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Longjumping_Ask_4911 t1_j6kqvlm wrote

Reply to comment by TaintedAzazel in Salem Man Pleads Not Guilty Following Weekend Shooting by [deleted]

"Excessive force refers to force in excess of what a police officer reasonably believes is necessary. A police officer may be held liable for using excessive force in an arrest, an investigatory stop, or other seizures."

He's not a cop.

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TaintedAzazel t1_j6l11eu wrote

Self-defense laws in the US typically justify a person’s use of lethal force in public in situations where lethal force was necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm to themselves or another person. Traditionally, these laws have been clear that taking human life is not necessary, and is therefore not justified, if the person could have avoided using lethal violence by retreating, or simply stepping away from a confrontation. A person does not have a duty to retreat from a conflict before using force in their home, however (known as the Castle Doctrine).1

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Longjumping_Ask_4911 t1_j6l5dxe wrote

Wasn't he surrounded? Which way should he have retreated?

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TaintedAzazel t1_j6l9ovr wrote

Oh I don’t know if those people were on a certain side or just wanted to watch a fight It doesn’t really matter anyways there was no need to shoot the dude in the face like five times

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Longjumping_Ask_4911 t1_j6lsdxv wrote

the story at the moment is that they were friends of napoleon and looking to jump him

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