Self-defense is a legitimate defense. It doesn't only defend against a murder charge. It is a defense against any criminal charge. But defending her dog is not self-defense, or defense of another. She should have said she was protecting her daughter.
. “But defending her dog is not self-defense, or defense of another. She should have said she was protecting her daughter”
NM ain’t California. You may indeed fire a shot to protect your dog from a attacking feral dogs in NM. The Artesia cop leadership has a very anti-gun bent, but they will not prevail in this prosecution because it was not negligent under NM law.
In NM a dog is personal property. You may not shoot a person for harming your dog, but you can sure as hell destroy someone else’s personal property that was destroying yours.
The case will be lost by the whelp of a cop, she will walk.
Bull. My dog is family.