No. of Recommendations: 6
Neagle seems to have been justified. Neither Goode nor Pretti were self-defense in performance of their duties. Not even close.
You're thinkin with them emotions again. Toss those aside and analyze it.
There's a good case for self defense with Good. Not Pretti. With Good, the car is involved. It's a dangerous weapon. The car moves, spins wheels, shots fired, Renee dies. Defense can make a plausible case the shots were fired in self defense. Remember, I questioned why he even drew his gun as there was no threat that I could see. I think there's a 50 percent chance that he drew because he recognized a potential setup and that's why he stood partially in front of the car. To me, the car was never a threat, but it can be argued successfully that it was, so we loose on Good. I'm just analyzing this. When you analyze it, you have to acknowledge a car can be a deadly weapon. Your "not even close", is not even close. :)
Pretti on the other hand has no dangerous weapon, and will have to manufacture a threat. Looks like a strait up execution. But wee shall see.
People have to realize that some people want to get into situations where they can fire their weapon and reasonably claim self defense for shooting and killing someone, and are attracted to police work.
