• Maalus@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        A man, in a hoodie, that speeds up his step when they try to walk away from him faster, at 2am. Context matters a lot here.

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        2 days ago

        It’s more than just “a man within range of vision”. Obviously we don’t have the full story here, but even in the text, there are specific behaviors that would, arguably, make a reasonable person suspect they were in imminent danger. Depending on the state, that is enough to trigger self-defense definition.