It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to warrant self-defense definition.
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Allero@lemmy.today 5 weeks agoLegitimate reason as in “a man is in the range of visibility”?
underwire212@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
The entire greentext is about OP going out of their way to look as threatening as possible while still having plausible deniability. Like… Your position goes against the OPs intent.
Maalus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.