They had told the court they acted in self defense.
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He was killed by the Canadian, who acted in self-defense.
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According to the report, Behenna maintained he acted in self-defense.
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Prosecutors have cleared him, claiming he was acting in self-defense.
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Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense when he shot Martin.
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U.S. authorities have asserted that Mesa shot Hernandez in self-defense.
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Wilson said he shot the 18 year old in self-defense.
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Police deny that, saying all their killings were in self-defense.
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In U.S. law, killing in self-defense is not a crime.
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Mr. Olsson Lilja said ASAP Rocky had acted in self-defense.
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The only issue was whether the shooting was in self-defense.
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Sergeant Barry's lawyers plan to argue he acted in self-defense.
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Joseph Weber, also autistic, was killed "in self-defense" in August.
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From the start, he maintained he had acted in self-defense.
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During his trial, Apperson testified that the shooting was in self defense.
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"I think it's obvious that I acted in self-defense," he said.
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Therefore, it's reasonable that she acted in self-defense, her attorneys argue.
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The police defended their actions, saying the officer acted in self-defense.
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And if he did fire the gun, it was in self-defense.
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Before his arrest, Slager had said he was acting in self-defense.
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The guard fired in self-defense, killing Jawawda and another Jordanian man.
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They could acquit Slager if they believe he acted in self-defense.
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A woman was recently hanged for killing her rapist in self defense.
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This also will compel Israeli leadership to respond forcefully in self-defense.
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In self-defense, I will point out that others have underestimated him.
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Previously, strikes could only be conducted in self-defense of US forces.
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Tijerina&aposs attorney argued that his client was acting in self-defense.
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Mayers has repeatedly said he's innocent and was acting in self-defense.
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Police officials at the time said they were acting in self-defense.
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"In self-defense, the ground force called an airstrike," Sergeant Richardson said.
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A judge will have to determine whether he acted in self-defense.
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Jones, who was then 15, claimed to have acted in self-defense.
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The troopers began firing in self-defense, the official news release said.
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We reached the point where we had to act in self-defense.
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The encounter escalates, and Slim shoots the officer dead in self-defense.
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Mr. Brown's lawyers say that he shot Mr. Wilson in self-defense.
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Prior to his arrest, Slager claimed he had been acting in self-defense.
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A Pentagon spokesperson said the troops would use weapons only in self-defense.
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And all parties say they have the right to retaliate in self-defense.
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Rocky says he acted in self-defense and tried to avoid the altercation.
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The former Army first lieutenant has long said he acted in self-defense.
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Bhargava emphasizes that the bats are meant to be used in self-defense.
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According to prosecutors, Gross confronted Stanley, who grabbed a knife in self-defense.
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Cops have arrested the shooter, who insists he only fired in self-defense.
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Rinaldi said he replied that he would shoot the Democrat in self defense.
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Police say the deaths were in self-defense after armed suspects resisted arrest.
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Soldiers may only use force in self-defense or to help evacuate foreigners.
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His camp claims his entourage was acting in self-defense after being harassed.
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I'm wary of answering that before I take a course in self-defense.
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Prosecutors argued that it wasn't a killing in self defense, but a robbery.
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She was gone mid-year after a student punched her in self-defense.
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Stacey told cops her husband attacked first and she acted in self-defense.
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Local authorities have repeatedly said the officer fired his weapon in self-defense.
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I didn't have much knowledge in self-defense of judo when I started.
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According to media reports, Preston has argued he was acting in self defense.
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It also claims he admitted he did not shoot his wife in self-defense.
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Update: The shooter was acquitted as acting in self-defense during a break-in.
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Aldrich says Feliciano acted in self-defense and is not expected to be charged.
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Zimmerman contends that he took out his gun and shot Martin in self-defense.
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Zimmerman said Martin attacked him and he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense.
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Here's how it goes: Recluses usually bite once in self-defense, then scuttle off.
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Issa claims he shot his son in self-defense after discovering his wife's body.
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She famously slapped him, and would later claim she did so in self-defense.
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Israel strongly rejects those accusations, saying that Israelis are acting legitimately in self-defense.
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"He (Mayers) believes he was assaulted and has acted in self-defense," Jovicic said.
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"The Turkish-Americans responded in self-defense," the statement from the Turkish embassy said.
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Police say about 3,500 of those killed were shot by officers in self-defense.
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Avila claims that the daughter and the other campaign worker acted in self-defense.
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Rocky's lawyer said he was acting in self-defense, The New York Times reported.
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Rocky's lawyer said Tuesday that his client was acting in self-defense, Reuters reports.
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Police say they acted in self defense after delos Santos opened fire on them.
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The protesters were the "aggressors" and the military acted in self-defense, it said.
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Brandon says Tommy came after him aggressively and he punched him in self-defense.
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The jury at her retrial accepted that she killed Vincent Francis in self-defense.
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Browns defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson said Garrett was in self-defense mode on Thursday.
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The men claimed they were acting in self-defense, according to local media reports.
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He was acquitted in 1987 after arguing that he had acted in self-defense.
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Tuquoc said in court Thursday that he acted in self-defense, NBC 4 reported.
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"We reached the point where we had to act in self-defense," Esper said.
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Drejka claimed he feared for his life and said he fired in self-defense.
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Police said the officer involved was under serious threat and acted in self-defense.
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For the record, Hayes' attorney has said his client only fired in self defense.
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Abel Cedeno says he acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed a classmate.
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Field says he acted in self-defense, terrified by the crowds near his car.
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In that scenario, military commanders could call in "self-defense" strikes without White House approval.
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Quackenbush's father, Jesse, told local media his daughter acted in self defense, according to WSMV.
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He ultimately testified that he killed Black in self-defense and was acquitted of murder.
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Simply make that statement, that we will never use our weapons except in self-defense.
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After the alleged incident, Smart said she trained with a family friend in self-defense.
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He reacted in self-defense like most people do when attacked by an unknown object.
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However, Parchman told ABC13 his client acted in self-defense, apparently responding to being pushed.
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Stockley's lawyers said he fired in self-defense, believing Smith was reaching for a gun.
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Detective Quinlan can't understand why Celeste would lie, since the manslaughter was in self-defense.
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" The Turkish Embassy in Washington claimed Wednesday that Erdogan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense.
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Initially, they said they killed their father in self-defense when he was attacking them.
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"He (Mayers) believes he was assaulted and has acted in self-defense," Jovicic told journalists.
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Previously, the law required defendants to prove that they were using force in self-defense.
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Training teaches the difference between brandishing a weapon and pulling it out in self-defense.
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The defense says he was in a state of panic and acted in self-defense.
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Robinson served 30 years in prison for a murder he claims was in self-defense.
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Israel has said it is acting in self-defense to protect its borders and communities.
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Our incident won't show up in the statistics about gun use in self-defense scenarios.
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Goodwin, who said he acted in self-defense, was convicted by a jury in May.
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Reviewing it for the Village Voice, I called it a masterpiece almost in self-defense.
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Kim will oblige, and claim that it was in 'self-defense' against Trump's unnerving threats.
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Browns defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson said Garrett was definitely in self-defense mode on Thursday.
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Across campus, Ryan Choi instructs another group of Border Patrol trainees in self-defense tactics.
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He'd stabbed and killed another young migrant, maybe over a girl, maybe in self-defense.
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Mampintsha told reporters after his court appearance on Tuesday that he acted in self-defense.
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The Mideast is dissolving into chaos, and Israel is readying its nukes in self-defense.
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"This administration, like all others, has the right to act in self-defense," said Rep.
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The accused shooter, a man I'll call Buddy, claimed he shot Hale in self-defense.
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A war was considered just if, among other things, it was waged in self-defense.
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" Dahm said her client had to bite the jogger's arm "in self-defense to free herself.
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She said she had been forced into prostitution and that she shot Allen in self-defense.
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Weasels have little anal sacks that hold an oily liquid they squirt out in self defense.
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That same jury did not charge Jemison, saying the 23-year-old acted in self-defense.
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She's acting in self-defense, but she's consciously choosing violence instead of paralysis or forced cooperation.
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But the brothers claimed, in detail, that they acted in self-defense after years of abuse.
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But the brothers claimed, in detail, that they acted in self-defense after years of abuse.
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Swartz said he fired in self-defense after rocks were thrown at him and other agents.
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A$AP Rocky and his attorneys have protested the allegations, saying he acted in self-defense.
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The Pentagon said the strike complied with the "rules of engagement" and was in self-defense.
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The same month, a group of four Finnish tourists shot a polar bear in self-defense.
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Mesa, however, said he was acting in self-defense because Hernandez was throwing rocks at him.
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Mesa, Mesa said he was acting in self-defense because Hernandez was throwing rocks at him.
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We supported Israel's right to act in self-defense, which could lead to retribution against us.
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If Han killed Greedo in self-defense, he was always a good person hiding his emotions.
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Williams drove a forehand directly at Pliskova, who got her racket on it in self-defense.
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In other words, the state must prove that the shooter was not acting in self-defense.
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One suggested that the woman should have used an unspecified maneuver taught in self-defense classes.
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"The convoy returned fire in self defense, and there were no U.S. casualties," the statement said.
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And privacy enthusiasts can't engage in self-defense such as covering your face (in most cultures).
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Van Dyke argued he fired in self-defense after McDonald lunged at him with a knife.
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But the grand jury declined to indict her, concluding that she had acted in self-defense.
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His lawyers said at the time that he was fleeing and had acted in self-defense.
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In self-defense, she reached for a gun in her purse and shot him, she said.
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Sergeant Barry can argue that he acted in self-defense, former prosecutors and defense lawyers said.
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The army argued they acted in self-defense and three soldiers were acquitted of murder charges.
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Zimmerman claimed he shot Martin in self defense and was found not guilty by a jury.
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He said he shot the man in self-defense and cut him up in a panic.
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He has long maintained that he shot Martin, an unarmed black young teenager, in self-defense.
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Zimmerman has long maintained that he shot Martin, an unarmed black young man, in self-defense.
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A few years later, again in south Texas, Gregorio Cortez shot a sheriff in self-defense.
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A Louisiana woman has left police baffled after she bit a camel's testciles in self defense.
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Van Dyke said he fired in self-defense after McDonald lunged at him with the knife.
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Van Dyke said he fired in self-defense after McDonald lunged at him with a knife.
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Grace says she acted in self-defense after Engels tried to stab her with a knife.
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She claimed she shot Allen in self-defense because she allegedly saw him reach for his gun.
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Police say 2,004 have been killed by officers in self-defense, with another 3,060 killings "under investigation".
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North Korea has argued these military exercises have driven them to develop nuclear weapons in self-defense.
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If that does not work, US troops are being given full authority to fire in self-defense.
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More specifically, about when she was 15, her mother shot and killed her father in self-defense.
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Duterte has several times stated that he has never told police to kill, unless in self defense.
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Police have said that they don't expect to file charges since the shooting was in self-defense.
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Of course, June can't sleep — they just killed a guy, even if it was in self-defense.
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Since then, police say they have killed almost 4,000 drug suspects, all of them in self-defense.
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Brandon told cops he believed Tommy was about to strike him so he punched in self-defense.
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Gasser has maintained he shot McKnight in self-defense in the middle of a road rage incident.
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Rocky has said he was acting in self-defense, as Jafari was following him and harassing others.
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Joe Biden has picked up Obama's charge against the puritanical keepers of undiluted progressivism, in self-defense.
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The FBI concluded that Wilson shot Brown in self-defense following a struggle for the officer's weapon.
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Apperson had maintained that he was acting in self-defense after Zimmerman pointed a gun at him.
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A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer argued his client was acting in self-defense.
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Police said they shot the three men in self-defense after they opened fire on undercover operatives.
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Authorities say police are only responsible for deaths that were in self-defense during anti-drugs operations.
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Defense attorneys argued that Fields feared for his life and believed he was acting in self-defense.
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His attorney has argued that Jafari was the aggressor, and Mayers was simply acting in self-defense.
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In court, Shannon Kepler testified that he shot Lake in self-defense and that Lake was armed.
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The sergeant, Hugh Barry, said he had acted in self-defense and was later acquitted of murder.
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In that case — the first time DeGuerin represented him — Durst said he had acted in self-defense.
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Ayoola claims the murders are in self-defense, but she never seems hurt or even terribly rattled.
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They further contend that some violent acts were committed in self-defense or in defense of others.
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These laws protect the right to use a gun in self-defense when faced with a threat.
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Iran claims its missile strike against US troops was made in 'self-defense' after Trump's 'cowardly' attack
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The local prosecutor later charged Drejka with manslaughter; Drejka has said he shot McGlockton in self-defense.
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Theron was 15 years old when she witnessed her mother shoot her alcoholic father in self-defense.
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Israel said the guard had opened fire in self-defense after being stabbed and had diplomatic immunity.
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On the tip of its tail were large fused bones that could be whipped in self-defense.
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She claims she only scratched Constantine in self-defense --still, she was booked for petty disorderly person.
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Zimmerman was charged with murder but got off after he said he was acting in self-defense.
