TZP Column: Use Of Force

Self defense on trial in Virginia. And this happens to be my 700th TZP column, and exactly 50% of all of the columns there.


AN APPROPRIATE USE OF FORCE?
There’s a trial in Virginia over a shooting. Let me describe the reported circumstances, and let you decide what you’d have done.

You’re minding your own business, when a 6′ 5″ “goon” (his own monicker, by the way) walks up on you. He sticks his hand in your face and calls you a “dips**t”. You repeatedly tell him to stop, but he refuses. You keep backing away, but he keeps closing on you, still calling you a “dips**t.” You try to knock his hand out your face, but he continues.

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One thought on “TZP Column: Use Of Force”

  1. Obviously the DA in this locale does NOT believe in the right to self defense. An regardless of the outcome the defendant here will have their life irrevocably altered. Because the PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT.

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