Self-Defense Is Legal in Michigan

And DAs HATE that. Apparently. Man acquitted of murder in Grand Rapids shooting after self-defense claim

A man has been acquitted of murder for a confrontation that ended in a deadly shooting outside a Grand Rapids bar.

Now the defendant in the case is prohibited person, so he faces some weapons charges, which may explain why the DA thought he could win.

It started as bar fight between two groups. One group had been escorted to the exit by bar security. When the other group left the bar, the defendant had been punched in the head, leading to a self-defense shooting. There was video of the shooting.

Now it isn't self-defense because the shooter says it is. Perhaps the DA felt there were gray areas that a trial was justified, and perhaps the DA hates self-defense, thought he could "win" against a defendant with a prior conviction. DAs mostly don't like self-defense, though to be fair, I have no knowledge of Grand Rapids or what the DA is like.