Here We Go - - - Zimmerman Defense. . .

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. . .Police say a 26-year-old man whose friend had been in an earlier altercation inside RA opened fire with a 9-millimeter handgun after the two groups had been kicked out of the club.

The shootings sent four people to hospitals, apparently none with life-threatening injuries, and the shooter was jailed on preliminary charges of battery with injury and criminal recklessness.

The initial charges were brought against Tristan Crayton of Westfield despite the fact he flagged down police arriving on the scene, claimed he acted in self-defense, showed them where he left his gun and had a witness seconding his version of events. . .

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130802/NEWS02/308020020/Westfield-man-arrested-Broad-Ripple-shooting-claimed-self-defense

From Florida to the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis. So now if someone punches your buddy in the face over a drunken disagreement, you can just grab your piece and pop a cap in 4 of them? 

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And just as I said out of the gate, here it is!

INDIANAPOLIS -
Four days after a melee in Broad Ripple, the admitted gunman and four victims are waiting to know if there will be any charges filed.

Were the shootings self-defense or criminal acts? The answer is in Indiana law, and a single word that's open to a jury's interpretation.

Early Friday morning near 62nd St. and College Ave., Sam Wade says he was having a smoke around closing time, outside the club he manages.

"I heard someone go 'oh!'" he said.

Gunshots rang out. Wade was hit three times - in the upper thigh, above the knee and in his foot.

"I don't know if I will ever have full function of my leg back," he said.

Three other men were shot. According to the police report, Tristan Crayton flagged down an officer and admitted shooting them. Crayton claimed self-defense, insisting the three attacked his friend and were trying to attack him.

Wade doesn't believe it.

"People were already running and he was still firing shots. Like I said, the guy got shot in the back. People were running from this. That's not self-defense," he said.

Indiana law is clear. In a home or on the street, during a confrontation, you are under no obligation to retreat. You can stand your ground. Whatever you do next is up for legal interpretation.

A person is justified using reasonable force to protect himself or someone else if he reasonably believes it will protect them from harm.

"The 'reasonable' word crops up in our law numbers of times," said attorney Fran Watson.

The jury decides what is reasonable. "That's it. It's a jury question," Watson replied.

Waston is a criminal defense attorney and IU School of Law professor.

"To be able to use deadly force, to use a gun and shoot someone, you have to believe that there is at least a fear of serious bodily injury," she said.

Crayton is in jail. Friends are on the internet where they've already raised more than $3,000 for his legal defense. Meanwhile, prosecutors are sorting through the evidence and considering possible criminal charges.

A decision is expected late Tuesday or Wednesday.

http://www.wthr.com/story/23050640/2013/08/05/questions-follow-self-defense-claim-in-broad-ripple-shootings

Yep. The Zimmerman defense. . .

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He's black; he'll get charged.

[Palehorse]

He's black; he'll get charged.

Dude. Get out of my head! 

[Exterminator]

Dude. Get out of my head!