Here is yet another story for the “Stupid! You’re so stupid!” files. If you want to read other such stories, go to the stupid page already! This is a story that takes place in Florida, one of the Stand Your Ground states. I saw the headline and already convicted the homeowner. The headline states that a resident shot a teenager who was on his property looking for a cellphone. But there’s more to the story, and Heitor Amara was the stupid one.
Merely trespassing without brandishing a weapon is, on its face, not a reason to shoot. When the homeowner came out to rightfully defend his property, Amara’s friends fled, just like any non-stupid person would. As it turns out, that was a life-saving decision. For Amara? Not so much!
Amara, unfortunately, chose to assault the homeowner. Big mistake. The homeowner felt threatened because of Amara’s life-threatening move. Bang! The creep went down! I have to wonder if assaulting someone on his own property was worth it. First, why would his phone be in some rando’s backyard? Secondly, why did he choose violence, forcing the innocent homeowner to make Swiss cheese of the jerk.
The family, of course, is playing victim. Not so! The homeowner is the victim. The family also claims that the homeowner supposedly jumped for joy and looked extremely happy. So? I imagine that putting bullets into someone who deserves it is quite satisfying. Also, Amara looked to be a certain type of…racial composition. When one of those people dies, it is a good day for me.
There’s also a claim that the homeowner had a mask on. I don’t know why he would do that, but it is his property. Therefore, Amara was the aggressor.
As for me, I would have shot him after several verbal warnings and when he made an aggressive move towards my porch. I do believe that, in that scenario, I would also be vindicated by the SYG law.
To put it another way: Darwin is still at work.