Is this Just Self-Defence?

[benguino]

Re: Is this Just Self-Defence?

I have to agree with the large majority of people saying that it's not really self-defense. Sure it was self-defense up to some point, but it turned into something else completely. The reason we use self-defense is to prevent harm from being done to us, and when the man had the two women pinned down to the floor, what harm could those two women possibly do in a position like that? None, therefore when the man continued to beat the women, it wasn't an act of self defense anymore.

[Calcium Deposit]

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People tend to have some sort of in-grained sympathy when it comes to women.
I definitely think people would be saying things like "justified" or "kick ass!" had this been two dudes assaulting the cashier, especially if the cashier in question was female.

If somebody assaults me physically with intent to harm me or kill me, I don't care who it is, I will rip their head off and poop down their neck. Regardless of what some pussy thinks about non-violence. You only get one life, and anyone endangering mine will reap the consequences.

[Emithith]

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I believe that it is a far more serious case when it is a Male vs. two Females-- Females definitely have less strength, and pose less of a problem-- than two Males vs. one Female. It is Sexist, for sure, but it isn't without reason.

I do agree that the male went way too far by bludgeoning them. That's coldhearted.
Besides, you could probably just threaten them off and they wouldn't stay for very long.

[ELRayford]

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If the sexes of the two parties were reversed the woman(employee) would most likely have been hailed a hero.

If somebody assaults me physically with intent to harm me or kill me, I don't care who it is, I will rip their head off and poop down their neck. Regardless of what some pussy thinks about non-violence. You only get one life, and anyone endangering mine will reap the consequences.

QFT 100%

Besides, you could probably just threaten them off and they wouldn't stay for very long.

Not intended to single you out so please do not take it in that way. This comment sounds like you haven't had too much confrontation in life. As soon as those females jumped the counter they had already decided to assault him. They were set on puttin some boots to his ass. The only reason they didn't assault him was the fact that they were KTFO.


As far as self defense goes...

Who is to say what is too far? If a hoodlum waves a gun and cops fire 100 shots into his car killing him because they felt threatened, who is to say that this guys reaction was justified or not? Our society is a giant double standard. Whats good for one isn't always for the next. Kinda shitty, but hey, we made it this way Enjoy further decline kiddos!

In Closing, We all should be glad we were not in any of their positions. Don't put yourselves into places that can get you into these positions. Make you decisions wisely.

Ya think they would teach people this shit in school...

[Emithith]

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Not intended to single you out so please do not take it in that way. This comment sounds like you haven't had too much confrontation in life. As soon as those females jumped the counter they had already decided to assault him. They were set on puttin some boots to his ass. The only reason they didn't assault him was the fact that they were KTFO.

I didn't watch the video. The last thing I want to watch is someone be assaulted. So, I didn't know anything other than the description.

[ELRayford]

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The only bad part is the dumb white bitch screaming for the cops. Other than that you can't see any good stuff.

[fido123]

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iironic

I'm sure that the situation can be handled in a better way.

Hindsight is always 20/20. When aggravated customers assault you THEN proceed to jump the counter and come at you, that in itself is threatening and probably terrifying. I've been in similar situations and you just act out of instinct.



remedy

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't it self defence only up to the point of fighting back with the same force? Like, some dude breaks into your house and threatens you with a knife, you can fight back with a knife, but you can't go get a gun and shoot him and call it self defence.
It's the same thing here, they just used their hands and he used a metal blunt object. I would call it assault before calling it self defence.

That's a law I'm pretty sure only exists in Canada and personally sickens me. I'm sorry but if somebody comes at me with a knife and I have a gun I'm shooting them. If somebody is going to threaten me with physical damaging assault you should be able to stop them using the most reasonable force you have access to, and take into consideration that THEY'RE putting you in a situation you aren't trained to react to, and don't know how to react to. If you react to it poorly it's their fault and should be all on them IMO. I think it's personally totally justified to sue lets say a McDonalds if on the job one of their employees physically threatened your life, and you killed them and now have mental anguish because of it.



bmah

A slap in the face is not life-threatening

It wasn't just the slap in the face or else that man totally deserves to go to jail. He was slapped in the face, walked down the counter AWAY from them, then they BOTH jumped the counter and walked towards him to confront him. Those actions alone aren't life threatening but just like how you can assume somebody with boozed up breath is drunk, you can assume these women were going to assault the man further.

