US Homeowner Shoots Cleaner, Blames 'Stand Your Ground'
Curt Andersen, 62, shot Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, 32, through his door when she showed up at the wrong address at 7 AM. He claims self-defense, naturally. Because a woman, identified as a Guatemalan immigrant and mother of four, trying to unlock a door at 7 in the morning, is clearly a 'threat' that requires lethal force – until her husband explains she was part of a cleaning crew.
Funny how 'stand your ground' often becomes 'shoot first, ask questions never, and let the lawyers sort out the innocent body.' This isn't a 'test' of the law; it's an indictment of it. When laws empower people to act on paranoia with deadly consequences, the only thing being 'tested' is our collective humanity. One might wonder if such 'protections' primarily serve to offer a legal fig-leaf for
actions driven by panic or prejudice, rather than genuine, imminent danger.