The DA didn't seem to think so in this case. Judge OKs Stand Your Ground defense in GVO nightclub shooting from '22
A Tallahassee circuit judge has dismissed murder charges against two men involved in a January 2022 shooting at the former Good Vibes Only, or GVO, nightclub on Railroad Avenue, finding the defendants were protected by Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
The DA was determined to prosecute, though the facts of the case, as spelled out in the judges order, make it clear that they were protecting someone.
And I'm sure that the fact they were protecting a rapper had nothing to do with anything. I mean, this is 2024, race wouldn't enter into a DA's decision to prosecute, would it?
It apparently started as an argument. Meyers at first seemed to leave, but then apparently decided he was going to fight with one of the two guys. It was a bad decision.
Meyers ran toward Blount, pushing him to the ground, after which Meyers can be seen raising a leg over him. There was a flash of gunfire from where Brown was standing, prosecutors said; Blount and Brown fired multiple rounds at Meyers, and there was an unidentified third shooter firing at Blount and Brown.
There is reported to be video, and while it is described, it is not presented. If someone pushes me down, and then raises a leg to stomp me, I think that might constitute a reasonable threat of great bodily harm. As I said, the DA didn't see things that way.
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