His past troubles may in fact have a bearing on their defense.
“His past troubles may in fact have a bearing on their defense.”
I would think that the defense is going to be along the lines of when the two guys chased him down and confronted him, he charged at them or acted like he was charging them. He certainly came towards the first cop in the park video. Problem with that is going to be why they were confronting him with a shotgun (whether pointed at him or not)?