Phil Labonte
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I don't know, but just because the other guy didn't start shooting doesn't mean that the guy that's actually in front of the car doesn't have the right to use force.
what happens is skids and then basically turns it to the right the wheel she's turning right from the beginning after the wheel not the actual wheel but the actual getting into the granular things like where the wheels are pointed doesn't matter he was in front of the car and he felt like she was going to hit him because the car was coming at him that is what justifies a use of force like all of the other stuff like all this like you know why didn't this guy do this and what happened
Cause then what you're saying is- I'm gonna say it again.
He felt like he was in danger.
And so he used force.
That's how the law is written.
That's crazy.
Listen, no, in a use of force situation, the person that is defending themselves does make the decision as to if they believe they are in threat of death or serious bodily injury.
so she was going into a place that she shouldn't be, the cop was actually justified in shooting.
Okay, do the dance and yell.
We're shooting white women.
The point is, you asked me, was the cop justified?
And by the standard of the law, yes.
Why didn't that cop shoot a woman?
Do I think that she should have been?
No.
But yes, by the legal standard, Ashley Babbitt, it was a justified shooting.
She didn't have a weapon.
She wasn't doing something aggressively, so I don't think he should have.
But it was justified, just like in the situation with law enforcement in Minneapolis.