That’s likely to come out as the court case progresses - the government will have to argue their case.
If the gunman was already on the ground when he was stabbed, that’s not good for the accused young man’s case as it’s gonna be hard to argue imminent danger from someone pinned to the floor.
Yeah, from reading other places’ articles, it is this. The crowd had the guy on the ground and, for all practical concerns, neutralized. It appears the issue is determining if the beating and stabbing happened after this point, thus they took it farther than needed for reasonable force.
That’s likely to come out as the court case progresses - the government will have to argue their case.
If the gunman was already on the ground when he was stabbed, that’s not good for the accused young man’s case as it’s gonna be hard to argue imminent danger from someone pinned to the floor.
Personally I’m withholding judgement, for now.
Yeah, from reading other places’ articles, it is this. The crowd had the guy on the ground and, for all practical concerns, neutralized. It appears the issue is determining if the beating and stabbing happened after this point, thus they took it farther than needed for reasonable force.