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Alcohol poisoning _is_ a life or death situation. If you felt the person was a danger to themselves or others they were right to redirect you to 911. Off-topi
by jdavis703 5y ago
Alcohol poisoning _is_ a life or death situation.
If you felt the person was a danger to themselves or others they were right to redirect you to 911.
Off-topic, but one of the symptoms of alcohol poisoning is confusion. If memory serves, a drunk, off-duty Texas cop once shot in to the wrong apartment, confusing it with their own home while thinking an intruder was present. The kind of erratic behavior you described is absolutely dangerous, especially in a place with as many guns as Texas.
- quickthrowman 5y agoI don’t think the castle doctrine protects you from punishment for murdering a doorbell ringer, even if they’re drunk. Even in Texas.
- willcipriano 5y agoThey have to breach the "castle" with apparent violent intent for castle doctrine to apply, it's not the courtyard doctrine.
- detaro 5y agoYou have to "had reason to believe" that they were "attempting to enter unlawfully and with force", that's not quite the same as them actually having done so.
- filoleg 5y agoYeah, it generally wouldn’t be legal even in Texas. But i don’t think it will matter much to your dead body that the person who wrongly shot you in self-defense is serving jail time, hence the situation is still considered dangerous.
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- dhosek 5y agoI have a vague recollection of a Black teenager shot for ringing the wrong doorbell and the white homeowner not being charged for the shooting. I'm thinking this was in Mississippi or Alabama maybe.
- kodablah 5y ago> If memory serves, a drunk, off-duty Texas cop once shot in to the wrong apartment, confusing it with their own home while thinking an intruder was present Not drunk, just said she was tired or overworked: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean