heggs_bayer [none/use name]@hexbear.net to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 months agoPro-Israel demonstrator accused in Newton shooting acted in self-defense, attorney sayswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkPro-Israel demonstrator accused in Newton shooting acted in self-defense, attorney sayswww.cbsnews.comheggs_bayer [none/use name]@hexbear.net to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareTovarish Tomato@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is so infuriating. Don’t they have a principle of proportionality or something similar in the US?
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoThey do. This is the defense attorney defending his client, and lawyers will say anything imaginable to possibly defend someone. It’s up to the jury and judge to determine if he was acting in self defense now.
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, they do. It turns out if someone is repeatedly stomping your face into the concrete, you can respond with equally lethal force.
This is so infuriating. Don’t they have a principle of proportionality or something similar in the US?
They do. This is the defense attorney defending his client, and lawyers will say anything imaginable to possibly defend someone.
It’s up to the jury and judge to determine if he was acting in self defense now.
Yeah, they do. It turns out if someone is repeatedly stomping your face into the concrete, you can respond with equally lethal force.