Over in Asheville, NC, three men are dead and another is in critical condition after a bunch of rednecks went at each other with knives.
Looks like the old story of a belligerent drunk being kicked out of a bar and returning to get revenge on the people who offended him.
In this case the drunk had an extensive criminal record. Imagine that. At least two of the others named in the article have criminal records, too.
The story reads as if it would have been a legitimate case of self-defense for the two who killed the drunk, except that they chased him after he fled, caught him, and killed him. That's an act separate from the drunken brawl in the pool hall itself, and at that point the two men are acting as the aggressors and thus can't claim self-defense. I'm guessing that, given the circumstances, that the men will plead to a reduced charge, possibly of manslaughter, or even try to fight it in court and hope for a sympathetic jury. Since one of the principals had just seen his brother killed before his eyes that sympathy might just be forthcoming. I can't say that under those circumstances I would have acted differently. What say you, readers?
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It's a good thing nobody had guns or someone might have been killed.
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