I was thinking about writing something about the bizarre events in Little Falls in which two teenaged cousins apparently broke into a man's house, at which point he shot them both and didn't bother to report the matter to the police for a day, but there's no need because
Mitch Berg is on the case. A sample:
This is a case that should be used in self-defense classes as a punch-list of everything not to do in a self-defense case.
-- You just don’t get to shoot on sight. Many juries will have a hard time accepting that you had a reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm if you shoot before you can fully see your perp in what amounts to an ambush zone.
-- You do not finish them off when they’re down.
And above and beyond that? You call the cops immediately.
And this wise observation:
And while I send my condolences to the victims’ families, of course, the kids had no business in his house. Note, unruly teenagers; you’re not immortal, and you’re only as safe as your least-informed, least-stable victim lets you be.
Much more at the link.
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