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Anyone following this story? Here's the gist of it:
A student (Let's call him Student B) was stabbed to death in a public high school lunchroom recently here in Denver by a fellow student (Let's call him Student A).
Originally, the media covered the story from the point of view of 'Student B' by visiting his friends and family who were all crying on camera and panted a picture in which 'Student B' was an angel whom everybody liked.
Later, media covering the police department declare that according to the police 'Student A' said that he had stabbed 'Student B' in self defense. From there the media went to talk to 'Student A's' family and friends who all said that 'Student A' was a nice boy who would never even get in a fight, let alone stab someone. The Police said that 'Student A' said he was being bullied at school so he brought a knife to school to protect himself. The media, obviously skeptical of 'Student A's' story, went to talk to the school principal who stated, matter-of-factly, that the shool had a strict bullying policy and that 'Student A' had never reported anything.
End of story from 'Student A's' perspective for a day or two while the public outrage rises to a climax. Candle vigils for 'Student B'. More interviews with 'Student B's' friends and family. It seems everyone in town is up in arms against such teen violence. (Nothing anti-knife, thankfully, so far.)
Now it's in court and we get actual interviews with both lawyers and the police who covered the case.
According to witnesses and police report:
It seems that 'Student B' had been bullying 'Student A' for some time so 'Student A' started carrying a knife (still no mention of what kind of knife it was) around in his pocket. Well, one morning 'Student B' bumped into 'Student A' in the hallway. 'Student A' said, "Excuse me.", but 'Student B' wanted to fight over it and begain pushing 'Student A'. 'Student A' walked away. Hours later, at lunch, 'Student B' approaches 'Student A' and tries to start a fight and calls 'Student A' a punk, but 'Student A' says, "Just leave me alone." 'Student B' starts punching 'Student A' and the fight goes to the floor where 'Student B' is on top of 'Student A' pummeling him. At which point 'Student A' pulls a knife from his front pocket and stabs 'Student B' three times in the torso. 'Student B' dies about 60 seconds later.
The really strange part comes in the difficulty of 'Student A's' defense. So far there's no mention of premeditation or 'Student A's' decision to start carrying a knife. His defense lawyer says it's difficult to prove self defense with MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. He says with ONE stab wound it's fairly easy to claim self-defense, but with multiple wounds it's nearly impossible.
The prosecution says that self-defense is the most common of all attempted murder defenses.
Odd, isn't it?
A student (Let's call him Student B) was stabbed to death in a public high school lunchroom recently here in Denver by a fellow student (Let's call him Student A).
Originally, the media covered the story from the point of view of 'Student B' by visiting his friends and family who were all crying on camera and panted a picture in which 'Student B' was an angel whom everybody liked.
Later, media covering the police department declare that according to the police 'Student A' said that he had stabbed 'Student B' in self defense. From there the media went to talk to 'Student A's' family and friends who all said that 'Student A' was a nice boy who would never even get in a fight, let alone stab someone. The Police said that 'Student A' said he was being bullied at school so he brought a knife to school to protect himself. The media, obviously skeptical of 'Student A's' story, went to talk to the school principal who stated, matter-of-factly, that the shool had a strict bullying policy and that 'Student A' had never reported anything.
End of story from 'Student A's' perspective for a day or two while the public outrage rises to a climax. Candle vigils for 'Student B'. More interviews with 'Student B's' friends and family. It seems everyone in town is up in arms against such teen violence. (Nothing anti-knife, thankfully, so far.)
Now it's in court and we get actual interviews with both lawyers and the police who covered the case.
According to witnesses and police report:
It seems that 'Student B' had been bullying 'Student A' for some time so 'Student A' started carrying a knife (still no mention of what kind of knife it was) around in his pocket. Well, one morning 'Student B' bumped into 'Student A' in the hallway. 'Student A' said, "Excuse me.", but 'Student B' wanted to fight over it and begain pushing 'Student A'. 'Student A' walked away. Hours later, at lunch, 'Student B' approaches 'Student A' and tries to start a fight and calls 'Student A' a punk, but 'Student A' says, "Just leave me alone." 'Student B' starts punching 'Student A' and the fight goes to the floor where 'Student B' is on top of 'Student A' pummeling him. At which point 'Student A' pulls a knife from his front pocket and stabs 'Student B' three times in the torso. 'Student B' dies about 60 seconds later.
The really strange part comes in the difficulty of 'Student A's' defense. So far there's no mention of premeditation or 'Student A's' decision to start carrying a knife. His defense lawyer says it's difficult to prove self defense with MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. He says with ONE stab wound it's fairly easy to claim self-defense, but with multiple wounds it's nearly impossible.
The prosecution says that self-defense is the most common of all attempted murder defenses.
Odd, isn't it?
