goofus – you are missing the point of the OP. I believe he is saying that it wasn’t whether or not he deserved to be shot in the scuffle, Goq is saying that he himself could have prevented it by not being in the situation in the first place. It wasn’t a drive by on a bystander.
Not only that, it is so like the masses (all cultures included) to make decisions based on media, heresay and wishes and then decide that that is what REALLY happened and discount the fact that the grand jury had all the details when making their decision but WE DON’T.