I dont know the particulars of this case, but if a person is violently attacking your vehicle with an instrument or a weapon, they are displaying a behavior that puts the other person at risk of injury.
Think of someone who grabs a tire iron or bat and smashes the window. Is it reasonable to assume that the person’s rage is going to just stop with the window?
I would have a hard time convicting.
“Witnesses say the police “violently” performed CPR on the older man.”
When providing CPR, there’s always a risk of breaking the patient’s ribs and that leading to a punctured lung.
Not everyone uses the mouth to mouth anymore.
Two children in the car and a rage guy with a knife slashing your tires? Who wouldn’t step on the accelerator! I think it’s called panic. But, the mentally challenged Manhattan DA prefers to call it manslaughter.
Indeed.
In my country, Kentucky, if someone is threatening your life or serious bodily harm, you are within your legal rights to use deadly force to stop them. Most people interpret that as a right to shoot them, which it does. But running them down in a car is also using deadly force to protect yourself and those within your charge.
I can tell you that if, instead of running him down, he had pulled out his legally carried gun and shot the man dead, that would pretty much end the story, at least in my country.
The bill for a new tire is far cheaper than the bill for a new lawyer.
Seems he defended his property...
Headline should read, “CRAZY MAN WITH KNIFE PUT DOWN BY GALLANT CITIZEN”
Self-defense is clearly now illegal in NYC.