You have a tin ear.
So, if the coach had a concealed carry and had shouted "don't kill my kids with that knife" and then shot him defending the kids in his charge, would that have been OK? Just wondering if that would have been a better approach.
Dave
Dave
This x 100000000...........
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That is severely messed up.
Like most everything in our country. <sigh>
I firmly believe this coach did nothing wrong. I am also just going to state my position even though it may be an inflammatory statement. I believe race may be a factor here. How else could a guy with no weapon get charged for hitting a guy waving a knife around children? Oh wait he was just trying to stab the tires...something in this story is amiss.
I'll be the devil's advocate.
Sounds to me like we don't have the full story. By the coach's own admission, it appears the coach "went after" the guy even though he'd put the knife away and coach wanted to "make sure he didn't bring it back out".
Seems to me it's possible the threat had passed and instead of moving along, the coach let his anger cloud his judgement.
...though it is interesting that the fella with the knife didn't face more scrutiny for "brandishing" a knife.
Perhaps it was a double-edged knife and he only gave two slashes in the air...from a balcony?
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