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The argument presented by the Tweet varies enormously from the facts of the case. They didn't even get the fucking date right. She was shot in January of 2025, not 2026.
You're getting the internet gossip fifth hand while dismissing the legal decisions of this woman's friends and neighbors because... America bad?
Is false right out of the gate.
She was upset. He was cavalier.
He treated his gun like a toy and his daughter paid for his childish attitude with her life. There's a story here, but nobody on Lemmy seems to want to read it. They want to believe this house became some kind of war zone. The biter truth is that he fucked up because he didn't take gun ownership seriously.
That's not manslaughter?
Not according to the grand jury.
And we aren't allowed to question if the grand jury made a mistake? If so everything else being discussed is pointless.
Do you think the situation you are describing sounds like it might be manslaughter? Enough that it is worth while to have a trial and find out?
You can do whatever you want. Speculate, guesstimate, do spirit fingers until you commune with the deceased.
I'm not an attorney or a judge, so I'm not equipped to make this decision. Off the cuff, it feels like involuntary manslaughter. You'd have to ask the GJ why they decided otherwise.
But the social media posts and associated click-bait articles are describing it as capital murder. Nothing in the actual details of the case supports this.
Your only defense is saying "The GJ decided not to."
Yes, we know. That is what people are complaining about.
Your posts literally read as "you can't complain that the GJ decided not to move forward because the GJ decided not to move forward."
God forbid anyone disagree with a judicial ruling! Oh wait, that's our right as citizens of this country... This guy sounds like someone that would say "you should have just compiled".
The tweet is wrong, yes, but there are dozens of articles coming out in the past 3 days that correctly date the killing.
There are dozens of articles reprinting the same events with increasingly click-bait geared headlines and takes.
Every iteration gets farther and farther away from the facts of the case.