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    Default Thoughts on the this self-defense case?

    25 year old armed black male is cut-off and assaulted by two younger hot-headed white brothers in a road rage incident. The black male shoots both, but does not immediately contact 911 while leaving the scene. The DA filed murder charges, but recently dropped them due to reasons listed in the article...

    https://www.denver7.com/news/front-r...others-on-i-25

    Your thoughts on the entire case, including the initial incident and the legal wrangling since?
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    Dashcam video would have been helpful. Sounds like they were looking for a fight.


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    Based on the info in the post and article, good shoot. But I wonder if the charges were dropped for more social Justice reasons than proper application of self defense law.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
    Dashcam video would have been helpful. Sounds like they were looking for a fight.


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    Aww, come on man! They couldn't possibly be hot heads...
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    Quote Originally Posted by CS1983 View Post
    Based on the info in the post and article, good shoot. But I wonder if the charges were dropped for more social Justice reasons than proper application of self defense law.

    Flip the races and what happens? A large active smoke plume coming from downtown Denver with Tay Anderson at the source?
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    Quote Originally Posted by .455_Hunter View Post
    Flip the races and what happens? A large active smoke plume coming from downtown Denver with Tay Anderson at the source?
    Correct. But the law and self defense principles would dictate race isn’t a factor and the shoot is legally good. Hence, my second sentence in the quote.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CS1983 View Post
    But the law and self defense principles would dictate race isn?t a factor and the shoot is legally good.

    Unfortunately, we all know that is not always the case, and it can be biased either way depending on the situation and location.
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    From what little I could get from the article, it sounds like a good shoot. The brothers FAFOed and got the Darwin Award. There doesn't seem to be any reason to assume the charges were dropped for social justice reasons, more likely the DA in question overcharged by jumping immediately to Murder 1. I don't know if there's a statute governing his failure to notify the police of the shooting but if there was anything to prosecute him for, it would be that, not murder. I expect he wanted to get away from the scene in case the brothers had backup coming -- he'd already been harassed as it was -- but he should still have reported it to the police once he got to a safe place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
    From what little I could get from the article, it sounds like a good shoot. The brothers FAFOed and got the Darwin Award. There doesn't seem to be any reason to assume the charges were dropped for social justice reasons, more likely the DA in question overcharged by jumping immediately to Murder 1. I don't know if there's a statute governing his failure to notify the police of the shooting but if there was anything to prosecute him for, it would be that, not murder. I expect he wanted to get away from the scene in case the brothers had backup coming -- he'd already been harassed as it was -- but he should still have reported it to the police once he got to a safe place.
    This seems sensible. Though, I think I’d be having a self defense attorney presenting my story if I’d already left the scene.

    US Law Shield recommends reporting to 911 you have been a victim of a crime and leave it at that until you have a lawyer present.
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