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NEW & FREE! Law of Self Defense “Mini-Course”

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense members only content! Today we’re taking a different tack on our content.  Instead of writing on some use-of-force event in the news–and especially not on the Walter Wallace case, which really raises no interesting legal questions, it’s simply a good shoot by the officers involved–I’d like to give

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George Floyd: Probable Cause for Officer Chauvin Charges?

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense members-only content! Today we focus on the George Floyd-case court decision last Thursday denying the motion to dismiss the criminal charges against the four officers charged in Floyd’s death, with the exception of a single charge against Officer Chauvin that was dismissed.  As you might expect, I’ve been

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Turning Self-Defense Into An Unlawful Killing: Or, Does Duress Excuse? (Take 2)

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense members-only content! Today we’re responding to an interesting question, related to a use-of-force event caught on video, sent to us by Tammy, one of our Platinum members.  Usually we answer these kinds of questions in our weekly News/Q&A Show (taking place LIVE at 4PM TODAY!), but given the

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Turning Self-Defense Into An Unlawful Killing: Or, Does Duress Excuse?

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense members-only content! Today we’re responding to an interesting question, related to a use-of-force event caught on video, sent to us by Tammy, one of our Platinum members.  Usually we answer these kinds of questions in our weekly News/Q&A Show (taking place LIVE at 4PM TODAY!), but given the

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Failing to Qualify for Self-Defense Because of … Marijuana

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense members-only content, for October 19, 2020.  Today we’ll take a look at a recent decision out of the Georgia Supreme Court that illustrates how one can lose the right to self-defense completely because of being engaged in conduct that’s technically criminal even if completely non-violent—in this case, the

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