Timeline for Can killing be "self-defense" if you are committing a crime yourself?
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| Nov 27, 2021 at 13:54 | comment | added | gatorback | Based on the verdict, I clearly had the wrong expectation that a WI judge and jury would not take kindly to "FIBS" teenagers mall-copping and shooting anyone. | |
| Feb 4, 2021 at 15:44 | history | edited | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2021 at 12:23 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 4, 2021 at 4:13 | comment | added | Mark | @RonBeyer, because that's what the law says. | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 23:40 | comment | added | gnasher729 | Sorry that should be "fear of imminent death or great bodily harm". Quote: Great bodily harm is the most serious level of harm. It is defined as “bodily injury which creates a high probability of death, or which causes permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ or other serious bodily harm." | |
| Feb 3, 2021 at 22:15 | comment | added | gnasher729 | MaxB, according to other answers and comments he would have to be in reasonable fear of being killed or badly injured. The fear of getting beaten up could be reasonable, but most people know when to stop, so it's hard to argue that he had a reasonable fear of being killed or badly injured. | |
| Sep 1, 2020 at 0:49 | comment | added | MWB | @RonBeyer Apparently it's not, assuming it has a 16+" barrel. See edit. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 19:32 | vote | accept | MWB | ||
| Aug 31, 2020 at 19:31 | history | edited | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2020 at 18:02 | history | edited | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2020 at 7:56 | comment | added | gatorback | @MaxB IANAL nor a judge, so I only have questions. I am biased: I believe in the right to self-defense. That being said, there are limits and precedence regarding self-defense. The "atmospherics" is that I would expect that a WI judge and jury would not take kindly to "FIBS" teenagers mall-copping and shooting anyone. I suspect that WI citizens are carefully watching this case for this reason. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 7:39 | comment | added | MWB | @gatorback Is crossing state lines illegal for minors? He didn't shoot people for doing property damage. He shot them when he couldn't escape after they attacked him. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 7:04 | comment | added | gatorback | @MaxB There may be a broader question: Does the context (circumstances) nullify the Rittenhouse self-defense claim? Given suspect's statements indicating intent to defend property and not being a resident: When did it become OK for a minor to cross state lines to perform law enforcement, which would lead to the inevitable? | |
| Aug 29, 2020 at 16:45 | history | edited | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 29, 2020 at 1:23 | comment | added | Ron Beyer | What makes you think minors can't be in legal possession of firearms? | |
| Aug 28, 2020 at 20:35 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 28, 2020 at 19:29 | history | asked | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |