It wouldn’t even get that far before a judge tossed the case. He bought a stolen item so it’s his loss 100%. If you buy stolen goods you can’t keep them once it’s discovered they are stolen. Those goods must be returned to the rightful owner and the owner can not be forced to pay for the return of the items. So you’re…

It depends on what you buy there.

Just watched the video. Justified.

Just pay for the damn membership. It’s worth it. Especially if you have a family.

A real restaurant?

Yes it is.

We don’t know what those kids were planning.

The concept of “retreat” is misunderstood. It does not mean you have run away. It means that at a certain point you can’t retaliate.

Okay. But still you don’t run out and stab someone after they’ve done fighting you. At least not until you can be sure about not getting caught.

Yes. I agree. I don’t think you should have to retreat if someone attacks you and you’re in a place you’re legally able to be. I think you can meet force with force to defend yourself.

Also, how was he supposed to “retreat” when he had three people beating on him?

The situation is not being reported correctly.

I agree with you but this story is not being reported properly. There are two fights in this story. In fight one Sumpter was legally defending himself. Even though CT law talks about retreat he was unable to as he was being attacked by three people. You can’t retreat under that circumstance.

She was wrong.

His point is wrong. If you are standing your ground and you are justified in using deadly force to defend yourself it doesn’t matter what you use.

That’s not true. If you are justified in using deadly force you can use anything to defend yourself.

The media didn’t report this story correctly. There were two fights. In fight one Sumpter was the victim. Self-defense during this fight was legal. Sumpter did nothing illegal in fight one.

Complete nonsense. If you are justified in using deadly force it doesn’t matter what you use.

The media has once again failed to report a story properly. Jeffrey Sumpter was attacked in the store. He defended himself. His attackers finished their attack and left. At this point, Sumpter was no longer under threat. The fight was over. He should have called the police but he didn’t do that.

Shoot her?