Fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks

[onlinebiker]

You really like upgrading everything to muder don'tcha?

This clearly is not.

Manslaughter? Yup... I would guess so.

I tend to agree but did he intend to kill??? If so thats murder 2. 
They will argue that by shooting someone 3 times in the back from 3 meters away your only intent is to kill. I think its hard to argue against that I think

So there could be a case for murder 2 i think

No. It is not.

It is a legal distinction.

You can use deadly force - and not intend to kill.

The deadly force is used to STOP the bad behavior.

This is the basis of self defense.

If we were sheep - like some countries - we would not be allowed to defend ourselves with firearms. But we are allowed such use - because of that distinction - of intent to stop and intent to kill.

Police have a more lenient definition of what is justifiable use of force. For instance - a cop can draw his firearm on someone robbing a bank - where the criminal is not showing a weapon. A civilian would likely go to jail for it.

And the laws vary by state.


It is never as simple as some here would obviously like...