re: Man stabs a group of young people as they assault him for looking for his phone in river

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I think him going after the tubers is the most import part. He's trying his best to explain it away, but he engaged them and that escalated the situation. The girls escalated it further, but if he never charges the boys, none of this happens.

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I guess if they never went on the tubing trip in the first place none of this happens too.

He ran at them b/c he thought one of the guys had the phone he was looking for, at least that's what he said on the stand.
What he did there didn't incite the reaction the idiot kids had after that, and nothing he did required the response the kids gave and escalated too.


I think the biggest thing going against him is the fact that he took the knife out before any of the physical altercations started. and then of course him lying about everything after the fact. I know why he and his lawyers won't let him say why he lied, but it's b/c he's a foriegner that just stabbed people and he doesn't trust the US legal system against him, but he can't say that in court or to the jury.