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His 17-year-old son, Anthony Templet, told police he had shot his abusive father in self-defense.
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He says he's a licensed gun owner but hasn't had to act in self-defense since that day.
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The Washington Post reports that police said the shooter, 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, acted in self-defense.
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NBC3 News Las Vegas reports that Randolph claimed he acted in self-defense and fatally shot the intruder.
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Khamenei has repeatedly called for Israel&aposs demise, while saying Iran would only attack it in self-defense.
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It's still not an offense for a ranger to shoot a poaching suspect to death in self-defense.
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RAM members admitted that their actions were not in self-defense but to further incite a violent riot.
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After the shooting, Servin told investigators that said he feared for his life and fired in self-defense.
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Behenna claimed that the former suspect attempted to grab his weapon, forcing him to fire in self-defense.
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Wuoronos claimed she killed the men in self-defense after they either raped, or attempted to rape her.
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The Washington Post reported that police said the shooter, 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, acted in self-defense.
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The police said Mr. Donner, initially arrested on suspicion of stabbing three protesters, had acted in self-defense.
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Durst stood trial in Black's death, but was found not guilty after arguing he acted in self-defense.
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What's more, women who were victims of crime used firearms in self-defense only 0.4% of the time.
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The Florida teen was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, who said that he shot Martin in self-defense.
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In each case — Mideast and Northeast Asia — neighboring states are being forced to go nuclear in self-defense.
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In self-defense, the GPS industry and other threatened parties submitted filing after filing documenting their interference concerns.
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McKernan claimed he struck Gibson in the chest in self defense, but prosecutors said he hit Gibson's head.
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The convoy returned fire in self-defense, and there were no US casualties, NATO said in a statement.
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A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition told Reuters, however, that the action was taken in self-defense.
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These dueling eyewitness accounts are equally unreliable, stabs at the truth shrouded in self-defense, resentment, and fear.
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Duterte has repeatedly said the killings of drug suspects are lawful if police are acting in self-defense.
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Taking a life, even in self-defense, has damaging psychological effects on the person who did the killing.
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The officer contended that he was acting in self-defense when the suspect drove a car toward him.
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The official warned that Pakistan could use tactical nuclear weapons in self-defense if India initiates a war.
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They do not engage in direct action with partner forces, though our forces can fire in self-defense.
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Rocky has not been charged with a crime, and a defense lawyer said he acted in self-defense.
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Zarif said Iran had no intention to use its military might against any country, except in self-defense.
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Police concluded that the killing had been in self-defense and did not press charges, the paper said.
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The state recently cracked down on the NRA's "Carry Guard" program that provides insurance in self-defense shootings.
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Not enough attention is brought to the topic of female victims acting in self-defense against their abusers.
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The agency has never retracted its view that the agents were fired upon and acted in self-defense.
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But he said his gun had gone off accidentally as he grappled with Mr. Black in self-defense.
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A plain-clothes officer claims to have fired shots at protesters in self-defense Friday around 9 pm.
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Police say about a third of the victims were shot by officers in self-defense during legitimate operations.
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Moore also disagreed with Preston's defense attorney's claim that Preston was acting in self-defense, per the newspaper.
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The British claimed they were acting in self-defense, an argument rejected by Secretary of State Daniel Webster.
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Mr. Cox said that he retrieved his handgun from his room and shot Mr. Vallow in self-defense.
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Both sides would also agree to stop efforts to take territory and only use force in self-defense.
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But crucially, it added that the amendment also protects an individual's right to use "Arms" in self-defense.
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No Plug has admitted to being involved in the shooting ... but claims it was all in self-defense.
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At the trial, Chief Shull said he acted in self-defense and had only struck Mr. Woodard once.
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"In self-defense, precision airstrikes were used to support the troops on the ground," said the spokeswoman, Sgt.
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His government says the police act in self-defense, but critics say executions are taking place with no accountability.
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Zimmerman, who was a neighborhood watch volunteer at the time, has maintained that the shooting was in self-defense.
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Chris Tappan, DeKalb County Police Thompson claimed he acted in self-defense after the dancer "went crazy," police said.
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The military's rules allow its members to act in self-defense, but typically "proportional" to the hostility they're facing.
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In the context of the plot of the original Knightsman source material, he is only acting in self-defense.
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Asked about the warrants, Cantwell told VICE News he acted in self-defense and plans to turn himself in.
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They say the man who fired the first shots is dead and everyone else was acting in self-defense.
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Behenna, who stripped Mansur naked for questioning and then shot him twice, claimed he was acting in self-defense.
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Zimmerman also told police he wasn't bragging about killing Martin, but was explaining how he acted in self-defense.
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Police told the outlet Mitchell had confessed to the attack but claimed that he was acting in self-defense.
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A jury found Zimmerman, who claimed he had shot Martin in self-defense, not guilty in the teen's death.
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Duterte has repeatedly said that the killings of drug suspects are lawful if police are acting in self defense.
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What should be a routine stop turns physical, and Slim shoots the police officer, killing him in self-defense.
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The convoy returned fire in self-defense and there were no US casualties, according to a NATO press release.
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The official story was that officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown in self-defense after Brown assaulted him.
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"Our forces acted in self defense and repulsed the attacking forces and defeated them," he added in a statement.
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Mr. Murphy's killer was not prosecuted, Detective David Gregory said, because he appeared to have fired in self-defense.
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However, Cali refused and reached for his waistband, which caused Comello to shoot the alleged boss in self-defense.
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The administration "strongly support Israel's right to act in self-defense," the White House said in a statement Thursday.
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LinkedIn was quick to help him shut it down and he then created his own account in self defense.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was acting in self-defense against the coastal enclave's ruling Hamas group.
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Hong Kong police commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung said Tuesday night the officer was acting in self-defense against.
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The NRA's program, called "Carry Guard," is marketed as a protection for gun owners who act in self-defense.
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What happens then, when a robot asks for the right to vote or kills a human in self-defense?
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"Use of a baseball bat in self-defense will likely be viewed as an imbalance of force," Shanahan wrote.
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Christopher LaCour, a defense lawyer, was quoted in other reports as saying the deputies had acted in self-defense.
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The grand jury decided that Mr. Trollinger had shot Mr. George in self-defense, and the charges were dropped.
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His attorney said the killing was in self-defense after Drejka was threatened and then shoved to the ground.
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Sergeant Barry's lawyer, Andrew C. Quinn, said in his opening statement that his client had acted in self-defense.
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Police say the 227 people were killed in self defense, but the family characterizes the raid as a massacre.
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A Hindu extremist group later admitted to participating in the melee, saying it had armed followers in self-defense.
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Van Dyke had argued he fired in self-defense after he said McDonald lunged at him with a knife.
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Iran's foreign minister said Tehran took "proportionate measures" in self-defense and did not seek to escalate the confrontation.
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Executives decide who may be killed outside due process, when it acts in self-defense, against whom and how.
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Zimmerman said he shot Trayvon in self-defense after the unarmed teen hit him, knocking him to the ground.
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The lawyers argued that Mr. Davis had fired in self-defense; he was found guilty only of weapons possession.
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Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) said Monday he would "shoot" a Democratic colleague "in self defense" after he said Rep.
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The law grants immunity to anyone acting in self-defense and puts the burden of proof on the state.
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Ms. Kilbane's chapter organizes discussions and workshops on sexual harassment, and conducts training in self-defense and bystander intervention.
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He touted violence as a necessary tool in self-defense, and called white people, the "blue-eyed white devils."
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He tried to strangle her, he threatened the children, and she shot him, she killed him, really, in self-defense.
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" Obama said in the letter the strikes were taken "in self-defense, as necessary and appropriate, to address further threats.
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"He is telling the police that they were boyfriend and girlfriend and he was acting in self-defense," Nikolov explains.
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But we've made it clear, we make it clear again, we will never use these weapons except in self-defense.
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But Hayes testified that Smith punched him multiple times during the altercation and that he was acting in self-defense.
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The detective, James Connolly, later testified that he fired in self-defense after Mr. Collado placed him in a chokehold.
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The officer's attorney maintained he acted in self-defense, fearing Hammond was going to run him over with his car.
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"He was able to fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defense," the agency said.
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"Society has voted in self-defense against the political system, and the PSDB had to pay for that," Barreto said.
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But it won't as long as the media gives it public relations victories every time Israel kills in self-defense.
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The National Guard troops cannot apprehend immigrants or drugs and cannot use their weapons (except in self-defense), noted Sandweg.
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However, the defense argued that the brothers acted in self-defense after suffering years of sexual abuse from their father.
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Zimmerman, who was a neighborhood watch volunteer at the time of the incident, said the shooting was in self-defense.
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In 2013, Zimmerman was controversially acquitted of murder in Martin's death, and he maintains that shooting was in self-defense.
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Police say they were killed in self defense, but activists and political opponents have said it was cold-blooded murder.
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Stockley, who is white, claimed he was acting in self-defense because he believed Smith was reaching for a gun.
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Zimmerman was famously acquitted for the shooting death of Martin, who was unarmed, alleging that he acted in self-defense.
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Some of the Salvadorans formed groups of their own, largely in self-defense, and over time they became increasingly aggressive.
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He expects Latinos will vote in "self-defense" because of the way presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump talks about them.
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That law was not invoked in court, but Mr. Zimmerman told the police that he had acted in self-defense.
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In 1438, an English jury acquitted Joan Chapelyn for killing a man in self-defense as he was assaulting her.
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Two weeks later, Shanahan sent his ex-wife's brother a memo arguing that his son had acted in self-defense.
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Police said they shot delos Santos in self-defense after he opened fire on officers during an anti-drugs operation.
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They thought the driver was trying to run them over by reversing, so they shot in self-defense, they said.
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He insisted that he was innocent of the Chappelle murder and that he had killed Mr. Smith in self-defense.
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His attorney has maintained the killing was in self-defense after Drejka was threatened and then shoved to the ground.
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He testified that he was acting in self-defense when he grappled with Mr. Black, who was holding a gun.
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Typically, American agents were permitted to accompany host-nation counterparts on operations and to fire their weapons in self-defense.
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The state has to prove that a shooter didn't act in self-defense and is therefore not entitled to immunity.
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Lambrix said the court system that condemned him overlooked evidence he said would show he killed Moore in self-defense.
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That includes "unexpected procedures and costs associated with proving you acted in self defense," the NRA states on its website.
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Cox, Vallow's brother, shot and killed his sister's estranged husband, Charles Vallow, last July, claiming it was in self-defense.
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From the moment of his arrest, Naeem Davis, 34, maintained he acted in self-defense just after noon on Dec.
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The embassy claimed the security detail was acting in "self-defense," while local police said the protesters were demonstrating peacefully.
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Congress cannot abdicate its responsibility any longer and should vote on any use of force not made in self defense.
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Noor testified that he shot her in self-defense after he and his partner were startled by a loud noise.
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The bill also loosens restrictions on the use of firearms for police officers, who currently can shoot only in self-defense.
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Police argue that shots were fired in self-defense against Shaoyo, who allegedly attacked the police with a pair of scissors.
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"It would not be appropriate I think for the Congress to prevent the President from acting in self-defense," he added.
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"A tense situation is prevailing there," Hossain said on Sunday, adding that the two Rohingya shot were killed "in self-defense".
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Slager and his defense attorneys claimed that Scott tried to grab his Taser and that Slager was acting in self-defense.
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Behenna said Mansur lunged for his weapon and he shot him in self defense, according to testimony from his 2009 trial.
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Following her arrest, Goins told investigators that she killed Roberts in self-defense because, she said, Roberts was burglarizing the residence.
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The real-life Terra Newell killed John Meehan in self-defense in August 2016, ending his reign of terror for good.
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Internationally, the UN Charter appears to explicitly prohibit all foreign military intervention without Security Council authorization, unless taken in self-defense.
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However, the defense argued that the brothers acted in self-defense after allegedly suffering years of sexual abuse from their father.
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A statement from Kelcey Kintner, a spokewoman for Hapgood, claims he acted in self-defense after Mitchel tried to rob him.
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As malicious as this move appears to have been, chef Islam, who was eventually arrested, swears it was in self-defense.
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The previous version of Florida's law, signed in 85033, required defendants to prove that they had used force in self defense.
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He told TMZ at the time the stabbing was in self-defense, claiming he was the victim of an attempted robbery.
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He later turned himself in to local authorities, claiming the large group shot first and that he'd acted in self-defense.
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Nevertheless, prosecutors say the guy was acting in self-defense when he hurled his headphones at Rocky's bodyguard, cutting his head.
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Police officials in the past have said they acted in self-defense against dangerous protesters armed with steel bars and stones.
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On Sunday, cops determined that the KKK members had acted in self defense or were merely protecting each other from instigators.
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Hill told prospective jurors that the court will hear evidence that Fields "thought he was acting in self-defense," WVIR reported.
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Ohio House Bill 228 would shift the burden of proof to prosecutors to show that defendants used force in self-defense.
