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Old February 6, 2022, 08:05 PM   #76
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If you reasonably become in fear for your life, you have every right under the law to defend it.
Provided that you meet all of the requirements of lawful self defense.

However, we have been discussing the defense of a third person.

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Again, how you articulate makes all the difference.
Much more important is the evidence gathered after the fact.

Again, I suggest taking courses from Massad Ayoob and Andrew Branca.
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Old February 6, 2022, 09:57 PM   #77
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Much more important is the evidence gathered after the fact.

Again, I suggest taking courses from Massad Ayoob and Andrew Branca.
Noted.

And what if a frog had wings?

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Old February 6, 2022, 10:59 PM   #78
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Many states have liability protection for anyone who was not prosecuted if the use of force was deemed lawful.
That is true, but it won't undo things that went wrong as a result of intervening without understanding the situation. Injuries will remain, dead people will still be dead, etc.

And if the use of force was not justified because the reasonable belief turns out to not have been reasonable in court, then the protection doesn't apply.
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In many situations you are even covered in lawful use situations for collateral injuries or death. For example, an innocent is killed in a hostage rescue in a confined space of an aircraft.
LE has some additional protections that the rest of us don't. The biggest one is that their department goes to bat for them in court while we have to foot our own bill.

The situation you describe--where a person is acting properly and is fully justified and a bullet goes somewhere it shouldn't have is generally not going to be a problem from a prosecution standpoint because humans aren't superhuman. They can't stop bullets after they go through a target. They all miss sometimes. But it's important to keep in mind that there can be collateral damage--that should be something that is factored into a determination of whether to intervene or not.
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It would be reasonable in that situation to stop the violence. Non-deadly force can always be met with non-deadly force and at a minimum verbal commands.
I think it's almost always wise to control a violent situation and stop it--IF, and that is a huge IF--the intervening person truly has the capability and situational awareness necessary to ACTUALLY control the situation.

The incident with the cop and the group of people attacked by the homeless guy underscores what can happen if a person steps in without understanding the situation and doesn't (or can't) really take control of the situation. In that case, well-meaning intervention resulted in an innocent person being badly injured because the officer failed to control what happened after he stopped what he perceived to be an attack.
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Old February 6, 2022, 11:25 PM   #79
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That is true, but it won't undo things that went wrong as a result of intervening without understanding the situation. Injuries will remain, dead people will still be dead, etc.

And if the use of force was not justified because the reasonable belief turns out to not have been reasonable in court, then the protection doesn't apply.
Absolutely. One's reaction should almost never be to immediately go to deadly force. Take a deep breath, assess, and act appropriately.

Also keep in mind you cannot bring back the dead in scenario's you should have intervened. That is the nature of not having a crystal ball and why a reasonable man standard is limited to what that individual would have known IN THE TIME.

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I think it's almost always wise to control a violent situation and stop it--IF, and that is a huge IF--the intervening person truly has the capability and situational awareness necessary to ACTUALLY control the situation.

The incident with the cop and the group of people attacked by the homeless guy underscores what can happen if a person steps in without understanding the situation and doesn't (or can't) really take control of the situation. In that case, well-meaning intervention resulted in an innocent person being badly injured because the officer failed to control what happened after he stopped what he perceived to be an attack.
Good summary.
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