Non defensive shooting in Kalamazoo, MI

[skipjack_1st]

Read the article...

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I find the statements made by the P.D. concerning justification of the shooting interesting. Pretty much flies in the face of everything I've been taught / read as far as the use of deadly force. I wonder if his sentaments might have been different had the homeowner not died?

 

[Teufel]

Doesn't seem to be too much to it.

 

[Red Hat]

I find the statements made by the P.D. concerning justification of the shooting interesting. Pretty much flies in the face of everything I've been taught / read as far as the use of deadly force. I wonder if his sentiments might have been different had the homeowner not died?

I read the article and I didn't see anything the PD said and I didn't see anything unusual about the justification. Can you elaborate?

 

[skipjack_1st]

Fink said the laws allow a citizen to use force against another person if a felony has been committed, the force is necessary to apprehend the person or prevent his escape or the person has used force against the citizen.

1st - He goes out and confronts the BG outside. (No physical threat to him if he stays inside and calls the police).

2nd- Up until the physical encounter, no FELONY had necessarily been commited.

3rd - Then to use deadly force in stopping the fleeing perp, which now again of no physical threat to him.

It has been hammered home in nearly every training/reading/discussion that in Michigan, you had better be in "fear for your life", before using deadly force. This was until the assault nothing more than a property crime which in Michigan is not grounds for deadly force, (or so I thought).

To re-iterate, I guess I found it interesting in light of my training / beliefs.

 

[Red Hat]

I read about Michigan's Castle Doctrine. It's good for anything but outside of your home. That's a very weak doctrine.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/LegalUpdateaugust2002_41800_7.PDF

 

[kwo51]

The lawyers are going to have a good time with guy. It could go both ways.:crazy_pilot:

 

[tattedupboy]

The lawyers are going to have a good time with guy. It could go both ways.:crazy_pilot:

Well, since the homeowner is dead, we'll never know.

 

[Leader]

I read about Michigan's Castle Doctrine. It's good for anything but outside of your home. That's a very weak doctrine.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/LegalUpdateaugust2002_41800_7.PDF

We have updated that law......
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Now you can defend yourself anyplace you have a legal right to be.

 

[Landor]

You will find that some people will confront the bad guy. I am not a big property kind of guy. A car or anything in it is not worth my life. Some feel it is. What is theirs is theirs. Even though in this case the bad guy did not have a gun the home owner could not of known that.

 

[tattedupboy]

You will find that some people will confront the bad guy. I am not a big property kind of guy. A car or anything in it is not worth my life. Some feel it is. What is theirs is theirs. Even though in this case the bad guy did not have a gun the home owner could not of known that.

You're right, but it's nice to know that the law is behind people who do use deadly force to stop a crime. My feeling is that if someone is in my home or vehicle, where I have a right to be whenever I want, it does not matter whether they're trying to harm me or not. I have a right to be there and he doesn't and I will use whatever force necessary, deadly or otherwise, to get him out.

 

[skipjack_1st]

I dare say that if it were me, I would also probably confront the criminal. I do not feel however that I would use deadly force to stop him from fleeing. Now if he were to threaten my life in some physical way, all bets are off

 

[calmp9]

I dare say that if it were me, I would also probably confront the criminal. I do not feel however that I would use deadly force to stop him from fleeing. Now if he were to threaten my life in some physical way, all bets are off

The decision to confront could end up being a bad one. You don't know what's going to happen. You say that you wouldn't use deadly force to stop a fleeing criminal, but how do you know that for sure? This is a stressful situation and emotions will be running wild. You just never know.