Not only that, but the women requested the man to stop. The man continued to beat them, even as the women tried to get back up. So in my eyes, it's pretty good to conclude excessive force was being used.

If you're getting attacked by two women you don't want them to get back up. He only continued to hit them when they tried to get back up. You don't know if they're trying to get back up to beat the crap out of you and that's usually what happens in those kinds of situations. If those girls didn't want to get beaten they shouldn't have attacked that man, and if they didn't want to get beaten more they should have just stayed down. What would you say if they got back up, grabbed that rod from him and beat him to death? They already showed they were probably going to hurt him and after getting beat like that chances are you're going to be a lot more pissed off.

I doubt it has anything to do with gender discrimination. Give me an actual example fido, as opposed to getting some sort of hunch that you'd bet the law would bend in a male's favor.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/search?q=murder&restrict_sr=on

I can't verify anything there, nor do I browse that board but I've gotten a few links from there that are ridiculous. It happens, and I'm not saying it's happening in this case, the cops don't definitely know what happened and those women must have been beaten pretty bad so it's understandable why he's in jail while he awaits trial. I also listen to a lot of talk radio and there's a lot of bias such as the way people were viewing the incident this show was talking about, and how men get stimped often in child custody battles.



Superfreak

I actually learned about the boundaries of "self Defense" last week in my criminal law class. Yes he was defending himself, but he made the situation worse than it already was.

How do you know if he didn't do that those two women wouldn't have beaten him to death? That would have been worse.

If you watch the video, after he has to two pinned down on the ground, he CONTINUES to beat them. By doing that alone, it's no longer self defense, but it is counted as Battery.

The women were trying to get back up and he only hit them when they tried to. If they got back up there's a good chance I bet he doesn't want to take that they're both going to grab something and go apeshit on him.

And as some of you have said, you have to be reasonable in self defense. When you're a police officer and you're taking someone down, you better not use a pistol if the person is not holding any form of weapon that can be held as a lethal weapon. In this case, the cashier was holding a lethal weapon, and using it against people that were using only their hands.

If people are putting you in a dangerous situation and you want out, I'm not going to put myself even on their grounds. I'm going to grab something to give me an edge to make sure those women aren't going to possibly beat me to death, break my bones, or get me so injured I can't work for a while any more.



xXAll-ProXx

Yea it's self defense, the man just grabbed a golf club and beat the shit out of her what's wrong with that?I mean she ****ing slapped him in the face, I'd definitely beat the shit out of her the way that dude did../sarcasm

seriously though, that's obviously not self-defence. He turned it into an unecessary brawl.

They women turned it into an unnecessary brawl. Like I said I'm sure he wouldn't beat the shit out of them if they just slapped him, but they slapped him, he ran, and they came after him. I bet he didn't want to find out what they were going to do to him.



midnghtraver

But he totally went way too far. First strike was self defense, but the fact that he continued made it unjustified.

Again they were trying to get back up. If they laid down and posed no threat then it would be ridiculous to keep beating them.



reuben_tate

The reason we use self-defense is to prevent harm from being done to us, and when the man had the two women pinned down to the floor, what harm could those two women possibly do in a position like that? None, therefore when the man continued to beat the women, it wasn't an act of self defense anymore.

Again I don't know if you read my OP but the women were trying to get back up. If you come at somebody attacking them, and they beat you to the ground, it should be assumed if you're trying to get back up there's a good chance you're going to attack him again.



Emithith

I believe that it is a far more serious case when it is a Male vs. two Females-- Females definitely have less strength, and pose less of a problem-- than two Males vs. one Female. It is Sexist, for sure, but it isn't without reason.

This is the kind of thinking I can't stand. Two females are capable of killing a man so why is he not allowed to defend himself? Why do they deserve extra sympathy? I think this kind of thinking belongs in the 1950's and is plain ignorant. Women should be held to the same social standards as men, and I think it's plain ignorance to think anything else. Any women who argues me on this I usually respond with telling them if they don't want true equality they should get back to the kitchen.

[Superfreak04]

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How do you know if he didn't do that those two women wouldn't have beaten him to death? That would have been worse.

The odds of 2 women beating the man to death a very slim, especially if he has co-workers around him. I would assume that if they literally started beating him to death, someone would have stopped the two in some fashion. Although some will just sit and watch, there are those who man up and try and help.



