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I’m not an expert, but I’m pretty sure that this is what the media and Democrats call an incitement to violence… or at least it would be if it were someone on the Right saying something like this.
“Maybe we need an eye for an eye, y’all. They shoot us, we shoot them. You shoot us, we shoot you.”
That was the message from a “mostly peaceful” demonstrator in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday in the neighborhood where 16-year old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer as she was preparing to stab another teenage girl.
Ohio s rules for using deadly force change on Tuesday.
That s when a new law, passed by Republicans in December, takes away the legal requirement that people try to retreat from a situation before using deadly force.
Supporters say Ohio s stand your ground law will give much needed protections to people caught in life-threatening situations. But opponents argue that make my day laws actually make people of color less safe and increase the number of gun deaths in America.
What is the law in Ohio?
Ohio gave people expansive self-defense rights while inside their homes and cars back in 2008, but the rules were different for city streets, county fairs and the grocery store parking lots. They required a person to attempt to retreat in public before firing a weapon. That requirement goes away Tuesday.
Ohio’s New ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Encourages Fight Over Flight
04/05/21 AT 11:57 AM
Concerns about an increase in deaths are growing in Ohio after passage of the “stand your ground” law, which goes into effect Tuesday.
While supporters argue the new law gives the public additional protection, others believe it could lead to a rise in gun deaths, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The “stand your ground” law removes the previous legal obligation to remove oneself from a confrontation before using deadly force as a last resort.
For an individual to be justified in using deadly force under the new law, they must meet certain standards. The person can not be responsible for starting the confrontation, they must have the legal right to be present wherever the altercation occurs, they must be in fear for their life or serious bodily harm, and they must be able to explain why they acted.