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Prior to that, the US military was only authorized to carry out airstrikes in self-defense of advisers on the ground.
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The 30-year-old rapper pleaded not guilty to charges of assault on Tuesday, saying that he acted in self defense.
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When Mr. Aquino-Simon turned himself in 11 days after the stabbings, his lawyer said he had acted in self-defense.
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Always proactive in self-defense, Israel is shouldering the burden of pushing Iran out of Syria and preventing proliferation to Hezbollah.
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Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, had pleaded not guilty to the charges, claiming he was acting in self defense.
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During 18 days of testimony, Arias admitted shooting Alexander, arguing she did so in self-defense after he lunged at her.
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Shull countered that Woodard had attacked him without provocation and that in self-defense he had struck Woodard a single blow.
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He says when he told them to shut up ... one of them hit him, so he struck back in self-defense.
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In the 13th century, St. Thomas Aquinas justified war in self-defense, but he also opposed the killing of innocent civilians.
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In its ruling on Wednesday, Stockholm District Court rejected the performer's claim that the trio had been acting in self-defense.
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At the half-hour hearing, wildlife advocates argued the tigress killed only in self-defense when people encroached on her space.
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A Reuters investigation in November found that dozens of witness accounts contradicted the unit's claims of killing victims in self-defense.
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In Afghanistan today, 37 countries are aiding America in its war, but their missions prohibit lethal force except in self-defense.
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She and her husband began arguing, according to court records, and Ms. Alexander said she fired at him in self-defense.
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The county prosecutor at the time determined that Mr. Anderson had shot in self-defense and cleared him of any wrongdoing.
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After Slim shoots the police officer in self-defense, the two are labeled "cop killers" and decide go on the run.
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Most stingrays, common in coastal tropical waters, have one or more stingers on their tail which they use in self-defense.
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Prior to that, the US military was authorized to carry out airstrikes only in self-defense of advisers on the ground.
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Prior to that the US military was authorized to carry out airstrikes only in self-defense of advisers on the ground.
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Prior to that the US military was only authorized to carry out airstrikes in self-defense of advisers on the ground.
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Teixeira alleged Field walked in on them and stabbed his fiancée to death, and that Teixeira killed Field in self-defense.
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Reed testified last week that he shot Patenaude and Shunn in self-defense after the couple confronted him at his former property.
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Over the course of a closely-watched, three-month long trial, Forcillo's lawyers contended that the officer shot Yatim in self-defense.
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"Eyewitness statements provided during the investigation confirmed that Anderson accelerated straight at the officer who reportedly acted in self-defense," he said.
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Railing against critics, he said most of the victims in the recent wave of killings were shot by police in self-defense.
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His government says the police act in self-defense during drug-busts, but critics say executions are taking place with no accountability.
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Slager claimed he was acting in self-defense when he shot, but three days later a bystander's video surfaced challenging Slager's account.
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True, the United Nations Charter does ban military force except in self defense, and using nukes could possibly constitute a war crime.
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The best option for the defense then is to assert that the shooting was justified and that Hayes acted in self-defense.
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One other major requirement: You should be trained in self-defense, but the couple will pay for training for the right candidate.
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Theron has been open about how her mother shot and killed her father in self defense in 1991, when Theron was 15.
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He was arrested two months later, according to NBC News, and argued he was acting in self-defense when he killed Rodriguez.
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The 22-year-old man told police he kicked Chase in self-defense, and claimed the comedian had attempted to punch him.
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After all, Canada doesn't allow its citizens to carry guns in self-defense—here, we buy guns for hunting and sport shooting.
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Ayoola claims she killed Femi in "self defense," but he's just the most recent of Ayoola's boyfriends to die in mysterious circumstances.
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During the trial, Apperson gave a different account, saying he acted in self-defense and that Zimmerman had threatened to kill him.
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Donald Meyer, 57, allegedly pointed his gun at the constable, according to police, who say the officer fired back in self defense.
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Under the terms of the cessation of hostilities in February, the agreement foresaw proportionate response in self-defense, if and when attacked.
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Rinaldi claims Nevárez threatened to go after him first, and only then did he say he would shoot Nevárez in self-defense.
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In that interview, which was not with Cohen, I spoke broadly of training young people at a responsible age in self-defense.
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In a 2003 trial, he admitted killing and dismembering a neighbor, but Durst was acquitted after arguing he acted in self-defense.
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The group called in airstrikes "in self-defense to enable our operations and to medically evacuate the wounded Rangers," the military noted.
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Authorities said at the time that the dead were suspected drug gang members and that the military had acted in self-defense.
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In anti-drug operations in which police say they kill suspects in self-defense (2,004 deaths), almost none of the suspects survive.
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Mr. Collins's lawyers have claimed that he was acting in self-defense and said he did not shoot himself or Mr. McPhatter.
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Brown, who was 16 at the time of the 2004 murder, says she killed her 43-year-old client in self-defense.
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The defense team also have asked the jury candidates if they believe violence is justified when acting in self-defense, WVIR reported.
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But while the prosecution believes Fields had malicious intent, the defense team said he feared the counterprotesters and acted in self-defense.
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Authorities said at the time that those killed were members of a cartel and that the armed forces acted in self defense.
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Putin's regime has insisted it is antagonizing the United States in self-defense against what it perceives to be Washington's aggressive policies.
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The United Nations Charter prohibits nations from using force against each other unless in self-defense or approved by the Security Council.
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He claimed he acted in self-defense because he felt he was about to be attacked by Mr. Carson and Mr. Robinson.
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Issa told police that he had fatally shot his son, Amir, in self defense after finding his wife dead inside the house.
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Shaking with fear, I forced myself not to run, because I had learned in self-defense class that running makes you prey.
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They asked respondents if they or someone in their home had used a gun in self defense in the last five years.
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After his death, one man turned himself in to the police and claimed he had shot the Indigenous leader in self-defense.
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One of the men admitted to firing the gun that killed him, but said he was acting in self-defense, officials said.
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According to the criminal complaint, Drejka said McGlockton tackled him and he was afraid during the incident and fired in self-defense.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran "took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter".
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The figures pose a powerful challenge to the official narrative that the Philippines police are only killing drug suspects in self-defense.
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Knight's attorneys have said he was acting in self-defense and was fleeing armed attackers when he ran over Carter and Sloan.
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Certainly no apology is necessary; the Russian mercenaries were warned and failed to halt their attack; the U.S. struck in self-defense.
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The teenager, who was 16 when Walker was killed, claimed he acted in self-defense when he stabbed Walker at an apartment complex.
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Beyond a narrative around a first date, an interruption from a cop, and a killing in self-defense, not much is known here.
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The following year, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, after he argued that he had acted in self-defense.
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And on behalf of all teenage girls who feel the need to put themselves down in self-defense, we need more of that.
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Stockley, who resigned from the force in 2013, said he fired in self-defense; prosecutors accused him of planting a gun on Smith.
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During his trial, he testified he thought he was stabbing someone else in self-defense on a night that he couldn't remember clearly.
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In July 2013, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges after he argued that he had acted in self-defense.
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Chubb Ltd said it would stop underwriting a NRA-branded insurance policy for gun owners that covers legal costs in self-defense shootings.
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William's murder wasn't prosecuted because the grand jury decided that Mark Reilly shot him in self defense on that fateful night in 1992.
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Gat reminds us that during this intense day, lashing out for any reason—even in self-defense—isn't going to produce desirable results.
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Hubers' defense argued that Poston, a lawyer, was abusive and that she shot him in self-defense, but the jury rejected the claim.
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For one thing, "for every criminal killed in self-defense, there are dozens more murdered" — 34, in fact, according to the Washington Post.
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Police say Crime Preventer recruits are trained in self-defense, ideology and patriotism, as well as crime prevention techniques, but are not armed.
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Johansson appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, where she explained the reasoning behind her new interest in self-defense classes.
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"In order to act in self-defense, you must act in reaction to imminent bodily harm, and there was not any," D'Amico said.
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Under the terms of the cessation of hostilities, the warring parties agree to use proportionate response in self-defense if and when attacked.
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But as Amazon's new four-part docuseries, Lorena, alleges, Lorena—now using her maiden name, Gallo—wasn't vengeful, but acting in self-defense.
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"I made it clear that if he attempted to, in his words, 'get me,' I would shoot him in self defense," he added.
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Rocky pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, maintaining that he threw Jafari to the ground and punched him in self-defense during his testimony.
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The embassy claims the security officials were acting in self-defense, and accused the protesters of being affiliated with the terrorist group PKK.
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In his ruling, St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson said the state failed to prove that Stockley did not act in self-defense.
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Michael Dunn, a commissioner in the city of Lakeland between Tampa and Orlando, was acting in self-defense, his attorney told local media.
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Rocky, whose birth name is Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and said the beatdown was in self-defense.
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He said he had fired in self-defense, but many wildlife activists do not believe him and have called for a government investigation.
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The Israeli military's investigation concluded that the Palestinians had attacked the settlers first and that the escorts had opened fire in self-defense.
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Rocky, who claimed the assault was in self-defense after being followed and harassed, faced the possibility of a 6-month jail sentence.
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Others disagree, and many scholars of international law say the legal issues surrounding attacks in self-defense are complicated and subject to interpretation.
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Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, added that the strikes were in "self-defense" and "proportionate," indicating Tehran's desire to halt further fighting.
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He has also written essays on 'just war' and Muslims' responsibility in countering violence and denouncing conflict and jihad, unless in self-defense.
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As a young girl, she was a victim of physical abuse and witnessed her father shoot another man in self-defense, she says.
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"Any action taken in self defense (the apparent justification for the strikes) must be necessary and proportionate to the threat posed," she said.
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In Florida it has sparked a boom in self-defense claims that have left courts, prosecutors and the police wrestling with contradictory interpretations.
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A bill introduced after that episode to give officers more leeway to use firearms in self-defense was discussed in Parliament on Wednesday.
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"This action was taken in self-defense," Veale said, adding that pro-regime forces that returned across the river had not been targeted.
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National police spokesman George Kinoti said an investigation had begun and said the man was killed by the police officer in self defense.
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Gasser's attorneys filed motions that McKnight was the aggressor, and their client was acting in self defense when he fired off 3 shots.
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Swartz said he acted in self-defense in response to a group of rock throwers, while Rodriguez said her son was walking peacefully.
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A grand jury had originally brought manslaughter charges against the other woman, Ebony Jemison, who'd claimed she fired at Jones in self-defense.
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He alleged that she was killed by a group of people in Kansas City, but later insisted he'd killed her in self-defense.
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No national data exist on how many women imprisoned for violent crimes claim that they were acting in self-defense, but a 22020 study by the Department of Justice, which surveyed sixty female inmates at a maximum-security prison in the Southeast, found that nearly half of them said that they had acted in self-defense or retaliated in the wake of abuse.
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Patrick explained that he shot his wife in self-defense when she returned about five hours after she left the house the night before.
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Brown says she shot Allen in self-defense as they laid in his bed together because she feared he was reaching for a gun.
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A state jury rejected arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defense during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug.
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Miller said he shot the man in self-defense, after a scuffle over his weapon; prosecutors said Miller always planned to kill the man.
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The resulting story made that video public for the first time, contradicting claims by the Proud Boys that they had acted in self-defense.
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"I dream of becoming a karate coach and training girls in self-defense skills to help empower them as independent young women," she says.
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There is evidence that many women who commit violent or aggressive acts often do so in self-defense against domestic violence and sexual abuse.
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Duterte insists he told police to kill only in self-defense and has lashed out at critics while demonstrating no remorse for the deaths.
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It also offers no solutions for women who are punished for acting in self-defense against powerful men, or for simply refusing their advances.
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The brothers, however, blamed the killings on the mob but later claimed they shot their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse.
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During his trial, the actor testified he thought he was stabbing someone else in self-defense on a night that he couldn't remember clearly.
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An investigation by the Justice Department brought no charges against Wilson, who argued he shot Brown in self defense as Brown charged at him.
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I don't come to these planets to kill, I come to discover, so I've yet to pull out my weapon except in self-defense.
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He admitted to throwing Jafari to the ground, where he punched and kicked him, but he said it was all done in self-defense.
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Schaefer, who said in court he had killed von Wiese-Mack in self-defense, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder.
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The officer said he shot Hamilton 14 times in self-defense because they got into a struggle when the officer frisked him for weapons.
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Obviously, this isn't the smartest way to react, even in self-defense, but surrounded by hysterical fans, Bieber could have lashed out without thinking.
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Police say they have killed suspects only in self defense and deny involvement in a spree of killings of drug users by mysterious vigilantes.
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The officers — both declined to comment for this story — told a different story about that night: They shot at the car in self defense.
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Nigeria: The country's officials said its soldiers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot protesters in the capital city of Abuja in October.
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But Judge Chen said that she did not see any evidence of that, noting that the weapons were used most often in self-defense.
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In Danish news media reports, Barbat and his daughter claimed that he acted in self-defense after being provoked by Tamaela, which she denies.
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His lawyers say he fired in self-defense after Ms. Danner picked up a baseball bat and started to swing it at his head.
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Durst testified the killing was in self-defense, that he panicked and decided to cut up Morris Black's body and throw away the pieces.
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William's descent has been gradual, starting from the first time he fired his pistol in self-defense, and now we can see its endpoint.
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Iraq's security forces said they had opened fire in self-defense after protesters shot at them, but the protesters said they were hunted down.
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Hayes said he had shot in self-defense after Smith fired a gun at him, but no other witness or evidence supported his claim.
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Some women secretly arm themselves in self-defense, but the grim statistics of I.P.V. homicide show it's a one-sided war of the sexes.
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A Washington mother faces murder charges after allegedly shooting her husband to death during a fight, but she claims she acted in self-defense.
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Swartz said he acted in self-defense in response to a group of rock throwers, while Rodriguez's family said the teenager was walking peacefully.
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He told friends and colleagues the killing was in self-defense, according to a person close to Moreno who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Furthermore, a non-aggressive country that is only interested in self-defense would most likely not need blue-water capabilities or an overseas military base.
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Debra's daughter Terra Newell killed Meehan in self-defense in 2016 after he attacked her with a knife in a parking lot outside her home.
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Police say they have shot dead suspects only in self defense and deny involvement in a spree of killings of drug users by mysterious vigilantes.
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Rocky's manager has previously said the artist acted in self-defense after "a group of men" continued to follow, harass, and then physically assault them.
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The brothers, however, initially blamed the killings on the mob but later claimed they shot their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse.
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He's known authorities had warrants out for his arrest for three felony charges related to the brawl, but he claims he acted in self-defense.
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Video from a concert in October showed XXXTentacion hitting a fan with a microphone, which he later said was in self-defense, according to Vulture.
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At trial, former New Orleans prep football star Cardell Hayes testified he shot Smith in self defense, claiming the retired football player was the aggressor.
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Although their protestors were encouraged not to be violent, many were trained in self-defense and held pastel painted, wooden shields, according to LA Times.
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According to a transcript of the 911 call ... Zimmerman says he was explaining to people at his table that he'd shot Trayvon in self-defense.
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Swedish prosecutors just said they believe the guy who harassed Rocky attacked his bodyguard in self-defense, after being pushed and lifted by his neck.
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The airstrikes were considered to be carried out in "self-defense" given the militias' proximity to a base used by elite US and coalition troops.
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His defense attorney tells PEOPLE that Penton will plead not guilty and that he believes the investigation will show his client acted in self-defense.
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The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, told the court on Thursday that he had acted in self-defense after his bodyguard was attacked.
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The U.S. Central Command said the Syrian plane was downed in self-defense after "pro-Syrian regime forces" attacked an SDF-held town near Tabqa.
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During the trial, prosecutors argued the killing was not in self-defense but motivated by robbery since Brown took Allan's wallet after she shot him.
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He told The Post and Courier Friday that he used the weapon to make a point about how guns can be used in self-defense.
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The Justice Department under President Obama also declined to prosecute Wilson, declaring that he had likely acted in self-defense when shooting the younger Brown.
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He's the go-to legal expert for any problems that arise in the group, like when Valerie kills her sexually abusive father in self-defense.
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In his ruling on Friday, St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson said the prosecution failed to prove that Stockley did not act in self-defense.
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The police narrative that undercover officers posing as drug buyers had killed only in self defense "doesn't meet the feeblest standards of credibility", Amnesty concluded.
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Bragg has pleaded not guilty and said he fired in self-defense, while other witnesses said Camilo had been trying to break up a fight.
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One of his attorneys, John Hill, told prospective jurors that the defense would present testimony showing the defendant thought he was acting in self-defense.
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The insurer said last year it would stop underwriting a NRA-branded insurance policy for gun owners that covers legal costs in self-defense shootings.
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But if private companies and individuals are not to fight back in self-defense, then their government must do a better job on their behalf.
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Mayers, who told the court he acted in self defense during the confrontation in June, was held in detention for a month before the trial.
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Administrators also have to consider whether the student acted in self-defense, what their intent was and whether they have a disability, among other factors.
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At a certain point, Officer Pandith pulled out his revolver "and in self-defense he fired a couple of rounds" into the crowd, he added.
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Those who came to Charlottesville openly carrying firearms were neither conveying a nonviolent political message, nor engaged in self-defense nor protecting hearth and home.
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"We will never use our weapons against anyone, except in self-defense," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zharif tweeted Friday, prior to the announcement of sanctions.
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Separate research has found that despite the overwhelming number of guns in America, they are very rarely used in self-defense or to stop crimes.
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Brittany refused, telling him that it was clear she'd shot Todd in self-defense, and she asked him to enter a Stand Your Ground defense.
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Back in Washington, D.E.A. and State Department press officers insisted that the operation had been "Honduran led" and counternarcotics agents had fired in self-defense.
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While a rep for Dash did not immediately respond to Refinery29's request for comment, her manager told TMZ that she acted in self-defense.
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Outcome: Stockley was acquitted after St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson said the state failed to prove that Stockley did not act in self-defense.
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The son told emergency dispatchers his mother had acted in self-defense, according to a recording of a 911 call made just after the shooting.
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The young lion bit the runner's face and wrist but he managed to break free and kill the lion in self-defense, the agency said.
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More than 3,900 people have been killed as part of Duterte's crackdown, according to Reuters, though police have said the killings were in self-defense.
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Season 2 begins with Bull joining the district attorney in a case against a woman who claims she killed her billionaire husband in self-defense.
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She also happened to be pregnant when she apparently displayed a knife in self-defense just before calling the police herself to report a burglary.
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A U.S. airstrike was later called in, in "self-defense," said the official who wasn&apost authorized to discuss the situation publicly and insisted on anonymity.
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The San Francisco district attorney's office declined to criminally indict the officers in February 2015, on grounds that the police had "acted reasonably" in self defense.
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In the well-publicized case, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter, claiming he acted in self-defense despite Martin not possessing any weapons.
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Two weeks later, Shanahan wrote a memo to prepare his son's initial court appearance, arguing that he had acted in self defense, according to the Post.
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The domestic worker rights group Migrant Care claimed that she'd been acting "in self-defense" and that her employer had been trying to sexually assault her.
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The murders, their attorneys claimed, were done in self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father — abuse they insisted was ignored by their mom.
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On Thursday, the Perry County district attorney, Andrew J. Bender, said the constable would not face criminal charges because he had fired lawfully in self-defense.
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A spokesman for White&aposs family has alleged the stabbing was in self-defense after Schellenger, a former Penn State quarterback, tackled him during the altercation.
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Jones admitted she shot Smith but said she acted in self-defense, according to the statement, which does not address details of her self-defense claim.
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Those three instances were in self-defense as American in-theater commanders worried about possible attacks by pro-Assad and pro-Iranian fighters on US troops.
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In nearly all cases where drug suspects have died during police operations in the year-long crackdown, the official accounts say police fired in self defense.
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Hussein's story drew condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups who argued that Hussein was a victim of child marriage and acted in self defense.
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While Thomas struggles with his schoolwork, Damien is an academic star, math whiz and arrogant nerd who in his spare time takes classes in self-defense.
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Not only does the martial art instill strength that might otherwise be depleted by Machin's profession, it also trains people in self-defense, technique, even modesty.
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It's not easy to measure how often guns are used in self-defense when someone attempts a break-in, but research suggests it's a rare occurrence.
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Mr. Behenna has said he acted in self-defense and that Mr. Mansur had thrown a piece of concrete at him and reached for his gun.
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In October, it said its soldiers were acting in self-defense when they fatally shot members of a minority Shiite organization marching near the capital, Abuja.
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But a jury declined to indict her, saying that Jones initiated the altercation and that Jemison was acting in self-defense when she shot at Jones.
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As in Judeobolshevism, those supposedly under threat are invited to identify themselves with "the Christian West" and surge in self-defense before it is too late.
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Regardless of what the video showed, Mr. Tensing's lawyer said, the officer had the "perception" that he was being dragged and fired in self-defense. video
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By the end, he's helped kill someone in self-defense and is headed for a career as a scholar—always an esteemed vocation in Pullman's books.
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" This follows Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's tweet that the regime's attacks were in self-defense and that it does not "seek escalation or war.
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The Turkish Embassy claimed that Erdogan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense" during the incident and said the protesters were affiliated with the terrorist group PKK.
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An attorney for Mosley, Justin Johnson, told The Tennessean that he believes they'll be able to show in court that Mosley was acting in self-defense.
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These extra-judicial killings, where the police shoot and kill suspects allegedly in self-defense, are known as "encounter killings" in several parts of South Asia.
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Smith & Wesson underwrites several N.R.A. initiatives, including "The Armed Citizen," a column, in print and online, that celebrates civilians who draw their guns in self-defense.
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Senator Rob Bradley, who sponsored the bill, argued that people who act in self-defense should have their charged dismissed as early and easily as possible.
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"Bombshell" actress Charlize Theron talked about her traumatic childhood and the night her mother killed her father in self-defense in a new interview with NPR.
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But when the water near a reef gets too hot, the algae begin producing toxins, and the corals expel them in self-defense, turning ghostly white.
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Olsen's attorney countered that his client, who was a Dekalb County police officer at the time of the shooting, was scared and acted in self-defense.
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In the post, which has since been taken down, the writer claimed they stabbed Vasilije in self-defense after she allegedly lunged at them with a knife.
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The brothers initially blamed the killings on the mob, but later claimed they shot their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father.
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At first this seems like a rather revolutionary stance for such a film: A heroic war movie where the hero is against guns, even in self-defense?
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Cue the violins for Kimora's response to the judge's critique: "For so long, I've been hiding behind a breast plate and padding," she said in self defense.
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An attorney for him told PEOPLE in 2015 that he was "anxious to have the truth revealed," and Shin has said he killed Smith in self-defense.
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She allegedly claimed Wilkins had attacked her, and that she cut out the baby to save its life after thinking she had killed Wilkins in self-defense.
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Reeves has maintained that he acted in self-defense in the January 2014 killing of Chad Oulson, 43, during a screening of "Lone Survivor" in suburban Tampa.
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Police from the Scottish city of Dumfries jumped in on the fun, calling back to one episode where Ross claims to be an expert in self-defense.
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The attack was conducted using drones, mortars and light weapons, the ministry said in a statement, adding that Turkish forces had retaliated the attacks in self-defense.
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Rocky's attorney and manager have said that the artist acted in self-defense after"a group of men" continued to follow, harass, and then physically assault them.
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Police from the Scottish city of Dumfries jumped in on the fun,calling back to one episode where Ross claims to be an expert in self-defense.
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The military had been able to strike Islamic State targets in self-defense, but the new rules lower the standard for such offensive operations against the group.
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Amber, who was 19 at the time, said she pushed her husband in self-defense during a fight in which she feared for his life, NBC reports.
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The officers involved said that they shot Anderson when he reached for his handgun, and federal civil rights investigators later concurred that they'd acted in self defense.
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Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa told CNN that all deaths at the hands of police in the country are the result of justified shootings in self-defense.
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The military has also been able to target Islamic State militias in self-defense, but the new rules lower the standard for offensive operations against the group.
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Once the trial began, the rapper's attorney told the judge A$AP is pleading not guilty to assault, and said his client was acting in self-defense.
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In a reversal from his earlier account, Slager admitted in court he did not shoot Scott in self-defense and said his use of force was unreasonable.
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Thompson's attorney said Terry was acting in self-defense and that a video that was released does not tell the full story of how the altercation unfolded.
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The couple had been on their way home from dinner when they got into a fender bender with Hayes, who says he shot Smith in self-defense.
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Penn asks Guzman questions without any kind of real follow-up to his answers; when Guzman says he's only killed in self-defense, Penn lets it go.
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A statement from the U.S. military said it shot down the Syrian SU-22 in self-defense and after contacting Russian counterparts through the established deconfliction line.
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So, on the one hand the bodyguard acted appropriately, and on the other he incited the violence and caused the other guy to act in self-defense.
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The grand jury that indicted Jones declined to charge the woman who shot her, Ebony Jemison, because it found she acted in self defense during the Dec.
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A woman who identified herself to CNN affiliate KMGH as Hancock's wife told the Denver-based station earlier this week that he was acting in self-defense.
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The legislation would put the onus on prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person had not acted in self defense before going to trial.
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Saving the liberal order means adhering to the UN Charter's prohibition on the use of force except in self-defense or unless authorized by the Security Council.
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The Turkish Embassy said that Erdoğan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense" during the incident and accused the protesters of being affiliated with the terrorist group PKK.
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Nevárez also made headlines in 2017, when a GOP Texas state lawmaker said he would "shoot" Nevárez "in self defense" after the Democratic official allegedly threatened him.
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Dunn, 47, claimed he shot the man in self-defense and cited Florida's "stand your ground" law, saying he knew Lopez was in possession of a hatchet.
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Often, police officers justify the taking of a life -- particularly a black life -- on the grounds that they feared for their lives and acted in self-defense.
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Doug began Season 3 in recovery mode, still suffering from major physical injuries after Rachel Posner attacked him in self-defense at the end of Season 2.
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Further, Harvard research indicates that in the rare circumstance a firearm is used in self-defense, it is no more effective at preventing injury than doing nothing.
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He claims the women were harassing him, and one of them tried to snatch a chain from his neck ... and that's when he punched in self-defense.
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A statement from the U.S. military said it shot down the Syrian SU-22 in self-defense and after contacting Russian counterparts through the established deconfliction zone.
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Incidents in which victims kill attackers in self-defense are vanishingly few compared with gun homicides, and suicide is by far the leading cause of gun deaths.
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Mr. Bynes's family said he acted in self-defense and to protect his children because his car had been stolen earlier in the week, WSB-TV reported.
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The sheriff had also said that the law created a "largely subjective standard" for how a person who felt threatened could use deadly force in self-defense.
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Spencer says he shot the officers when he saw them beating Woods and pointing a gun at him, and claimed he pulled the trigger in self-defense.
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She admitted she shot Allen in the back of the head, but claimed she shot him in self-defense because she saw him reach for his gun.
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One military official said US troops in the Manbij area had come under fire from Turkish-backed rebels "within the last week," returning fire in self-defense.
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"No man has a right to raise a hand to a woman in anger other than in self-defense, and that rarely ever occurs," Mr. Biden said.
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Lockean in origin, this principle holds that no one can commit violence against another except in self-defense, and they view abortion as an act of violence.
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The details of the conflict that ensued remain hazy, but Zimmerman alleged that he shot and killed Martin in self-defense because the teenager was attacking him.
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Our heroes race to save Ian, kill someone in self-defense and wash up on a strange shore — all repeats of things that happened earlier this season.
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Historically, "stand your ground" laws have not always protected victims of domestic violence — and have certainly not served black women who use a gun in self-defense.
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According to the Tampa Bay Times, Matos testified in court on Wednesday that paranoia played a part in the killings, which he also claimed were in self-defense.
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After their home was ransacked by thieves a few years ago, Braydon's father, Christopher Smith, trained the boy on how to use the large knife in self defense.
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Zimmerman claimed to have acted in self-defense when he shot Martin, a high school student who was walking through the community after stopping at a convenience store.
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The graphic surveillance video of the deadly incident was released as authorities investigate whether Dunn should be charged for the killing, which he claims was in self-defense.
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It's the organizations that take threats to their own independence personally that are the ones most likely to act in self-defense when someone tries to overpower them.
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Tyrese didn't see her until she was right up in his grill, so he unloaded a stiff-arm shove -- totally in self-defense -- until security could remove her.
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Well, actually, that's not how the fight ends: It ends with Tony and Caleb making out, despite the fact that Caleb accidentally bloodied Tony up in self-defense.
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So in a sense I was using my camera in self-defense... You're known as a major influence on filmmakers like Harmony Korine, John Waters, and Jim Jarmusch.
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A police officer found a knife-wielding member of the Klan standing over a bleeding protester who he claimed to have stabbed in self-defense, Sergeant Wyatt said.
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Fraser Anning acted in self-defense when he struck a boy who cracked an egg on him — but they issued the 17-year-old with an official caution.
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Charlize Theron has long been openly anti-gun, having almost been shot by her own father, who was himself shot and killed in self-defense, by her mother.
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Monday, Polk County deputies responded to a 911 call allegedly made by the suspect claiming he had badly beaten his friend with a baseball bat in self-defense.
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And in self-defense—especially back when I was young and considered "pretty" by the sexual predators—I've been forced to do a number of those things myself.
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The Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) said it had fired in self-defense after Indian border guards intruded into Bangladesh to try to take away the detained Indian fisherman.
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"Under the cover of night there have been some sporadic attacks and the police and the security people have been required to respond in self-defense," he said.
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Barnes has said he only acted in self defense -- but the alleged victims filed a civil suit against Matt and DeMarcus Cousins demanding serious cash for their injuries.
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Last summer, when Vickie Harper fatally shot her 53-year-old ex-boyfriend, she told police it was in self-defense following a vicious, hours-long sexual assault.
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Naumovic claims he acted in self-defense; prosecutors allege that he was enraged to find that his wife of 24 years, Sheri, was having an affair with Carneiro.
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Israel says the guard fired in self-defense after being stabbed by screwdriver-wielding Jordanian workman, who was killed along with a Jordanian bystander hit by stray gunfire.
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She admitted she shot Allen in the back of the head, but claimed she shot him in self-defense because she allegedly saw him reach for his gun.
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Police say they have killed only in self-defense, and the deaths of other drug dealers and users was down to vigilantes or narcotics gangs silencing potential witnesses.
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The case has drawn condemnation by the United Nations and international rights groups who have said Hussein is a victim of child marriage and acted in self-defense.
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The Turkish Embassy said on Wednesday that Erdogan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense" during the incident and the protesters were affiliated with the Kurdish terrorist group PKK.
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Human rights groups say many of those deaths were executions of people suspected of selling or using drugs, which police deny, insisting the killings were in self-defense.
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Israel defended its actions, saying it had acted in self-defense and blamed the bloodshed on Hamas, the Islamist militant and political group that governs the Gaza Strip.
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Guns in the home are also more likely to be involved in an unintentional shooting, assault or suicide attempt than used to injure or kill in self-defense.
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On Sunday, the U.S. military said it shot down a Syrian SU-22 plane in self-defense and after contacting Russian counterparts through the established de-confliction line.
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The army said members of the IMN threw stones at its troops and attacked its convoy carrying ammunition Saturday, adding that the soldiers opened fire in self-defense.
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Some states have gone the other way on guns, however, passing "Stand Your Ground" laws that broaden the situations where shooting someone in "self-defense" is legally permissible.
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One of their attorneys told the Associated Press Terry Thompson's actions did not merit murder charges, and that he was acting in self-defense after Hernandez attacked him.
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People should never approach a 'roo to pat or feed it -- it will inevitably mistake your well meaning advances and you risk it striking out in self-defense.
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Those first three instances were in self-defense as American commanders on the ground worried about possible attacks by pro-Assad and pro-Iranian fighters on US troops.
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Studies have also shown that guns in the home are far more likely to be used in criminal assaults, homicides, suicides and accidental shootings than in self-defense.
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He said it mattered little whether the sergeant had followed his training or the patrol guide; he still acted in self-defense the moment he fired the weapon.
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"As a woman trained in self-defense and coming back to it after years, it's a powerful thing to know your force and believe in it," she said.
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Mr. Zimmerman said he shot Mr. Martin in self-defense after the teenager knocked him to the ground, punched him and slammed his head repeatedly against the sidewalk.
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The defendant told police he was having an affair with one doctor and killed the other in self-defense, according to a recording played at his trial Thursday.
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A day after the killings, Teixeira told police he was having an affair with Bolanos and killed Field in self-defense, according to a recording played in court.
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The Turkish Embassy defended the guards at the time, saying they were acting in self-defense and claiming the protesters were aligned with a terrorist group from Turkey.
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Stacey claims any aggressiveness on her part was in self-defense, and that her hubby actually first attempted to choke her ... and she had to fend him off.
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Over the course of her arrest, trial, and incarceration, she claimed men she killed had attempted to sexually assault her, and that she shot them in self-defense.
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Rocky later said he was acting in self-defense when he threw the man to the ground and, along with members of his group, punched and kicked him.
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Previously, strikes in Afghanistan were permitted only in self-defense, for counterterrorism operations targeting Qaeda or Islamic State forces, or to "prevent a strategic defeat" of Afghan forces.
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They're the face of frustration with police violence and a world where having to shoot in self-defense will never suffice as an explanation, not if you're black.
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A Democrat whose district is near the U.S.-Mexico border admitted confronting and pushing Rinaldi, who has acknowledged telling him that he would "shoot him in self-defense."
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Although tai chi may have its roots in self-defense, in recent years it has gained broad popularity as a therapeutic exercise, promoting physical fitness while reducing stress.
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Mr. Duterte has promised to shield such officers from prosecution, but Human Rights Watch says the police have not provided evidence that they had acted in self-defense.
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Supporters of the revised bill said they did not want people who act in self-defense to face unfair hurdles in getting the charges dismissed before a trial.
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The ideal candidate should be trained in self-defense, but the parents will pay for the successful candidate to receive training if they aren't martial arts experts already.
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He told the paper he now believes he was wrong to say in a memo to his ex-wife's brother that his son had acted in self-defense.
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The same Jefferson County grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against the woman who shot Jones, Ebony Jemison, finding that she acted in self defense during the Dec.
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After two weeks of pretrial testimony, Judge Susan Barthle cast doubt on Curtis Reeves' assertions that he was acting in self-defense when he drew and fired his gun.
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A former FBI agent and his daughter are speaking out about the night they killed the woman's husband with a baseball bat, alleging that they acted in self-defense.
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In the past few months, Tonissa says Phillips was determined to clear his name in the April death of his cellmate -- telling her he only acted in self-defense.
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Johnny Depp is claiming he was acting in self-defense in response to an alleged altercation that took place on the set of his upcoming movie City of Lies.
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Lane admitted cutting the unborn baby out of Michelle Wilkins' womb, but told police Wilkins attacked her and she fought back in self-defense, according to CNN affiliate KMGH.
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According to his lawsuit, Ramos picked up a knife in self-defense during the altercation; Kreation later filed a petition for a restraining order against him, which was dismissed.
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Zimmerman had claimed to have acted in self-defense when he shot Martin, a high school student who was walking through the community after stopping at a convenience store.
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The District Attorney's office requested the case be investigated further following Medina's initial claim that he stabbed Sutter in self-defense, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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He stressed that the Tomahawk strikes were conducted in self defense, were limited in nature and were approved by Obama after a recommendation from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.
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The underlying concern is reasonable though: being attacked from behind is a worst-case scenario in self defense and the back position is the most vulnerable in professional fighting.
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A swimsuit model accused of gunning down her British businessman ex-boyfriend at his home near Marbella, Spain, has told a Spanish court that she acted in self-defense.
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Swartz's attorneys countered that the Border Patrol agent was justified in using lethal force against rock-throwers and shot from the U.S. side of the border in self-defense.
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Although she argued her actions were in self-defense, she was eventually convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 51 years.
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Despite taking steps in self-defense, China will not stray from its path of deepening reform and opening up, said the tabloid, which is run by the People's Daily.
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Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... he's been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery for the incident in L.A. in March where Katt allegedly struck bystanders in self-defense.
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For his part, Revis is adamant he was not the aggressor and says he only acted in self-defense from a drunk man who was flexing his "beer muscles."
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It doesn't take long before the constant gun battles become tiring; before I landed on this planet, I had killed maybe a dozen sentinel drones, mostly in self defense.
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Another nine laws were associated with increased mortality, including so-called "stand your ground" policies that allow people to use lethal force in self-defense against a perceived threat.
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Alexei Parshin, attorney for the Khachaturyan sisters, wrote on Facebook the teens have post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of abuse, and killed their father in self-defense.
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Possibly providing a peek into his legal strategy on the federal charges, Fields' legal team during his state trial claimed their client believed he was acting in self-defense.
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International law permits a state to use force in self-defense against specified states or armed groups, or against individuals when necessary to prevent the imminent loss of life.
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We never used violence except in self-defense, which is every citizen's right, because such violence only gives ammunition to those on the right, as Antifa's assaults do today.
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Police say they have shot dead more than 3,900 drug suspects in self-defense during Duterte's 17-month anti-drug campaign that has triggered growing public distrust and criticism.
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Iraqi police found his body the next day; Behenna claimed he killed Mansur in self-defense after the man threw a rock at him and reached for his gun.
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A$AP testified that he and his crew were acting in self-defense, and that they tried to diffuse the situation with the alleged victim before things got violent.
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Indeed, it's not unlikely that the white juror pool was more likely to believe that Kepler was acting in self-defense, despite the lack of evidence for his claim.
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Florida's "stand your ground" law, perhaps the strongest in the country, grants immunity to the person acting in self-defense and puts the burden of proof on the state.
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Under the United Nations Charter, there are two justifications for using force against another country without its consent: in self-defense and with the United Nations Security Council's permission.
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"What we see here seems to be a classic combination of heat-of-the-moment reaction (whether in self-defense or not) with ex post facto rationalization," she says.
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A recent study examining NCVS data showed that doing nothing and using a gun in self-defense have almost exactly the same injury rates (21995 percent versus 22001 percent).
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It's sometime in the 1800s in the Arizona territory when fiery Johnny Blood (Conor Ryan) shoots a mustached creep, probably in self-defense, and is sentenced to be hanged.
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"I believe it was reasonable for her to believe that she was being threatened with an intruder in her home and therefore she acted in self-defense," he said.
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He was acquitted after his attorneys argued he had acted in self-defense, though he later served nine months in prison on felony weapons charges stemming from that case.
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Prosecutors say the teenagers attacked the officers to avoid arrest, while the teenagers say they acted in self-defense, believing the two plainclothes officers to be ill-intentioned thugs.
