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Originally Posted by FordGT90
I admit I made a mistake: I did not realize that the gate was open prior to the protestors passing through it. At the same time, it is reasonable that the McCloskey's believed the protestors forced entry through the gate; ergo, there cannot be a felony conviction because that requires "beyond reasonable doubt" that they weren't on the brink of their property being trespassed on and assaulted by the protestors.
Society has a solution for preventing these kinds of confrontations: getting a permit from the city to protest. To my knowledge, the protestors had no such permit; ergo, the McCloskey's had every right to be concerned especially given the context of rioting and looting from the news at the time.
You're the first to bring up race in this discussion. Pray tell us why.
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Oh come now. Race has always been present in the discussion. The races of the participants are easily visible in the video. Now are you going to deny the often observed phenomena of racial panic reactions by many white people when challenged by black people in some way?
I simply assert that it strikes me as possible that your citing an extremely exaggerated threat (houses remaining standing) was an attempt to promote just such panic.