The women were trying to get back up and he only hit them when they tried to. If they got back up there's a good chance I bet he doesn't want to take that they're both going to grab something and go apeshit on him.

I don't believe so. I was reading some of the comments, but the two girls who were getting beaten begged him to stop? And no, I'm not talking about the other woman that came and was all "OMFG STOP OMG!". I'm pretty sure those two women wouldn't have tried anything after getting up since they just got beaten with a metal object. That would be like saying "Damn, I just got my ass kicked, I'm gonna try and get up and beat him up, even though I just got my ass handed to me, and I'm wounded." The man could have easily just said, "Stay the **** down", or something along those lines. I mean think about it. If YOU were one of those women, and you just got the shit beat out of you, and the person has a club, and points it at you and tells you to stay down, are you dumb enough to get back up, only to be knocked back down, and possibly killed? I understand this is an extreme example, but the same principle applies that the man could have easily just stepped back after getting them on the ground. Now lets say he actually did that, and just stepped back instead of continuously beating them. If they were to chase him, THEY would get charged because the threat is no longer an imminent threat. He would still get charged most likely, but they were get a serious charge as well.

You have to realize that self defense only applies to something that is imminent. Example: If a guy is to rob your house, and runs out the front door, you can't chase him with a bat and beat him to get your belongings back. If you do, you just committed battery, and could be put in jail for it, EVEN THOUGH your intentions were to get your belongings back. Yeah, the law is ****ed up lol.


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If people are putting you in a dangerous situation and you want out, I'm not going to put myself even on their grounds. I'm going to grab something to give me an edge to make sure those women aren't going to possibly beat me to death, break my bones, or get me so injured I can't work for a while any more.

Although I do agree with you that I myself would do anything to keep myself from harm, even if it is involving weapons, but that's not how the law works. But as I said, it has to be IMMINENT DANGER. If you have the people on the ground hurting, you've done all you're allowed to do. Granted the people kept getting up, but you don't know what there next intentions were. What if the couple was going to get up and possibly try and leave the store? Therefore, you can't keep beating the person just because they are trying to get up. It is stupid, but that's how it works unfortunately.

ALSO: "That's a law I'm pretty sure only exists in Canada and personally sickens me. I'm sorry but if somebody comes at me with a knife and I have a gun I'm shooting them. If somebody is going to threaten me with physical damaging assault you should be able to stop them using the most reasonable force you have access to, and take into consideration that THEY'RE putting you in a situation you aren't trained to react to, and don't know how to react to. If you react to it poorly it's their fault and should be all on them IMO. I think it's personally totally justified to sue lets say a McDonalds if on the job one of their employees physically threatened your life, and you killed them and now have mental anguish because of it."

To answer this, YES you can use a gun if someone is coming at you with a knife. Why is that? Because if the persons intention is to kill you, you have the right to use deadly force. Hence why I've seen a cop video where a teenage guy was walking towards a cop car with a bat in his hand. The cop aimed his gun at him and ordered him to stop and pout the weapon down, and hands up. The boy kept walking towards the car, so the cop shot him. It's justified because the cop clearly stated for him to put the weapon down, but it was still an imminent threat because the boy was getting closer and closer.

[fido123]

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I don't believe so. I was reading some of the comments, but the two girls who were getting beaten begged him to stop? And no, I'm not talking about the other woman that came and was all "OMFG STOP OMG!". I'm pretty sure those two women wouldn't have tried anything after getting up since they just got beaten with a metal object.

The cashier would pause and begin again every time the women tried to get up.

That would be like saying "Damn, I just got my ass kicked, I'm gonna try and get up and beat him up, even though I just got my ass handed to me, and I'm wounded." The man could have easily just said, "Stay the **** down", or something along those lines. I mean think about it. If YOU were one of those women, and you just got the shit beat out of you, and the person has a club, and points it at you and tells you to stay down, are you dumb enough to get back up

Again, civilians aren't trained how to handle these situations. If you're in a fight of flight situation and you hit a somebody on the ground and they keep trying to get back up you're going to start freaking out. I would be disgusted if a cop were to commit these actions because this is not the best way at handling the situation, but it's the best you can expect out of a McDonald's employee who's possibly scared for his life.

