I wrong once before about a self-defense case. In that one, some guys went over to start some trash and got the bad end of the beatdown. One of them died and another guy was subsequently tried and convicted which surprised me, but I didn't watch the trial so clearly there was some stuff I missed.

I'm not watching this one either, so who knows what will happen. However, you know the whole thing about opinions and assholes so I'm gonna give my point of view on this.

Simply put, no way John White should be found guilty of manslaughter here. Maybe reckless endangerment if you think (like I do) he grabbed his gun in an attempt to "scare" these guys off. A carload of hooligans pulling up and making threats to my kid? I'd grab a shotgun too (if I had one). Why is this Black man expected to lock his door and cower in his home? Would the prosecutor be saying the same thing were the situation reversed? Or if the group of kids making the threats had been Black also? Normally, the playing of the race card irks me, but it is somewhat appropriate when you consider a Black man was (falsely) accused of raping a White girl, is then followed to his home by a gaggle of White guys who then get out of the car and yell racial epithets at him. It may seem overly-dramatic in this day and age. However, there is no denying that racial tensions still exist and that hate crimes still occur. They didn't retreat even after the boy and his dad came out of the home with guns in hand. That to me would indicate they meant business, and not good business either.

I'm not crazy about the prevalence of guns or the quickness with which people will use them, but I'm also not crazy about double standards about who can protect their property and family from whom.