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You might believe that if you keep yourself within the plain English reading of a statute, you’d be safe from criminal liability. In fact, you’d be mistaken in that belief. Statutes don’t mean what their plain English reading might suggest they mean. As a result, following the plain English reading of a statute can easily […]

On May 18, Charlotte bus driver David Fullard found himself in a verbal confrontation with passenger Omarri Shariff Tobias. That confrontation escalated to a deadly degree when Tobias presented a handgun and threatened to “pop” Fullard. In response, Fullard drew his own handgun, and the two men engaged in a furious exchange of gun fire

Today we’re doing a Law of Self Defense Members-only show in which we’ll take a deep dive into the San Francisco DA’s decision to not charge the Walgreen’s security guard who shot and killed violent shoplifter Banko Brown, by reading through the DA’s 25-page report explaining their no-charge decision–much of which appears to be political

Today’s show will provide legal analysis and commentary on two gasoline-related use-of-force videos that recently came across my desk. In the first video, a prankster pours apparent gasoline (actually water) over the hoods of occupied cars, almost getting himself shot. In the second, a woman in a car at a gas station is confronted by

This past Saturday, May 20, Daniel Penny–the NYC “choke hold” subway rider charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely–gave an interview to the NY Post. This interview could have been used to share Penny’s version of the confrontation with Neely–but Penny’s lawyers took a wiser path. Instead of laying out their explicit

A Tennessee homeowner confronts several armed car thieves breaking into his vehicles in his driveway at o-dark-thirty. Suddenly, the thieves began shooting at the homeowner–and the homeowner returns defensive fire. In all, at least 28 rounds were exchanged in the gun fight before the thieves fled. When the cops show up to the scene of

In today’s show we cover the recent successful appeal of a Washington state woman who had overturned her conviction on a charge of first-degree (reckless, unintentional) manslaughter over the stabbing death of abusive boyfriend. The reason for the reversal of the conviction? The woman’s trial attorney–and, apparently, the trial court itself–MISTAKENLY believed that self-defense was

The San Francisco DA’s office has released its official findings on the shooting death of Banko Brown by a Walgreen’s armed security guard, Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony. Somewhat surprisingly, if only for political reasons, the DA has ruled this shooting to be justified, leading to considerable community anger and unrest. Today’s Law of Self Defense Members

Found myself with some unexpected time this morning, so doing a quick impromptu update on the Daniel Penny “subway chokehold” prosecution/persecution in NYC. Daniel Penny GiveSendGo: https://www.givesendgo.com/daniel_penny?s=01 #DanielPenny #JordanNeely AMERICAN LAW COURSES Get a law-school level education in typical first-year (1L) law classes, including criminal law, constitutional law, evidence, property, and more, at a fraction

Two weeks ago MMA fighter Joe Schilling was granted self-defense immunity over a June 27, 2021 Florida bar fight, in which Schilling quickly knocked out an aggressive patron. #JoeSchilling AMERICAN LAW COURSES Get a law-school level education in typical first-year (1L) law classes, including criminal law, constitutional law, evidence, property, and more, at a fraction