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Old 08-12-2011, 09:22 PM
cotton cotton is offline
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when taking law enforcement classes in Illinois in 1990s I was shocked to learn I was required to retreat even in the face of deadly force while in my own home, unless I had no egress and then and only then when I was convinced the perp was intent to kill or seriously harm me and he/she had means to do so in immediate vicinity was I allowed to defend myself.. of course this is Illinois were talking about.. This was an ISP Trooper who taught this class and he said " If you tell the Judge you could have ran away rather than kill the intruder, then you are guilty of murder"
Then he explained how to articulate your actions before the court to avoid prosecution.. I took 4 semesters of these classes during the branch dividian thing in waco tx our teachers used this as a teaching opportunity , they told us everthing that would happen before it happened. The abuse allegations, the fire and much more.

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