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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Well for the average citizen this would be a simple self defence case. Pointing a weapon (taser is a weapon) and firing it at somone is grounds for firing back. Sell defence shootings are very common in the USA, even when no weapon is involved. IMO a regular citizen gets off in court on this easily.
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But it's clearly not self defense if he's running away, is the point. There's no immediate risk to the safety of the person who shot him. They weren't defending themselves. They were shooting him to make sure he didn't get away after resisting arrest, committing assault and stealing an officer's weapon. Whether you're okay with that shoot should depend on whether you're okay with that, not on some half-baked "self defense" argument.