The Lessons of Minneapolis: The enormous importance of Stand Your Ground
I am overwhelmed with information I can use coming ot of Minneapolis, but the case of Cadillac Pawn is going to take priority.
Police got a call of a man shot while trying to loot Cadillac Pawn, nearby all the festivities were happening last night. They arrived, tried to revive the looter but he eventually died or was dead.
Even though the authorities are saying they are still investigating, the owner of Cadillac Pawn, John Rieple, was booked around 2 am charged with murder. Police spokesman John Elder “said he believes Minnesota’s “duty to retreat” law means a business owner doesn’t have a right to defend their property with lethal force because it’s not their home. ”
Please digest this. Minnesota indeed has a Duty to Retreat law and even if later on, via lawyers and deals with the DA because the cops confused Mr. Rieple gets out, his life, economically anyway, is finished. You see, while the local police was doing his utmost duty arresting him and taking him to jail. nobody was left behind and the store was looted. Picked clean.
And this is another reason why Stand Your Ground is important. It is your life at play.
PS: Minnesota does not have a strong Castle Doctrine either, don’t ask me who makes the determination either. And it is not a bug but a feature,