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McClimans said that officers had received a call from Lori Vallow&aposs brother, Alexander Cox, reporting that he had shot and killed his sister&aposs husband in self-defense.
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In deciding to eliminate General Suleimani, Mr. Trump and his team argue they were acting in self-defense to thwart imminent attacks on Americans in Iraq and the region.
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Micky Rosenfeld, spokesman for the Israeli police, said the gunman, whom he did not identify, was a social worker from the Itamar settlement and had acted in self-defense.
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According to The Washington Post, more than 90,000 people have signed a petition arguing that she acted in self-defense and that all charges against her should be dropped.
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In Florida, the law allows for the use of deadly force in self-defense with no duty to retreat when a violent intruder breaks into a home or car.
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"Bow Wow feels very strongly that a man should never lay a hand on a woman, even in self-defense, hence his failure to defend himself here," he added.
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One military official said US troops in the Manbij area had come under fire from Turkish-backed rebels "within the last week," and had returned fire in self-defense.
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We have no valid claim to be acting in self-defense in this case and are not obligated under any treaty or agreement to come to Saudi Arabia's aid.
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Mr. Hoffman said that while the United States military is in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government, American forces reserve the right to act in self-defense.
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Barry said he acted in self-defense—that Danner had swung a baseball bat at the him after previously brandishing scissors, an account the NYPD initially seemed to buy.
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At trial in September, Matthew Apperson maintained he shot at the former neighborhood watchman's car in self-defense after Zimmerman pulled up beside him and threatened to kill him.
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Durst admitted during trial that he killed and carved up Black, but a jury acquitted him of homicide after he argued it was an accidental shooting in self-defense.
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On Monday, a judge ruled that the teen will remain in custody despite arguments from her attorney that she is a victim of online bullying and acted in self-defense.
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However, Crenshaw claimed he was acting in self-defense, telling police he was lying down and Coronado, who was visiting from Chicago, punched him in the head, according to Reuters.
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Fields' attorney, John Hill, in his opening statement last week said his client acted in self-defense after being "scared to death" by the mass of people around his car.
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In a reversal from his previous account, Slager admitted in court Tuesday that he did not shoot Scott in self-defense and said that his use of force was unreasonable.
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Back story: The lawyers for the police officer, Jason Stockley, said he had fired in self-defense in 2011, although he was accused of planting a gun in Smith's car.
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"Bolivia's statements (on the matter) have forced Chile to act in self-defense of its rights, which are being contested in a hostile manner," said Chile's Foreign Minister, Heraldo Munoz.
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Davis and the other charged assailants argued they were acting in self-defense since they had just allegedly witnessed Harris hit a white nationalist in the head with a flashlight.
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When Mr. Flores went on trial, his lawyer argued that he had not exposed himself, but instead had been pre-emptively attacked and fired his gun only in self-defense.
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The man accused of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at last year's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., plans to argue he was acting in self-defense.
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The Israeli military said the shooter had opened fire in self-defense as part of a group of settlers hiking near the village of Qusrah who had come under attack.
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Fields's defense team is not denying that Fields killed Heyer with his car, but is arguing that he feared for his life and believed he was acting in self-defense.
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A Republican candidate running for Arizona's state Senate, who supports gun rights, has drawn renewed scrutiny over his story of how he killed his mother in self-defense decades ago.
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The defense has said Fields acted in self-defense, and on Thursday his attorneys tried to paint a picture of a hostile environment in which Fields might have felt threatened.
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On September 210, Shishova turned himself in, but contended that the crowd at his door had threatened his life and opened fire first, prompting him to retaliate in self-defense.
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John C. Whitfield, an attorney for the Iron Order, said a handful of members of that group acted in self-defense after they were surrounded by at least 30 Mongols.
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The enemy forces you encounter are there to get you, to kill you, and you act in self-defense as much as you do lead a charge against their positions.
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Difret tells the story of Hirut Assefa, who is based on Aberash Bekele, a woman who shot and killed a man in self-defense after he abducted and raped her.
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After each incident, the U.S. military has insisted it only took action in self-defense and that it has no intention of getting further embroiled in the Syrian civil war.
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Officer Isaacs, who joined the department in 2013, stayed at the scene and told investigators that he acted in self-defense after Mr. Small punched him through an open window.
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But wildlife advocates say she has killed only in self-defense, and they pleaded before a packed courtroom on Tuesday for the justices to spare her life — to no avail.
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But defense attorney Bryant Camareno said the same video, watched without slow motion, showed that Drejka was acting in self-defense after McGlockton shoved him and his girlfriend threatened him.
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Later, as the United States grappled with Islamist terrorism, executive branch lawyers under both parties wrote secret memos developing the idea that targeted killings in self-defense are not assassinations.
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Mr. Cedeno said he had suffered years of physical and emotional abuse because he was gay and then lashed out in self-defense against students who had been afflicting him.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweets that Tehran "took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense," adding that Tehran did "not seek escalation" but would defend itself against further aggression.
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"Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," he wrote.
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But Mr. Trump did not seek authorization from the Security Council to use force, as the United Nations Charter requires, or have a valid reason for acting in self-defense.
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"Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," Zarif said.
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Discipline broke down: One man was murdered for his gold; another had killed in self-defense and was banished; and a third, unable to walk, was left behind to die.
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The release also says investigators couldn't find evidence to refute Shelby's claim that she fired in self-defense believing that Crutcher was reaching into his vehicle to get a weapon.
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As far as Beijing is concerned, these are merely actions in self-defense as territory beyond the mainland become "core interests" to be defended, including with the use of force.
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Police reports asserted that officers had committed the killings in self-defense, but witnesses characterized them as "coldblooded murders of unarmed drug suspects in custody," the rights group's study said.
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But the man, who was not armed with any weapons or tools, was able to "fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defense," they said.
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Mr. Ellis, who attended, recalled Ms. Witt's argument as a "love letter to Iran," and said she asserted that the country would only use a nuclear weapon in self-defense.
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The re-enactment and more deliberation led them to their conclusion: that Gallo had acted in self-defense in a moment of temporary insanity, and should be acquitted of all charges.
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The Toyota Corolla that the Uber driver was using before he shot and alleged robber in self-defense (Screenshot from NBC)Shooting and killing someone is against Uber's terms of use.
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Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said there was not enough evidence to show that the plainclothes officers did not shoot Mansur Ball-Bey, 18, in self-defense, as they contend they did.
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Rick Ross just got indicted in the alleged pistol whipping of his groundskeeper, but TMZ has learned his attorney thinks there's no case here ... because Ross was acting in self-defense.
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She claimed that after Allen picked her up in August 2004, she shot him in self-defense because she saw him reach for a gun while the two were in bed.
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Cherry—whose boyfriend you may recall stabbed someone (in self-defense, she adds)—will "indulge me by running his knife on my skin and talking about slitting my throat," she says.
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Senegalese civil society groups say Diop may have killed the woman she worked for in self-defense after a dispute, and that the Saudi authorities had not properly investigated the case.
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In 2016, a Florida man who claimed he shot at George Zimmerman in self-defense was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted second-degree murder.
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Swartz's attorneys argued that he acted in self-defense, while prosecutors said that he lost his cool and opened fire on the teen, who they said was not a real threat.
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A lawyer for Mr. Mancini said his client was acting in self-defense, but Ms. Emmanuel said her husband reacted only after Mr. Mancini verbally abused them and grabbed her arm.
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Many participated in, witnessed or were unable to help in the face of atrocities, from failing to aid an injured person to killing a child, by accident or in self-defense.
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In the United States, guns are used as many as 2.5 million times a year in self-defense, according to some estimates, preventing countless tragedies from ever becoming a news story.
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And publicly, senior officials have insisted that the clashes with pro-regime fighters are purely in self-defense and that the US and the coalition will remain focused on battling ISIS.
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Other survivors have been sentenced to decades in prison for acting in self-defense, such as Ky Peterson, a Black transgender man who fought back against and ultimately killed his rapist.
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But jurors on Thursday settled on a second-degree manslaughter conviction against one of the defendants, Kenny Bazile, 21680, who had argued he acted in self-defense in State Supreme Court.
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Asked if there is any type of research the group would support, she said the N.R.A. would like to see a study of how often firearms are used in self-defense.
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In March, Charlottesville Central District Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. ruled that Harris hadn't intended to cause harm and was acting in self defense when he swung a flashlight at Crews.
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Lawyers representing Stafford and Greenhouse contended that the officers had acted in self defense, and that Few had been recklessly driving during the chase and rammed one of the police vehicles.
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After the coalition patrol issued a series of warnings to de-escalate, it came under small arms fire from unknown individuals and returned fire in self-defense, according to the statement.
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A U.S. drone, acting in self-defense, destroyed a Russian-made T-72 tank in eastern Syria over the weekend, the head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command told reporters Tuesday.
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The insurance, underwritten by Chubb unit Illinois Union Insurance Company, also "improperly provided" legal services for policyholders who faced criminal charges after using their guns in self defense, the regulator said.
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The sheriff would claim that he had stopped to fix a flat tire, that the two men had tried to attack him, and that he had shot them in self-defense.
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In February, Cook County prosecutors declined to charge the office responsible, Robert Rialmo, for either death, because they found insufficient evidence to suggest that he did not act in self-defense.
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The men argued they were acting in self-defense, according to the Washington Post, and claimed Harris hit a white nationalist in the head with a flashlight, despite video evidence showing otherwise.
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He told the AP and the Times that he believed he was acting in self-defense in that altercation, "because my only other option was knocking out his teeth" with a flashlight.
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A rep for the actor tells TMZ ... Andrew claims he never hit anyone and says he pushed his roommate in self-defense after the man came after him in a drunken rage.
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Long, who has maintained that he was acting in self-defense, was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 20 days in jail by a judge in Charlottesville on Friday morning.
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However, before they arrived, Martin was shot and killed by Zimmerman, who claimed he was acting in self-defense after Martin attacked him- an allegation that was never able to be confirmed.
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In self-defense, Wakanda has closed itself off from the other nations of Earth, maintaining a false front that it's a mere third-world nowhere – full of mines, farms, and jungle creatures.
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DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado jogger strangled a juvenile mountain lion in the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain northwest of Denver, acting in self-defense after the predator attacked him, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Zimmerman told sheriff's deputies he was attacked Sunday at a restaurant in Sanford, Florida, while he was explaining how he had shot Martin in self-defense in 2012, according to the report.
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The defense argues it doesn't clearly depict the lead-up to the shooting -- key moments that they say show Slager was acting in self-defense after Scott tried to grab his Taser.
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He's pled not guilty to all charges -- with his attorney insisting the 24-year-old was only acting in self defense after Alsaleh got aggressive and physical with Tyler and his girlfriend.
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On Monday, it was announced the man would not face any charges, and only acted in self defense when he struck Rocky's security guard over the head with a pair of headphones.
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Le, who was described by classmates and teachers as a "goofy, little guy," reportedly weighed about 100 pounds, making the police officer's usage of deadly force in self-defense even more questionable.
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All three, who have been in police custody since July 3, pleaded not guilty at the start of the trial on Tuesday with Mayers' lawyer saying the rapper acted in self defense.
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Indeed, the attackers in that case were acquitted in both state and federal court by arguing they acted in self-defense, and were motivated out of political animus rather than racial hatred.
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State legislators in Wyoming on Tuesday debated a "stand your ground" law that would grant immunity to someone charged with assault or murder if they claim to have acted in self defense.
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The firing of ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabian cities has raised the risk of war with Iran — only Iran makes these types of missiles and Saudi Arabia might act in self-defense.
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Waller had been sentenced to death for shooting the white man whose land he farmed: in self-defense, he claimed; in cold blood, according to the all-white jury that convicted him.
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Some survivors are punished for acting in self-defense; others are punished for crimes related directly to their abuse, for example selling or storing drugs at the duress of an abusive partner.
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An Uber driver in Denver shot and killed a passenger Friday morning, claiming he fired shots in self defense, reports the Washington Post — it is being investigated as a first-degree murder.
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"Monk seals forage by shoving their mouth and nose into crevasses in coral reefs, under rocks, or into the sand," he said, and the eel may have latched on in self defense.
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So in self-defense, my family evolved one single autumnal ritual, back in the 1980s, and to my astonishment, we are still practicing it, in altered form, from New York in 2018.
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Mr. Kannady insists that he was only acting in self-defense against primary challenges and that, with an array of business interests helping fund the operation, he was the only lawmaker involved.
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What you need to know about 'stand your ground' laws Florida's "stand your ground law," which is perhaps the strongest in the country, grants immunity to the person acting in self-defense.
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The grand jury found that the officers were justified in killing Bailey, citing the law that allows deadly force in self-defense or the defense of others, May told reporters on Wednesday.
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Washington, D.C., police said the attack was unprovoked, but the Turkish Embassy argued the guards were acting in self-defense and claimed the protesters were aligned with a terrorist group from Turkey.
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"Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," Zarif tweeted Tuesday night.
