Austin Metcalf Case

[thetragichippy]

31 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

I write a response and look at it a couple of days later and sometimes think that it doesn’t make sense. 
 

You know what you’re thinking about but it doesn’t come out that way in writing.

Jury picked today 

 

[tvc184]

59 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Jury picked today 

 

No Blacks on the jury. 

[tvc184]

The defense team says that they are going to claim self-defense. 

[thetragichippy]

1 hour ago, tvc184 said:

The defense team says that they are going to claim self-defense. 

I just don’t see it.  The misinformation is mind blowing…. I’m hearing he was constitutionally carrying a knife…..he was just exercised his stand your ground law….. 

[tvc184]

7 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

I just don’t see it.  The misinformation is mind blowing…. I’m hearing he was constitutionally carrying a knife…..he was just exercised his stand your ground law….. 

Anyone that mentions a constitutional issue is putting up a smoke screen as it has zero bearing on the self defense issue. Anthony isn’t charged in a weapons crime. 

Stand your ground is true but again, has no bearing on this case. It is purely a self defense case. The DA will not argue that Anthony didn’t have the right of self defense. It will be a moot point but if used, it will be another smoke screen. 

Did Anthony reasonably believe that he was about to die or suffer serious bodily injury at the time the force was used? That is the self defense law in Texas. The law says that the self defense used had to be “immediately necessary” to be justified. 

How many fights did you see in school? How many had to kill the other in a reasonable be that he or she was able to die or suffer serious bodily injury because it was immediately necessary to avoid death or seriously bodily injury. 

So where is the reasonable self defense in this case? He shoved me so I had to kill him. He grabbed my arm so I had to kill him. Even if those happened, does shoving a person away justify deadly force?

Juries are crazy and gullible but how can they see self defense in this case? Hopefully the jury will see through the fluff and the county has a good trial attorney.

[thetragichippy]

28 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

Hopefully the jury will see through the fluff and the county has a good trial attorney.

According to what I read, both sides have experienced and good lawyers.  What is ironic is supporters are mad because he has no blacks on jury, but initially had a black lawyer, but ended up with a white one….if race mattered🤷🏻‍♂️