[AGL] good candidate for a Darwin Award

[kathleen]

Umm, Mike the killer claims he felt threatened and that Garret was pointing weapon at him.. and therefore he picked up the handy loaded gun he had at  his side and shot Garret 3 times. Witnesses say otherwise. It sounds to me like a George Zimmerman defense. Rehearsed, too. 

"Witnesses have told reporters that Foster kept his rifle pointed at the ground as he approached the vehicle, and that he was not the only protester carrying a firearm during the march. They say that the driver pointed a handgun through the car window and fired at Foster. Witness Michael Capochiano told the New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/us/austin-shooting-texas-protests.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytnational> that Foster “was not aiming the gun or doing anything aggressive with the gun.”

He was not holding it in an aggressive manner. I’m not sure if there was much of an exchange of words. It wasn’t like there was any sort of verbal altercations. He wasn’t charging at the car. He was just walking over there.
Capochiano said that he did not see the driver fire at anyone other than Foster. He also said that when the driver originally surged through the intersection, “You could hear the wheels squealing from hitting the accelerator so fast … I’m a little surprised that nobody got hit.”"

> On Jul 27, 2020, at 4:19 PM, Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> To call attention to her race, Garrett Foster being a red-headed white. Just imagine the children they won't have.

Why would you say something so mean and ugly? If they wanted children it is tragic they didn’t get to have them. And, they most likely  would have been beautiful.
> 
> On 7/27/2020 3:50 PM, Charles Loving wrote:
>> Why didn't you just say the woman in the photo instead of making it racial?
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 2:50 PM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com <mailto:eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Gent name of Garrett Foster was shot dead 2 nights ago about 5 blocks from here on Congress Ave. He was protesting against . . . you name it . . . and as protesters in Texas have taken to doing, they are open carrying guns - - which is legal in Texas - -  to protect themselves against . . . who knows? Maybe anti-protester backwoods types in pickup trucks. A SUV drove towards the protesters and Garret who skipped gun training on the wrong day pointed the AR-15 rifle he was carrying at the car . . . why? In his dim brain perhaps he thought he was protecting himself, aiming, not shooting. The gent in the SUV seeing an AR-14 pointed at him did what any cop or anyone trained in guns would do: he immediately dropped the guy pointing the rifle at him with his gun in an instinctive act of self-protection lest he die in a hail of bullets. We are told the shooter who was apprehended is "cooperating" with the police.
>> 
>> The black woman in the photo is Garrett's financee.
>> 
>> I nominate Garrett Foster for a Darwin Award for his negative genetic contribution to the human race.
>> 
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>> -- 
>> Charlie Loving
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