this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Legitimate reason as in "a man is in the range of visibility"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The entire greentext is about OP going out of their way to look as threatening as possible while still having plausible deniability. Like... Your position goes against the OPs intent.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in imminent danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to trigger self-defense definition.