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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is charged with first-degree murder and other firearm offenses, shot the 17-year-old in self-defense in October 2014, defense attorneys have argued.
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Police say they acted in self defense after delos Santos opened fire on them, and Duterte's spokesman and the justice minister have described the killing of the teenager as an "isolated" case.
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Op-Ed Contributor The Florida Senate recently passed a bill intended to make its already robust Stand Your Ground law even more friendly to people who say they killed in self-defense.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday the United States was defining the two countries' dispute over trade as a trade war, and China was only taking action in self-defense.
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And more often than not, those roles involved some degree of violence — whether that meant stabbing, unleashing supernatural powers against someone in self-defense, or, yes, feeding their enemies to literal dogs.
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If she is indicted on murder charges, "stand your ground" legislation — and whether laws intended to protect people who use guns in self-defense really do apply to everyone — will be tested.
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In a recent interview with VICE News Tonight, a chapter leader of one newly formed anti-fascist group called Redneck Revolt said the group has taken up guns only in self-defense.
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"On Sunday, June 30th, A$AP Rocky, his bodyguard and two performers from his show acted in self-defense after two men followed, harassed and physically assaulted them in Stockholm," the petition reads.
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Human Rights Watch estimates the death toll at about 5,000, while police put the number of people killed by officers in self-defense at 2,400, according to a Reuters investigation published this week.
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By contrast, 27 states — most notably Florida — have passed so-called "stand-your-ground" laws, which entitle citizens to use force in self-defense if there is a reasonable belief of a threat.
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Pistorius, who shot Steenkamp multiple times through a locked bathroom door at his home, has always maintained that he acted in self-defense, believing that an intruder had barricaded himself in the room.
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Military aircraft destroyed a convoy of advancing pro-regime forces and shot down a drone allegedly attempting to fire on Syrian rebels in al-Tanf, but insisted the actions were in self-defense.
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The verdict was a rare conviction against a police officer in a high-profile shooting that sparked yet another national conversation about the role of race in policing and in self-defense cases.
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Duncan allegedly fired at Robert in self-defense and hit him, and around the same time ... Cheryl pulled up and pointed a gun at his wife, who was still sitting in the car.
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Lil Xan can claim he pulled a gun on a stranger in self-defense, but right now cops are looking at the incident as a possible case of assault with a deadly weapon.
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A Texas man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend and her 10-year-old son allegedly claimed he shot them in self-defense after they assaulted him for changing the television channel.
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"We fired blank shots in self-defense when some people started throwing stones at our officers forcing us to take shelter in a building," said Sarkar Mohammad Kaisar, Superintendent of Police in Bhola.
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One man who attacked security forces inside the 80-feet (24.4-metre) tunnel with a machete was "killed in self-defense" on Tuesday, the paper said, while two men were killed on Wednesday.
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But he expects it to come to light that Penton was acting in self-defense in the incident and that the public will view this case differently when all the information is available.
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" In a statement, the White House said: "The United States condemns the Iranian regime's provocative rocket attacks from Syria against Israeli citizens, and we strongly support Israel's right to act in self-defense.
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The Florida man who claimed he shot at George Zimmerman in self-defense was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday after being found guilty of attempted second-degree murder last month.
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The authorities said that the officer who fired the three live rounds in the Sai Wan Ho area had acted in self-defense against protesters who had been trying to steal his revolver.
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A Reuters investigation of 20 killings by FAES, which is accused of summary executions in restive neighborhoods, found that the official versions that officers acted in self-defense were contradicted by witness accounts.
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Demonstrators became violent Sunday amid news of the ban and after a teen protester was shot Friday night in the thigh after an off-duty police officer fired his pistol in self-defense.
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Stockley had said he acted in self-defense and believed Smith was reaching for a gun in his car, but prosecutors accused the officer of planting a silver revolver to justify the shooting.
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A jury late last year rejected his contention that he was acting in self-defense when he killed his wife, 27-year-old Jennifer Alfonso, in the kitchen of their Miami-area residence.
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It also taught him discipline, which was paramount: No lying to the gang; no drug use (marijuana was the exception); and murder had to be approved by the leadership, unless in self-defense.
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Much of the argument revolves around Carry Guard, an insurance program started by the N.R.A. last year that was meant to cover legal fees for people who fired a weapon in self-defense.
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Stories about the use of guns in self-defense — a good guy with a gun dispensing with a bad guy with a gun — are legion among gun enthusiasts and conservative talk radio hosts.
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"Iran took [and] concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," Zarif said on Twitter.
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"What happened in Galveston was 12 jurors agreed that Bob Durst acted in self-defense and he panicked, and that was a jury that heard all of the evidence," DeGuerin said last month.
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THE TOPLINE: A U.S. drone, acting in self-defense, destroyed a Russian-made T-6900 tank in eastern Syria over the weekend, the head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command told reporters Tuesday.
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A man who claimed he shot at George Zimmerman in self-defense was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder on Friday and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.
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Trump is reportedly set to address the nation Wednesday on the situation with Iran, while Iran's foreign minister released a statement calling the missile attacks "proportionate measures in self-defense" in a tweet.
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Mr. Waheed told the authorities that he had killed the devotees at the shrine to Ali Muhammad Gujjar, the self-described mystic, in self-defense because he believed they planned to poison him.
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Partly in self-defense, they started commandeering the camera to make their own films: goofy horror movies, parody documentaries, even an anti-smoking propaganda film, starring Josh as a smoker who suddenly dies.
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Now, two rogue states, North Korea and Iran, are creating such a global cascade of proliferation (in self-defense) such that nuclear weapons will soon be commonplace, uncounted, many uncontrolled, and frequently used.
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"The strikes were conducted after Afghan and US forces came under effective small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire and requested air support in self-defense," he said in a statement to CNN.
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Gucci Mane was arrested for the shooting, but he claimed that he acted in self-defense, when the man and some associates burst into an apartment to assault him; the case was dropped.
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Ms. Brown's attorneys argued that she had killed Mr. Allen in self-defense, fearing for her life, and that she had taken his guns and his money out of fear of her pimp.
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" However, she added, "We maintain the right to engage the enemy in self-defense and we take every measure to prevent civilian casualties, even as the Taliban intentionally hide behind women and children.
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Bowman is trying to use a new version of Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law, which gives people immunity from prosecution for murder and other violent charges if they acted in self-defense.
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As we reported ... Brandon insists he was acting in self-defense, claiming his dad was drunk and lunged at him during a heated argument over comments Tommy made about his mom, Pamela Anderson.
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Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law, which allows people to use deadly force if they're acting in self-defense, has led to a significant rise in killings, according to a new medical study.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without first obtaining the approval of Congress, except in self-defense.
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Her latest book, The Doll Master and Other Tales of Terror, includes the short story "Soldier," about a man who becomes a local celebrity after gunning down a black teenager, supposedly in self-defense.
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Because North Korea, which is a rival of both the South and the U.S., has been test-launching missiles of its own lately and the THAAD system could potentially be used in self-defense.
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Rocky's lawyer, Slobodan Jovicic, told CNN he believes his client acted in "self-defense," saying he is "very disappointed" that the prosecutor has "chosen to go with the other party's version" of what happened.
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The DOJ's decision followed a separate investigation in March by Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), which concluded that the officers acted in self-defense and would not face criminal charges for the killing.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday said air strikes against pro-government forces near Tanf in recent weeks had been in self defense, to prevent them from attacking its troops at the base.
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Apperson had pleaded not guilty, claiming he acted in self-defense because Zimmerman — who made headlines after he shot unarmed Florida 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012 — pointed a gun on him first.
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Doing even better was gun manufacturer Forjas Taurus SA whose shares rose 27 percent to 5.1 reais on Bolsonaro's plan to ease gun controls, to help Brazilians arm themselves in self defense against crime.
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McCain, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sharply criticized the White House's decision last year to restrict U.S. forces from targeting Taliban fighters except in self-defense and other limited circumstances.
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Ex-UFC fighter Diego Brandao has admitted to pulling a gun during an altercation with bouncers at an Albuquerque strip club ... but the former "Ultimate Fighter" champ insists it was only in self-defense.
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Theron has previously revealed some of the details of her family's harrowing experience dealing with her father's addiction, including what it was like when her mother shot and killed her father in self-defense.
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Cute at first sight, then annoying, the birds are about to face "humane harassment" in the town of Teaneck, N.J., where officials plan to arm concerned residents with 20 air horns in self defense.
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Police say they have since killed at least 5,000 suspected drug dealers, although activists say the number could be far higher and they dispute official accounts that the killings were all in self-defense.
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The United States has taken a series of actions over the past three months demonstrating its willingness to carry out strikes, mostly in self-defense, against Syrian government forces and their backers, including Iran.
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In Mr. Choe's telling, North Korea was driven to become a nuclear power in self-defense against America's "nuclear blackmail," sanctions, history of confrontation, and affront to the sovereignty and dignity of the state.
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A large percentage of these guns that are on our street, the reason why there are so many guns in America is not just collectors, hunters, and people who are interested in self-defense.
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In 22006, Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, criminologists at Florida State University, surveyed 214,000 Americans at random, by telephone, asking them if they had used a firearm in self-defense in the past year.
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We're told he feels he was wrongfully fired from "Criminal Minds" -- he insists the kick was in self-defense and Virgil rushed him and got in his face -- and is strongly considering legal action.
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Drejka's attorneys said he will not pursue a "stand your ground" pretrial hearing to gain immunity, but will instead make the case to jurors that he acted in self-defense, CNN affiliate WFTS reported.
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Mr. Hare and Mr. Kinsman both testified, saying that they had been intimidated by the protesters outside the Republican club, whom they believed to be menacing hooligans, and had fought only in self-defense.
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Under the agreement, both sides must stop seeking more territory, allow humanitarian aid to pass through controlled areas, only use "proportionate" force in self-defense and work to release detainees, particularly women and children.
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She will advocate amending the law in order to take the burden of proof off defendants who have to demonstrate in pretrial hearings that they acted in self-defense and deserve immunity from trial.
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" Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the attacks "proportionate measures in self-defense" in a tweet Tuesday night, adding, "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.
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First, "even if this strike was in self-defense, no current congressional authorization covered it and the President needs to notify Congress within 20153 hours pursuant to the War Powers Resolution," New York Rep.
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After her court appearance, her lawyer, Steve Thayer, told reporters, "When she called 911 she reported that he was threatening to kill her and attacked her so she acted in self-defense," KOIN reports.
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Supporters of the bill said it will make the state safer by allowing more residents to carry firearms in self-defense, while still banning certain criminals and mentally incompetent people from having a gun.
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Rapper Kevin Gates was acting in self-defense -- under Florida's "Stand Your Ground Law" -- when he kicked a woman in the front row of his concert ... according to new legal docs filed by the singer.
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Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith (Syfy's Nightflyers) play the titular Slim and Queen, who are on a first date when they're pulled over by a cop and end up killing him in self-defense.
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They say Knight was acting in self-defense when he struck Cle "Bone" Sloan, who was punching Knight through the window of his pickup truck, and also hit Terry Carter, who died from his injuries.
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Police said they determined the Klan members were acting in self-defense, based on dozens of interviews with witnesses and people arrested at the scene, as well as videos and still photographs of the incident.
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Prior to his arrest, Slager claimed he was acting in self-defense, and his defense team has alleged that Scott was reaching for Slager's Taser in some kind of attack before he turned and fled.
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More than 8,000 people have died since Duterte took office in June and unleashed a bloody war on drugs, a third in raids and sting operations by police who say they acted in self-defense.
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For more than 12 hours before the trial's start, prosecutors and defense attorneys questioned about 120 potential jurors The inquiries seemed to indicate that Hayes is going to argue he shot Smith in self-defense.
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Hayes has claimed through his attorneys that he was acting in self defense, and Smith's intoxication could have an impact on the degree of murder with which Hayes is ultimately charged or convicted. [Times-Picayune]
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He has said he acted in self-defense when he fired at Smith, believing the man was reaching for a gun in his car after a high-speed police chase following a suspected drug deal.
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Defense attorneys had argued that Fields had acted in self-defense on the day his car struck the crowd of counterprotesters, who were crossing the street at an intersection at the time of the attack.
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The rapper said he acted in self-defense, and the three were released from custody earlier this month, pointing to a possible acquittal or light sentence in the court's final verdict due around 1200 GMT.
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She claimed the murders were done in self-defense, and that the men had tried to rape her—an argument she would later recant, although that may have been because she was eager to die.
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The man, named by investigators as Ilya Averyanov, told a radio station during the siege on Wednesday that he had acted in self-defense to stop bailiffs confiscating the factory, which is facing bankruptcy proceedings.
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The officer had initially claimed that he acted in self-defense while trying to arrest a 22-year-old man in Nantes on Tuesday, but later said that he had fired his weapon by accident.
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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man during a traffic stop was acting in self-defense and is not a racist, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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According to the criminal affidavit ... Mollie Fitzgerald repeatedly told cops in Johnson County, Kansas she had to kill her mom in self-defense last month because her mother, Patricia, came at her with a knife.
