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A news story out of St. Louis MO describes how a police officer, Lori Wozniak, was criminally charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault for purportedly giving a “rough ride” on August 2 to two arrestees being transported in her vehicle. As the story reports: Wozniak was reportedly upset at the men, who had been
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On October 3, 2018, Michael Dunn—a City Commissioner for the city of Lakeland FL—shot and killed Cristobal Lopez as Lopez was shoplifting a hatchet from Dunn’s store. The shooting occurred as Dunn was attempting to stop Lopez from leaving the store with the hatchet. The struggle at the door, the shooting, and the rapid demise
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Hey folks, In this episode we discussed: The legal doctrine of qualified immunity, and an excellent critical opinion on the doctrine by 5th Circuit Judge Don Willett. 50% sale on state-specific DVDs for OH, WV, OR, and TN, valid ONLY THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21! Ohio: http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/ohiodvd West Virginia: http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/westvirginiadvd Oregon: http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/oregondvd Tennessee: http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/tennesseedvd We also
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Readers may recall that on July 7, 2016 Michael Strickland–a self-described “citizen journalist” decided to attend a Portland OR “Black Lives Matter” event, purportedly for reporting purposes. Strickland had through his previous blogging on BLM become well-known to many of the people active in the Portland BLM movement, and he was recognized at the
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In a case out of Blountsville TN we have a curious case in which a man used his rider mower to defend against chainsaw-wielding attacker. I kid you not. The outcome? Rider mower for the win–the chainsaw-wielding attacker ended up losing his leg to the mower. Not only that, but the chainsaw-wielding attacker has now
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Out of West Palm Beach FL we have a jury deliberating over a murder charge in which the defendant purportedly shot and killed the victim over a $10 marijuana debt. Nothing too remarkable about that, I suppose. Naturally, the defendant claims that he shot the victim in self-defense. Given that the only two witnesses were
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A Colorado Springs CO homeowner shot and killed a man trying to break into his home this past Saturday night, according to the Washington Times and other news sources. It appears that local police have determined that the use of force was lawful, in that the homeowner was protecting his residence and family, although no
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Various news reports, including this one, are reporting that George Zimmerman is expected to plead no contest to charges of misdemeanor stalking. The charges stem from a blizzard of angry voicemail messages and text messages purportedly made by Zimmerman to the private investigator hired by “producer” Jay Z as part of the production of the
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The Baltimore police officers who are suing State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for maliciously investigating and defaming them when she criminally charging them over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody have appealed the 4th Circuit’s dismissal of their case to the US Supreme Court, according to the Baltimore Sun. A copy
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