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Two 26-Year-Olds: One Killed a Homeless Man, Another is Suspected of Killing a Healthcare CEO (zeteo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It shouldn't happen but such a situation where someone becomes hostile can occur even when theoretically everyone's every need is taken care of. It's unfortunate that it did though.

Also, the strangle hold was applied for 5 min. I’m no expert but when someone goes limp from blood flow being blocked, you usually don’t need to continue choking them for an additional 4 min.

That's what the court case was over. Nobody is really disagreeing about the homeless man having been aggressive and a threat and needing to be subdued, it was just about whether the person who subdued him was guilty of "criminally negligent homicide".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Wasn't Penny a combat vet though? Perhaps he did overreact and Neely didn't have to die (I sure don't think he deserved THAT even though he certainly did act like a piece of sh*t), but it's hard to understand what's going through someone's mind when they're facing a life or death situation.

It's a regrettable outcome for sure but did Penny really deserve life in prison for trying to protect others from violence? It seems rather likely that someone would have died that night, and if it wasn't Neely, it would have likely been someone more innocent.