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To: freeandfreezing

Lethal self defense is based on five principles.

Innocence, imminence, reasonable essentially, jeopardy, avoidance.

You want to detail those as they apply to this situation or will you back off and admit I’m more informed on how the law works as it relates to lethal force?


37 posted on 12/23/2017 11:01:02 AM PST by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: Bogey78O

“Reasonability” rather than “reasonable essentially”


39 posted on 12/23/2017 11:05:25 AM PST by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: Bogey78O
You want to detail those as they apply to this situation or will you back off and admit I’m more informed on how the law works as it relates to lethal force?

Neither. I don't care what you know about the law as it relates to lethal force. Nice try at shifting the topic away from your repugnant ideas about what an appropriate action is during a police interaction with a suspect.

Why don't you start by explaining what steps the police officer who discharged his weapon did to avoid killing the six year old.

And then why don't you explain why you think the innocence test applies to law enforcement officers in pursuit of a suspect. It obviously doesn't apply in any way similar to the way it applies to a person who is not a law enforcement officer.

And then perhaps you could set forth your understanding of why it was reasonably essential for the law enforcement officers to shoot an unarmed person, instead of taking another course of action given their resources, numerical and weapons superiority, etc.

43 posted on 12/23/2017 12:16:12 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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