's that, that's trespassing... Now it depends on the local law, idk if stand your ground applies over there but I believe it does. You still need for the other party to actually threaten to attack or attack you in the vid's context, you need clear and imminent threat for the situation to be a clear cut. Otherwise... Hm.... You risk life in prison essentially so better be careful with that trigger
The guy has potentially a lot to lose in that situation so it has to be worth it, it has to be a clear as day case of legitimate defense
Really? How is that any better than britbongstan?
Technical legal variations on local self defense laws aside, it's the problem of partisan judge and jury essentially, in the end
There's a thing called "jury nullification", basically you're deemed guilty as hell but jury says no you aren't and you're free to go. I caricature a bit but that's the overall concept. And it goes both ways of course, your case isn't exactly a clear cut case, and the jury wants you to go down because it's trendy to send you to prison essentially. It can happen, it's rather rare, but it can, especially when it gets political and it's partisan bs.
But I'm not an expert on US laws, depending on the state, the fact of trespassing and shouting threats as a mob can be ground enough for open season. But if you do that... There can be more than legal fallout... Some people might want to get back at you regardless of what the law/judge/jury said. People have brothers, sisters, you get the idea
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