I’m not sure what those folks were thinking when they attacked a dude with a gun and didn’t disarm him. As much as you disagree with the gun dude he might not even get prosecuted or get hit with minor charges because he was attacked, acting in self defense and really had no ability to retreat once knocked down. Laws are gonna be in the shooters favor here.
Within the space of 30 seconds he is shown gripping a weapon threateningly when confronting an unarmed mob and then walking calmly with his hands up as soon as the cops show up. More importantly, by the time he opened fire on the people who had him on the ground he had already shot at protesters. You don't get to say "I was defending myself" if you're selectively defending yourself against reprisal for your own deadly acts.
A 17 year old who goes out of his way to bring a gun to an event where he fully intends to use it doesn’t belong in society and should be locked up. Mad school shooter vibes going on here. We act like other people are asking for it by just existing while this white kid crossed state lines, put himself in this situation and your dumb country still calls this self defence ? This town didn’t mean anything to this kid, why the hell does a 17 year old in another state care about a grocery store here ? Because shooting up schools is too predictable for these white boys nowadays.
Like fuck. Then you read that they suspected him of already firing and I’m reminded of every other American shooting where people were such hero’s for trying to go after the gunman. But these people “attacked” an active shooter ? Are you fucking kidding me ? Oh it wasn’t him shooting ? He was just with that group ? Kind of like how he shot into a group of people and could have easily hit people who weren’t posing any threat to him ? The people this guy just disregarded as dumbasses and tossed aside like trash. I don’t even agree with the pointlessness of the prison system but damn lock this one up.