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Originally Posted by ISCS Yoda
I do think that is the sole question.
Everything else is either a sad commentary or just sad. Loss of business, cost of defense, whatever. If he was reasonably in fear for his life or of serious bodily harm it's justifiable. If the law in Nebraska is unclear on this point that's a sad commentary as well.
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I think the messy point is - was Gardner a mutual combatant claiming self defense or was he an innocent bystander that was attacked defending his business.
In his press conference the special prosecutor implied the grand jury thought he was a mutual combatant looking for trouble because of the content of his social media posts and text messages.
Interestingly, I heard the original county attorney, the one that didn’t charge him, on tv saying getting a grand jury indictment is way easier than getting the conviction.