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Today’s post is about a Pennsylvania woman who, as reported in a headline, “Drew [Her] Weapon After Being Jumped From Behind,” and ended up charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault., crimes carry sentences of up to 40 years and 20 years in prison, respectively. Want to learn how what sounds like self-defense resulted in […]

Today’s post focuses on a case reported out of Florida in which police shot and killed a suspect. What’s notable about this story is that it’s yet another example of the mainstream media framing a police use-of-force as if it were a vicious, unlawful murder of a suspect, whereas the actual facts, for those who

Today’s Post of the Day involves a case reported out of Alaska in which a defendant charged with felonies managed to violate all three of the common sense rules to live by I first heard from iconic firearms instructor John Farnam of Defense Training International: Rule 1: Don’t hang out with stupid people. Rule 2:

Just over a week ago we wrote about an Alabama woman who was the initial aggressor in a deadly force fight, got herself shot by the person she attacked, and lost her baby as a result of the gunshot injury. After a grand jury declined to indict the shooter for the baby’s death, presumptively on

For this Fourth of July post of the day we’re taking a step away from our usual use-of-force legal content and taking the opportunity recognize Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia, who received this award personally from President Trump at a White House ceremony on June 25, 2019. Following his receipt of

I’d like to begin this Post of the Day with the story of how a good prosecutor lost his political scalp for no very good reason. From there I’d like to share a cautionary tale about a dangerous trend I’m observing among prosecutors in various blue cities across the country. On August 8, 2014, Michael

It appears that we have another “Taser went bang!” story in the news, as reported here, this time in St. Louis MO.   In this instance, female Police Officer Julia Crews (in featured image) shot a fleeing shoplifting subject in the back with her service pistol, which she accidentally presented instead of the Taser she’d intended

Let me ask you: If you are the initial aggressor in a deadly force confrontation, the victim of your deadly force aggression lawfully and responsibly uses deadly defensive force in self-defense, and an innocent third party dies from that use of defensive force, who should be held criminally liable for that death? It should come

Today’s Post of the Day is prompted by a news report out of Minneapolis about a use of a self-defense spray on a bicycle trail. The twist? The OC was used offensively, not defensively, which raises a host of interesting use-of-force law issues. (Note, featured image is a stock photo.) Interested in learning more about

This Post of the Day is prompted by a self-defense acquittal at trial of a defendant charged with felony murder, even though the defendant did a lot that was inconsistent with lawful self-defense. So how was he acquitted? Because he did some key things right. Ready to learn more about this case, and how to