From: ahk@chinet.com
David Carson wrote:
>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:17:12 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :
>>Self defense is an affirmative defense against a criminal homicide
>>charge. Even if the jury acquittal is based on a finding of legal
>>justification, a murder still took place.
>That's not how it works.
>>You know all this.
>You don't know nearly as much about the law as you profess to.
There's the cheap shot. I don't hear what I misstated.
>>She blocked the vehicle; that's a traffic infraction. She then panicked
>>when the first agent tried to open the driver's side door to pull her
>>out. Yes, she drove forward because she had not shifted into reverse.
>>But the second agent was slightly off to the side and had not planted
>>himself directly in her path. She was driving slowly enough that at no
>>point was he in fear for his life, and video shows him jumping out of
>>the way. With the driver dead, that guarantees that the vehicle will
>>crash, making it more likely that someone will be injured.
>He was in front of the vehicle. Not dead-center in front, but more "in
>front" than "off to the side."
And yet he stepped aside after he murdered her.
>She turned her steering wheel so that her
>left front wheel was aimed *directly at him*, and hit the gas. The tires
>spun out on the ice.
Which video shows that?
>She was only going slowly because she lost traction.
Great! Whatever her motive, she was going slowly and his life was not
threatened. Killing her does not bring the vehicle to a safe stop so
that was not done in defense of his own life.
>Unlike you, who can read Donald Trump's mind, I can't read Renee Good's
>mind and know whether she intended to kill the ICE agent, but her actions
>absolutely came from either an intent to strike him with her vehicle or a
>flagrant disregard of the fact that's what she was going to do. Any sane
>person in the officer's shoes would have feared for his life.
. . . and stepped aside.
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