Reasoning:
1.) Goys cross the street to throw snow onto Spaide's property, not an accidental act at all.
2.) When asked to stop (Within the purview of Spaide's rights re. his property) "The Goys yelled at [him]" rather than just not going out of their way to throw snow on Spaide's lawn
3.) Mr. Goy throws "A tool" at Spaide; Could be a snowbrush or a shovel or some combination thereof. Possibly something dangerous but realistically probably not.
4.) Mr. Goy then threatens Spaide and advances towards him with a raised fist, a pretty obvious indicator of impending violence.
5.) After Spaide retrieves a firearm, the Goys do not back down and continue to escalate the altercation (from the middle of the street, for whatever that's worth.)
6.) Finally, after all this, Spaide takes an aggressive action and opens fire.
If we're to believe witnesses and apparently the security footage, at no point prior to the shooting is Spaide an aggressor, only exercising his rights to ask these people not to shovel snow into his lawn. Yes, it devolved into a mutual screaming match, but this all could have been utterly avoided had the Goys not proven to be insufferable and petty children time and time again; Namecalling, screaming, throwing shit, threatening violence. I mean, I could be off the mark, but I'd rather not look up the video footage myself; I've been to the dark parts of the internet too many times and I'd rather be a bit uninformed than go seeking a low-quality snuff film.
It takes a special kind of stupid to think that these people were "Blameless". Did they deserve to get shot? Fuck no, but if Spaide didn't do it, there's no doubt in my mind someone else would. Shame about the Goys' kid... Gonna be messed up for a while. I hope he gets the help he'll invariably need.
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