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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Man Cites ‘Bush Doctrine’ As Justification For Pre-Emptive Killing At Barbecue
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/09/05/2577831/florida-man-cites-bush-doctrine-justification-pre-emptive-killing-barbecue/William T. Woodward is facing murder charges for the alleged shooting of three people on Labor Day, two of whom have now died. In his defense, his lawyer is not only making a novel legal argument that Floridas Stand Your Ground law applies, saying he was protecting himself against imminent death because of an ongoing dispute between him and the men he shot. He also invoked the Bush Doctrine, the foreign policy Bush used to justify aggressive military intervention, to argue that pre-emptive attack can be a form of self-defense, Florida Today reports.
According to police, Woodward stealthily approached a Labor Day barbecue around 12:30 p.m. and fired 31 rounds. When police arrived, three men had been shot. Two died, while a third who was hit 11 times, survived. In the weeks leading up to the shooting, the neighbors had unsuccessfully tried to get repeat violence injunctions against one another. Woodward, a veteran who says he is being treated for psychiatric problems that prevent him from controlling his anger, was caught on surveillance video crawling on his belly toward the neighbors house. He told police afterward he considered himself on a mission and that he was in a war zone, according to WFTV.
In his motion seeking immunity from murder charges, Woodwards lawyer cites a recent Florida court decision that interprets imminent criminal activity in another context to mean not only impending or ready to take place, but also expected, likely to occur, or hanging threateningly over ones head. He reasons that one can likewise use deadly force to prevent imminent death under the Stand Your Ground when a threat of death hangs over ones head.
Well... that's an unexpected legacy of the Bush Presidency.
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Florida Man Cites ‘Bush Doctrine’ As Justification For Pre-Emptive Killing At Barbecue (Original Post)
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
OP
Florida...where those "Good 'ol Boys" will fuck you up. Damn, I jest love that southrn violance.
BlueJazz
Sep 2013
#3
Sigh....sadly, this kind of shit isn't contained to any particular region of the US.
Liberal Veteran
Sep 2013
#4
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)1. The only state crazier than this one is ??????
"The dumb" has seeped into our drinking water.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)2. Sarah Palin was an expert in the Bush Doctrine.lol
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)3. Florida...where those "Good 'ol Boys" will fuck you up. Damn, I jest love that southrn violance.
The only war in the south..(and I live here), is trying to stay sane.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)4. Sigh....sadly, this kind of shit isn't contained to any particular region of the US.
If I had to venture a guess, it is an unintended consequence of AM hate radio, the Internet, and Fox News.
yesphan
(1,588 posts)5. +1 ^
Scuba
(53,475 posts)6. He means "stand your ground". Samo - samo.