Thanks, Stand Your Ground! No homicide charges for teen who shot, killed man

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72. This one is less black and white for me

Jacobs came back after the teens in his car, got out swinging the stick at them while yelling at Pierson. The friends ran away, wherewas Pierson "stood his ground."

We are assuming that if Pierson had run away, Jacobs would not have gotten back into his car and followed them further.


IOW, Jacobs almost hit them and they yelled at him for that, and he yelled back.
Jacobs pulled into a driveway and got out of his car.
They continued on their way.
As they passed the driveway, Jacobs yelled at them that he "had something for them."
Jacobs got into his car and pursued them. Got out of his car swinging a stick.
2 teens ran; Pierson shot Jacobs.

Jacobs had already made a point of getting back into his car and pursuing them. Had Pierson run instead of shooting, what would have stopped Jacobs from getting back into his car and continuing to pursue them?

Were they obligated to continue running until they couldn't run any more?

The teens didn't know he was a choir director (with a violent history). What they did know was that he was coming after them with little provocation and apparently with the intent to harm using a weapon.

This is nothing like the Zimmerman case, in which Zimmerman was actively pursuing and threatening Martin from the start, with no provocation.

In fact, this is nearly the exact opposite, in which the person shot and killed was doing the pursuing and threatening, in daylight with witnesses who saw him swinging a large stick at them and clearly heard him yelling obsccenities at them and specificatlly threatening to beat Pierson with the stick.