Good thing you guys have long winters. We have flash mobs here on the east coast also. They come and go.
Don't I know it! Seriously man, this could be a great idea for a horror movie. Attack of the poor hot people! As the temperature heats up throughout the day, cue the scary music. The movie poster's tagline would be, "don't stay out in the heat too long!"
I've seen NUMEROUS situations where a person was fully justified to shoot when facing multiple assailants. If 15 thugs attack me, I'm going to acquire a quick sight picture of the closest assailant, and shoot until the attackers have stopped attacking me. In addition, I recall a very short, skinny guy being attacked by a guy who was like 6'4" and he felt that if he hadn't shot, he would have been maimed, paralyzed, and quite possibly killed. The Prosecuting Attorney would not bring charges, and I agree with the Prosecutor for not doing so. If a person has to resort to shooting someone, they need to prove that they were in reasonable fear that they were going to be killed, or basically made into a vegetable due to the attack. Cases like these have been argued in courts before, and it really comes down to the totality of the circumstances. There are ZERO rules that say a person has to be armed before you can shoot to stop. It's akin to the argument that in a street fight scenario you have to take a punch before you can throw one. Not even close! You get into a confrontation, and you see the bad guy start to ball his fists, you have every right to draw first blood. Last, where do these little scumbags come from? Attacking people for no reason... bus beatings... I don't think Mommy or Daddy busted their asses when they were young, and needed it! Unreal!
They do what they think they can get away with... Sometimes they underestimate the opposition though LOL Two 'LA Bangers tried to hold up a Mexican restaurant in a small town in the Mojave desert once, a patron [friend of mine] got after one of them with a knife he had in his boot and the guy behind the counter beat the other one unconscious with a bat... the Police just came out and gathered up the bodies and nothing more was ever said... just 'nother day amongst the Desert Rat Folk... now in an Urban area, the activists would be out in force, the lawyers would get a piece of the action, the politicians would use the story to garner support....
What I find most amusing is when I scrolled down and read the title of thread, I knew it was you, Mav. Correlation, or co-incidence?
Come on RCG, this is a serious matter. You live in Chicago, you know I'm not making this up. This latest crime wave is bad even by Chicago standards.
Quick story, I was at the train station in Chicago once, north, past Wrigleyville when I was approached by a pan handler. Young guy, looked like he was just collecting crack money. So the guy gets right in my face in a threatening manner, I'm like, ok, I'm not getting killed over a dollar. Then he hounds me for another one as he proceeds to tell me he just got out of jail and I shouldnt be worried because there are cameras all over the place! I just gave him another buck and got the hell outa there, probably the most threatened I've ever felt in my life.
I would look at a few definitions of racism first, to refresh my memory, then try to recall your post history and consider those posts qualitatively, before I would answer your "racist" question. However, I can say right now with certainty that you are at the least race-obsessed.
See, I'm not afraid of the guys asking for crack money. They actually have a need. It's the guys that go around attacking people for no f*cking reason whatsoever. Those are the ones to be afraid of. Because there is nothing you can give them to make them stop...except maybe a bullet. LOL.