From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:17:12 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   >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." 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. She was only going slowly because she lost traction.   
   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.   
      
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