You have to realize that self defense only applies to something that is imminent. Example: If a guy is to rob your house, and runs out the front door, you can't chase him with a bat and beat him to get your belongings back. If you do, you just committed battery, and could be put in jail for it, EVEN THOUGH your intentions were to get your belongings back. Yeah, the law is ****ed up lol.

The situation was an imminent threat. The women were attacking him so he defended himself. After they were on the ground they kept trying to get back up making them a threat. If they ran out the McDonald's and he chased them I'd see your point.

Although I do agree with you that I myself would do anything to keep myself from harm, even if it is involving weapons, but that's not how the law works. But as I said, it has to be IMMINENT DANGER. If you have the people on the ground hurting, you've done all you're allowed to do. Granted the people kept getting up, but you don't know what there next intentions were. What if the couple was going to get up and possibly try and leave the store? Therefore, you can't keep beating the person just because they are trying to get up. It is stupid, but that's how it works unfortunately.

I'm not talking about the law I'm talking about something being "Just". You equally don't know if those women are going to get up, run half way across the store and pull out a gun.

[Superfreak04]

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Again, civilians aren't trained how to handle these situations. If you're in a fight of flight situation and you hit a somebody on the ground and they keep trying to get back up you're going to start freaking out. I would be disgusted if a cop were to commit these actions because this is not the best way at handling the situation, but it's the best you can expect out of a McDonald's employee who's possibly scared for his life.

A cop would have gotten them on the ground and cuffed them. Of course a civilian can't do that, but I'm just saying. The Mc Donalds employee simply just over did it, and could have handled the situation, without putting these two in a hospital.

"The situation was an imminent threat. The women were attacking him so he defended himself. After they were on the ground they kept trying to get back up making them a threat. If they ran out the McDonald's and he chased them I'd see your point."

But, they are just getting up from the ground? As I've said. He should have stepped far back to see what they were going to do. Lets say you're in a fight, and you beat the guy down. And you start walking backwards, but still keeping an eye on the guy to see if he's getting up. If he starts to get up, are you going to run back over to him and kick him back down? You better not, because he is no longer a threat because you had him pinned down.

"I'm not talking about the law I'm talking about something being "Just". You equally don't know if those women are going to get up, run half way across the store and pull out a gun."

And that's why I say the law isn't totally fair. As I've said, I would beat the person so that they would never do something like that again. But this isn't a total free country. That's why cops are trained the way the are. If you're gonna be in law enforcement, you have to know how to play the game, and live by the rules.

[fido123]

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A cop would have gotten them on the ground and cuffed them. Of course a civilian can't do that, but I'm just saying. The Mc Donalds employee simply just over did it, and could have handled the situation, without putting these two in a hospital.

It's easy to see that in hindsight but the man was obviously scared, possibly for his life cause you have no idea what those women were concealing or would do. I'm not saying he couldn't have handled it better, but like I've been saying, if you've ever been in one of these situations you panic.

But, they are just getting up from the ground? As I've said. He should have stepped far back to see what they were going to do. Lets say you're in a fight, and you beat the guy down. And you start walking backwards, but still keeping an eye on the guy to see if he's getting up. If he starts to get up, are you going to run back over to him and kick him back down? You better not, because he is no longer a threat because you had him pinned down.

Last thing you want to do is let somebody back up after you just beat them. They are unbelievably pissed and will do unbelievable things. They could just have just been getting up to flee, but they could have also gotten up, walked halfway across the store and shot him. If you previously pinned somebody to the ground they are STILL a threat cause they can get back up and further attack you, however if you keep them pinned they are not a threat and this is all the guy was doing.

[xXAll-ProXx]

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One thing I don't get is how can a slap in the face make you guys that indimidated to actually go as far as beating them that bad.

I've actually been in the same situation, someone slapped me in the face and was about to punch me in the face but I punched him back before he did, in the face. He fell on the ground, then I kicked him a few times in the stomach and walked away. He came back to school the day after with no bruises or anything, and hasn't made a single eye contact with me since.


My point is, there is no merit in using a metal object to repeatedly beat someone just because you feel endangered. She's ****ing beat up, you think when she's trying to get up she's gonna beat the hell out of you? have some common sense...

[bmah]

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In the video you can hear the girls screaming "Stop it!" louder and louder each time. That sounds like pleading to me, not "I'm going to get back up and hit you again". I think the guy should've taken some cues.

