18 February 2023

Self-defense Is Legal in Minneapolis

Even if the DA doesn't want that to be true. Man who claimed self-defense acquitted of murder for shooting outside downtown Minneapolis bar

It took about a day of deliberation for the jury to reach a verdict of not guilty.

Gibbs, who testified in his defense, made "persistent and continual efforts to get his family away [from the others]. That's all he was doing for 15 minutes. Every time he got away, they kept pursuing him. It just kept getting more violent and more violent."

The DA's office made a statement (by way of a spokesman) that I won't repeat, but they basically said this guy is guilty, we just couldn't prove it. Except he isn't guilty unless you can prove it. But then DAs in Blue Cities hate self-defense.

Now I don't know what happened that night in June of 2021, but I do know that he is innocent until proved guilty. The lawyer/spokesman from the DA's office doesn't seem to believe that.

And in any event, self-defense is a human-right.

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