Not exactly the way it’s supposed to work…most of the time. There is an exception. If I am going to use a self-defense ploy, then I am admitting to the crime. Often times, it is admitting to the killing or assault of someone. I don’t think saying, I didn’t kill anyone. However if I did it was to protect myself.” I don’t think that would work.
My freedom after the trial depends on my proving that my life or another is in danger. For instance, “Sure I shot him. He was pointing a shotgun at me.” In this example, it is sort of obvious. In some cases, it can be a knife, a baseball bat or even a fist. That’s right. If a 250 lb man is about to hit a 100 lb woman, she can be completely justified in putting a couple of bullet holes in the man.
In simple words, we call it self-defense. I would guess most states call it justifiable homicide. Whatever it is called, it is a very important part of the laws, I’d guess in all states. Indeed, I suspect it is a worldwide concept, maybe even in China. Otherwise, all of us would be susceptible to violence on a whim. If I cannot protect myself from the man with a club, I am subject to being killed by any man with a sling and a rock.
Incidentally, anything of the proper size and weight can be used as a club. It need not be, per se, a baseball bat. Even a crutch can be a lethal weapon.
I spent a lot of words telling you what you already know.
Now I will write something you may or may not know. The young man, Rittenhouse was going to speak at University of Memphis. I heard about it on the news.
Apparently, the students did not believe he should have the freedom of speech, so they planned ways of keeping him from speaking. Apparently, they were even willing to buy out all available tickets.
Now, that’s weird. I guess the theory is to keep others from hearing him. Don’t know about Rittenhouse, but I wouldn’t mind giving a speech in an empty theater for a stack of cash.
Second, it’s a display of fear. Indeed they are afraid of what might he might tell the world. Finally, the man, in a court, proved before a jury, his justification in defending himself, in spite of those who were determined to hang him regardless of any and all evidence.
Those students who judged him guilty and wanted to take away his platform weren’t angry at him for killing the men but rather that he, as others, refuse to swallow the garbage that they want us to swallow. I am sure he would find far more friends in the ranks of the student body should he decide to drop his beliefs and pick up the banner of the politically correct.