Yeah the girls followed the guy before he beat them up and tried to get up after that, but their cries are a pretty apparent reason the employee should've stopped.

[Superfreak04]

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"It's easy to see that in hindsight but the man was obviously scared, possibly for his life cause you have no idea what those women were concealing or would do. I'm not saying he couldn't have handled it better, but like I've been saying, if you've ever been in one of these situations you panic."

Keyword "panic". That will NOT hold up in court at all. Just because you panic, doesn't give you the right to do what you did. So this is why I said what he should have done.




"Last thing you want to do is let somebody back up after you just beat them. They are unbelievably pissed and will do unbelievable things. They could just have just been getting up to flee, but they could have also gotten up, walked halfway across the store and shot him. If you previously pinned somebody to the ground they are STILL a threat cause they can get back up and further attack you, however if you keep them pinned they are not a threat and this is all the guy was doing."

Of course there is no way to know what the person is going to do, but that's what sucks about the law.

"If you previously pinned somebody to the ground they are STILL a threat cause they can get back up and further attack you, however if you keep them pinned they are not a threat and this is all the guy was doing."

Actually this is an EXACT situation we talked about in class. Actually, he is NOT a threat if you pinned him down and you're walking away. He is not a threat because he isn't attacking you or anything of that sort, he's simply getting up from the ground. Once he starts chasing you, then it's an imminent threat.

[fido123]

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One thing I don't get is how can a slap in the face make you guys that indimidated to actually go as far as beating them that bad.

Like I have said multiple times before after the guy was slapped he backed off, right thing to do. After he backed off the two women jumped the counter and confronted him in an aggressive manner. He only continued to beat them because they were attempted to get back up and I have already. Please read the thread or don't post.

I've actually been in the same situation, someone slapped me in the face and was about to punch me in the face but I punched him back before he did, in the face. He fell on the ground, then I kicked him a few times in the stomach and walked away. He came back to school the day after with no bruises or anything, and hasn't made a single eye contact with me since.

My point is, there is no merit in using a metal object to repeatedly beat someone just because you feel endangered. She's ****ing beat up, you think when she's trying to get up she's gonna beat the hell out of you? have some common sense...

It's not that hard when you're beat up to pull out a knife and fall over onto you stabbing you. Even easier would be she pulled out a gun and shot him. Point is she attacked him and he wants to make sure she isn't going to do it again to save his own life. Plus it's two on one and far more threatening than just one person coming at you. Have some common sense...

In the video you can hear the girls screaming "Stop it!" louder and louder each time. That sounds like pleading to me, not "I'm going to get back up and hit you again". I think the guy should've taken some cues.

Yeah the girls followed the guy before he beat them up and tried to get up after that, but their cries are a pretty apparent reason the employee should've stopped.

The girl screaming it I believe was a bystander. Also people lie, even if she was saying that she should have just laid on the ground. I wouldn't trust anybody group of people who tried to jump me, I'd make sure they are not going to be on their feet or in any position to endanger me again. To me it seems obvious that if he's only hitting you when you try to get back up, if you don't want to get beat more don't try to get up. Who should have made that clearer but again he was probably in shock.

Keyword "panic". That will NOT hold up in court at all. Just because you panic, doesn't give you the right to do what you did. So this is why I said what he should have done.

When somebody FORCES you into a state of panic through their actions which endanger you I think it's more than understandable for that person not to do the ideal thing. If I attacked you and you were put in this state and couldn't respond properly (Biological Fact) isn't it my fault you're in that state in the first place? I attacked you so you must either fight or flight and he was cornered. He tried to get away but they followed him.

Of course there is no way to know what the person is going to do, but that's what sucks about the law.

We're not talking about what's the law, we're talking about what's just.

Actually this is an EXACT situation we talked about in class. Actually, he is NOT a threat if you pinned him down and you're walking away. He is not a threat because he isn't attacking you or anything of that sort, he's simply getting up from the ground. Once he starts chasing you, then it's an imminent threat.

Is an unexploded yet armed bomb a threat? So is somebody who's attacking you who just so happens to be beaten the ground. If they get back up there's a good chance they're going to attack you and therefore a threat. Minimize the threat by keeping them down. The police don't pin people then walk around cause they're not ****ing retarded.