Easton vs Glock. My money is on Glock 10x out of 10.
This officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter under some bullshit new California law which introduces a concept called "immediate necessity" in order to use deadly force for self-protection rather than just the presence of a deadly threat or risk of grave bodily harm. I do not know this law or how it is different from other states' common self-protection deadly force laws, but is there any way that an assailant with a metal bat who just shrugged off a Taser strike being at only 5' distance isn't an immediate deadly threat? If not, what constitutes "immediate necessity;" being hit with the bat until nearly unconscious?
My take is this law will drain California of its law enforcement personnel. Who will ever want to be a LEO if you have to be on literally the edge of death before you can defend yourself? Nobody.
This officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter under some bullshit new California law which introduces a concept called "immediate necessity" in order to use deadly force for self-protection rather than just the presence of a deadly threat or risk of grave bodily harm. I do not know this law or how it is different from other states' common self-protection deadly force laws, but is there any way that an assailant with a metal bat who just shrugged off a Taser strike being at only 5' distance isn't an immediate deadly threat? If not, what constitutes "immediate necessity;" being hit with the bat until nearly unconscious?
My take is this law will drain California of its law enforcement personnel. Who will ever want to be a LEO if you have to be on literally the edge of death before you can defend yourself? Nobody.
