People are sued for causing accidents all the time. Think about someone who negligence might have caused a slip-and-fall accident, for example. Such a person would not be arrested, but he would be sued in civil court.
From reading the article would you have the police officer get his head bashed in instead of taking a reasonable defense of life shot?
I didn't read the article. That's why I made no comment on the legality of shooting baseball bat guy. But I guess if I were on a jury, it would all depend on how far away baseball bat guy was from the cop, if he was threatening the neighbor, and whether or not he was advancing towards the cop.
“I didn’t read the article. That’s why I made no comment on the legality of shooting baseball bat guy. But I guess if I were on a jury, it would all depend on how far away baseball bat guy was from the cop, if he was threatening the neighbor, and whether or not he was advancing towards the cop. “
V.G.!
Understood.
However, in this case, based on the article, negligence was not a factor.
You may use deadly force when defending your life or the life of another. . .so, if the crazy baseball bat wielding thug was swinging on you or some other person, oh well, hate to sound heartless, but too bad for the bad guy.
Cheers.