Smith, i'm not comparing this incident to a sexual assault, i'm comparing people's reaction: i.e. in an assault, we all seem to understand that sometimes victims react in ways that don't make sense to us in hindsight.
much like people's pontifications here about what stanley was feeling, how scared he was, if he needed to grab a gun or not. i'm saying it's easy for us to say it was "over the top" to get a gun in hindsight (which would make a conviction for manslaughter more likely) and reminds me of how people question a sex assault victims state of mind "Why didn't she just leave" that kind of thing, i.e. "why didn't they just go inside and call for help". maybe you don't take that view on sex assaut survivors smith, but if you do i'd say you have a contradiction with your core values in this case. also, no evidence he shot at anyone running away...
Then there's kropotkin: why do you think this guy is such a racist? you've said it a few times now, so far i haven't seen anything to indicate that...also, how could he have made up a story with information he didn't have--must be some coincidence with that casing evidence, or are you suggesting some kind of grand conspiracy involving the crown feeding the defense info in advance of the trial?
contrasted with the tina fontaine trial, where you have multiple motives, the blanket evidence, wiretaps--that is a case where you can argue someone got away with murder.