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Originally posted by Oliver North
I feel if they had gone for lighter charges, rather than assault with a weapon, they might have had a better case. It is clearly self defense, and I'd generally give some leeway to the person defending themselves in the head of the moment. Does something like "excessive defense" exist on the books as a softer form of assault? or is this one of those cases where it is either all or nothing?

I would say that it got excessive when he hit her 2 or 3 more times AFTER she was down. Up until that point, he was literally fleeing and fighting back. lol

But, yeah..."shit got real" and he took it a bit too far those last 10 seconds. I think there is leeway in the "self-defense" argument for 2-3 extra hits above and beyond what was necessary. It took 11-days during the grand jury hearing so obviously there was quite a bit of back and forth.

Originally posted by dadudemon
I would say that it got excessive when he hit her 2 or 3 more times AFTER she was down. Up until that point, he was literally fleeing and fighting back. lol

But, yeah..."shit got real" and he took it a bit too far those last 10 seconds. I think there is leeway in the "self-defense" argument for 2-3 extra hits above and beyond what was necessary. It took 11-days during the grand jury hearing so obviously there was quite a bit of back and forth.

in the heat of something like this the vast majority of people would not be able to stop immediately. it happens all the time in law enforcement and military. it's the reason why a suspect gets shot a dozen times by one officer. or the extra swings of a baton. i'm glad this man beat this b.s.; he was obviously trying to do the right thing and he had an even harder road ahead of him considering the age of which he was incarcerated.
on another note; to point out the sexual bias in the legal system......did anybody notice that neither of the women were charged with assault?

Originally posted by Raisen
on another note; to point out the sexual bias in the legal system......did anybody notice that neither of the women were charged with assault?

The women are facing charges of criminal trespassing, menacing and disorderly conduct.

Yup, I don't see an assault and battery charge anywhere in there.

Originally posted by Raisen
did anybody notice that neither of the women were charged with assault?

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
From what I read, only one of them actually did something to him which would provoke an assault/battery charge. The other merely attempted to do so, and failed in her endeavor, and she only did so after her friend was starting to get beaten by the cashier.

at least the one should have been charged with assault. any man would have. if a man committed an assault, I've never, ever heard of a man not being at least charged with it

Originally posted by dadudemon
Yup, I don't see an assault and battery charge anywhere in there.

doesn't that seem crazy to you?

Somebody needs to buy that guy a big mac for mcFlurrying on those customers happy meals.