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Hitler brought back jobs and opportunity, restored national pride and told seductive, simplifying lies; in the beginning, my grandmother, like many Germans, believed, for instance, that Germany's war against Poland was begun in self-defense.
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In his decision, St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson wrote that the state had not proven Stockley did not act in self-defense when he shot Smith after a police chase in December of 2011.
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Valor, which premiered on The CW Monday night, focuses on two helicopter pilots who get embroiled in a secret CIA plot that they can only escape by killing a government operative (in self-defense, of course).
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According to data analyzed by the Post, for every "justifiable gun homicide" in 2012 — when a firearm is used in self-defense — there were 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides, and two accidental gun deaths.
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A$AP Rocky told a Swedish courtroom on Thursday that he acted in self-defense after trying to defuse a "scary" situation that turned into a brawl that landed him in prison nearly a month ago.
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The Los Angeles County district attorney also declined to file criminal charges against the officers, stating in a memo that they had "acted lawfully in self-defense and in defense of others" during the fatal shooting.
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They say it was Raja&aposs aggressive actions and words, including a "barrage of profanity," that caused Jones, who had a concealed weapons permit, to pull his own gun in self-defense nearly three years ago.
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"The investigation concluded that U.S. forces acted in self-defense, in accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict, and in accordance with all applicable regulations and policy," the U.S. military in Afghanistan said in a statement.
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Jane has maintained that she was a battered woman who was repeatedly beaten and raped throughout the couple's 29-year marriage, and that on the night of his death, she shot her husband in self-defense.
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Earlier this year, Slager pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge related to the shooting, admitting that he did not shoot in self-defense and acknowledging that he knew his use of force was unreasonable.
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The killings, the brothers and their attorneys claimed at trial, were done in self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their entertainment executive father — abuse they insisted was ignored by their stay-at-home mom.
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A Texas woman accused of fatally stabbing the nephew with whom she was having an affair said she repeatedly faced threats of violence from him, as her defense lawyer contends she killed him in self-defense.
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The backdrop: The Virginia Senator's request came after U.S. forces launched strikes on pro-Syrian government forces in Eastern Syria earlier this week in what the Pentagon claims was in "self-defense" to an "unprovoked" assault.
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The case would later be thrown out, but the event left Carter with a visceral commitment to the right to bear arms in self-defense and an equally visceral distrust of anything resembling government gun control.
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Under the agreement, both sides would have to stop seeking more territory, allow humanitarian aid to pass through controlled areas, only use "proportionate" force in self-defense and work to release detainees, particularly women and children.
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The exhibit memorialized 444 people killed by Rao Anwar, a cop who extrajudicially murdered civilians by staging fake encounters in which he claimed to fire in self-defense, but no police officer was killed or injured.
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Multiple local news reports show a 25-year-old mother of two is dead in Pennsylvania where authorities have detained her boyfriend — who allegedly confessed to her fatal stabbing but claimed it was in self-defense.
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A man charged with murdering a gay man in the West Village because of his sexual orientation testified on Wednesday that he had acted in self-defense because he believed he was about to be attacked.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces acting in self defense called in an airstrike on al Shabaab militants in the southern Somalia province of Lower Juba, killing an estimated 18 Islamist extremists, U.S. Africa Command said on Saturday.
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Arguing that Brown was being sex trafficked and that the killing was in self-defense, activists and celebrities like Rihanna and LeBron James rallied behind Brown more than a decade after she'd been imprisoned in Tennessee.
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" Second, he points to statistics that show how "It's way more likely in America that someone will shoot and kill another person in the course of committing a crime than will do so in self-defense.
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Mr. Bagares said that in cases where officers claim to have killed a suspect in self-defense, the police are formally required to bring the matter before a prosecutor, who determines whether there was foul play.
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The two largest and most powerful rebel factions in Ghouta, Failaq al-Rahman and Army of Islam issued statements saying they will abide by the cease-fire unless they are forced to fire in self-defense.
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" When asked about the suggestion that officers may end up killing a demonstrator in self-defense, protester Bonnie Leung -- of the Civil Human Rights Front -- said police using real ammunition and guns was "unnecessary and unjustified.
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Hekmatullah Hekmat, 60, who joined Mr. Hekmatyar's party in his 20s, said Mr. Hekmatyar's actions in the 1990s were taken in self-defense as other guerrilla factions were refusing to accept his role in the government.
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The fatal confrontation, captured on Westlake's dash camera, was what the Polk County sheriff called a "classic 'stand your ground' case," referring to the controversial Florida law that grants immunity to people acting in self-defense.
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Rights campaigners had called for President Omar al-Bashir to pardon Hussein, saying she was forced into a child marriage and had acted in self-defense and on Tuesday the appeals court quashed the death sentence.
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For its part, Turkey insisted the security detail was acting in self-defense — bargaining, it seemed, that in all the shock and confusion of the street battle, no one quite knew what happened on that afternoon.
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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black man during a traffic stop said on Tuesday he acted in self-defense, fearing he would be killed if he did not shoot.
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Administration officials emphasized Friday that the strikes were limited, conducted in self-defense and not meant in any way to indicate that they back Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen or plan to wade deeper into the conflict.
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A representative for Hapgood, who was vacationing with his family, said the killing was in self-defense, and that Mitchel was "armed and demanding money" when he showed up to Hapgood's hotel room uninvited on April 13.
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Numerous studies into the causes and prevalence of gun deaths clearly showed that access to firearms made a difference, and that guns were statistically likelier to harm their owners than to successfully be used in self-defense.
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"Attacked without warning in his family's hotel room by a maintenance worker who was armed and demanding money, Scott Hapgood acted in self-defense to protect the lives of his young daughters and himself," reads the statement.
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And though ARSA claims it strikes the military only in self-defense, the International Crisis Group (ICG) says its sources have reported at least one case where the group has attacked a village of non-Muslim civilians.
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In a 2014 Reuters interview, Barbara Leininger said her son previously admitted to shooting a man in self-defense during what he described as an "altercation" and that he has "some psychological issues," as reported by NBC.
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But waiting until the boost phase and shooting a missile down in "self-defense" means the US would have to ensure it has all its assets and intelligence in place to be able to target the missile.
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The Constitution gives Congress the decision of whether to declare war, but government lawyers have argued that the president alone can order attacks if it is in self-defense or if the attacks would benefit American interests.
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"I made it clear that if he attempted to, in his words, 'get me,' I would shoot him in self-defense," Mr. Rinaldi, who represents part of Dallas County in North Texas, wrote in a Facebook post.
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Mr. Friedman said that her older brother and sister, both of whom were at home on the night of the shooting, would be testifying in support of their sister, who he said was acting in self-defense.
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After a forgettable first date in Ohio, the pair are pulled over on a minor traffic stop — but the situation ends suddenly and tragically, with a police officer dead after Kaluuya's character fights back in self-defense.
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The prosecutor added that Mr. Uzoka was chased by the attackers and stabbed three times in the heart, and that Mr. Koh turned himself in to the police on Monday, saying that he acted in self-defense.
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"Even though it's in self-defense, there are a lot of people who don't agree with using violence against Nazis, so there's no guarantee that anyone—even people on the left—will agree with our tactics," Violent said.
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Brown was just 16-years-old when she shot and killed a 43-year-old man who had solicited her for sex in Tennessee; Brown said she had shot the man in self-defense after he became violent.
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The rapper's management tells TMZ he'll be detained "for an unknown period of time for acting in self-defense during an altercation that took place," so, therefore ... he's been forced to cancel all his upcoming shows in July.
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The July 23 shooting to death of two Jordanians by an Israeli embassy guard who said he was acting in self-defense has outraged Amman, stirred up pro-Palestinian sentiment in the kingdom and prompted U.S. mediation efforts.
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"If India chooses to resort again to the use of force, Pakistan will be obliged to respond, in self defense, with all its capabilities," he said, adding that "in view of the dangerous implications" Pakistan requested the meeting.
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"Iran cannot lob missiles at Saudi cities and towns and expect us not to take steps," he added, citing Article 51 of the UN Charter, which states a nation can retaliate in self-defense against an armed attack.
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Instead of defendants having to prove that they were acting in self-defense, the new law shifts the burden to prosecutors, who now must prove by "clear and convincing evidence" that the use of force was not justified.
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A$AP Rocky argued in court that his participation in the fight was merely in self-defense, but a jury found he was not "subject to a current or imminent criminal attack" at the time of the brawl.
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In the middle of the last century, a woman muscled from wartime factory work kills her batterer spouse in self-defense, dismembers his body, feeds it to a furnace and then steals his selfhood: She becomes Abe Kunstler.
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Teixeira claimed in an interview with police after the killings that he'd been in a relationship with Bolanos, that Field killed Bolanos in a rage after finding her with Teixeira and that Teixeira killed Field in self-defense.
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Police say they killed 5,400 suspects in self-defense during their anti-drugs operations, but deny allegations by activists that elements of the force are involved in the mystery killings that plagued Pateros and other parts of Manila.
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As for the troops Trump is deploying to the border, they can only use their weapons in self-defense -- and many of them are unlikely to come into contact with any migrants trying to enter the country illegally.
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The war on drugs, Duterte's centrepiece policy, has caused international alarm over what United Nations experts have called a "staggering" number of illegal killings by police, who say they shot thousands of drug suspects only in self defense.
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This fits neatly into the paradigm many violent games like to employ: Forcing the player to engage in self-defense by tossing their character into a hostile environment, be it literal hell, future dystopia or foreign military exercise.
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Harley Flanagan made news in 2012 after an altercation with his former bandmates in the New York hardcore band Cro-Mags, which resulted in a charge of felony assault, though he maintains that he fought back in self-defense.
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In July of 2013, Zimmerman was acquitted, claiming he acted in self defense, and the decision ignited the fierce and important movement to end the senseless killing of Black Americans and the justice system that appears to allow it.
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Things are complicated this summer when it comes to taking action—even if that action is rooted in self-defense (which is precisely what the crab's shell is for)—due to your ruling planet Mars being retrograde in Aquarius.
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Steele immediately suspended himself from duty and will not face charges in Ciara Meyer's death as he acted in self-defense "in fear for his life," according to a police affidavit and Perry County district attorney Andrew J. Bender.
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Just as the Hillsborough inquests revealed that the police sought to divert blame, it is alleged that the same force attacked striking miners at Orgreave, then claimed that the cavalry and baton charges were carried out in self defense.
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" "The Turkish-Americans responded in self-defense," the statement from the Turkish embassy said, adding "We hope that, in the future, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that similar provocative actions causing harm and violence do not occur.
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With corporate America providing less income security, many Americans are acting in self-defense by joining the free-agent economy, whether as full-time independent contractors or by using work found through platforms like Uber to supplement their pay.
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The Pentagon said the strike — which happened after the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly came under attack from forces in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad — complied with the "rules of engagement" and was in self-defense.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched on Monday in Bulgaria's second city to call for the release of a doctor charged with murdering an alleged burglar and said the accused only acted in self defense to protect his home.
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In the ambulance, Michael confessed he had tried to rob an older man who was buffing his car, and things went awry when the man lunged for the gun, got it, and then shot the teenager in self-defense.
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A third defendant, Kenny Bazile, 33, who claimed he acted in self-defense, was convicted last week of involuntary manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, while the fourth, Keith Luncheon, 26, was acquitted of all charges on Monday.
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" In a statement on Twitter, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran "took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched.
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The United Nations Charter, a treaty the United States ratified, recognizes only two legal ways for a country to use force on another soil without its consent: if the Security Council has authorized an attack, or in self-defense.
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"Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," Iran&aposs foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted early Wednesday morning.
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The law allows the use of deadly force in public when used in self-defense -- even if retreating to avoid using force is possible -- and became a focus of outrage after George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager.
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In a statement in the days after the attack, the embassy said that anti-Erdogan protesters had caused the violence by "aggressively provoking" Turkish-American citizens who had gathered to greet the president and who responded in self-defense.
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LSU sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and freshman walk-on linebacker Jared Small are believed to have acted in self-defense when one of the players shot and killed a man on Saturday, Baton Rouge police said Sunday.
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Montes died on Thursday after he and other prisoners tried to snatch a gun from a guard while the International Red Cross was visiting the prison, the Nicaraguan interior ministry said, adding that the guard acted in self-defense.
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The immersion in the indignity that ratcheted up throughout most of the performance began in a long hallway filled with videos projections, including embarrassingly racist cartoons and white men demonstrating how to use a wooden baton in self-defense.
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The function of this purported claw is not immediately clear, though the authors said it might be used in self-defense or to ward off male rivals (though on that latter point, the claw appears on both males and females).
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It's the interconnectedness of this globalized world, worker safety at the packing house, my Latina high school classmate who asked for advice on which gun to buy in self-defense after a racist white man threatened her just after Trump's victory.
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Self-defense claim Investigators told the Los Angeles Daily News that Issa had initially said he found his dead wife in the bathroom of their house and had shot his son in self-defense after being threatened with a knife.
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