This past Monday morning 20-year-old George Obregon Jr. approached rapper Nardo Wick after Wick's performance at a Tampa night club, for the purpose of asking if he could take a photo with the rapper. The encounter was captured on video.

As he approached, Obregon was viciously punched by a large man standing beside the rapper, and appeared to suffer an immediate brain injury.  Obgregon was then punched to the ground by a smaller man standing beside the rapper, striking his head on the ground.

At last report Obregon was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

In today's show we'll explore the potential criminal and civil liability of the men who punched Obregon, as well as the potential civil liability of the rapper Wick. 

As part of that discussion we'll also address the legal defenses that might be raised by any of those parties.

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A 14-year-old student was attacked by an unarmed mob in a Raleigh NC high school, and defended himself with a knife he carried in violation of school policies.

The result: one of his attackers was killed, and another seriously injured.

We've got the attack captured on video, and will break down the legal dynamics in today's Law of Self Defense Show, answering such questions as:

• What can a defender do if attacked by a mob in this manner?
• Was this use of deadly defensive force lawful under the circumstances? 
• What liability does the 14-year-old face for his possession of a deadly weapon on school property?
• What's the criminal liability of the mob that assaulted him--could they be facing the possibility of capital punishment? (A: Yes!)
• And more!

Join me LIVE at NOON ET today to discuss!

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Today's Law of Self Defense Show focuses on video of a convenience store armed robbery in which both the clerk and customer being robbed appear completely compliant with the robbers' demands.

Despite this compliance, the customer is shot through the head, and the clerk is gunned down as well, both with apparent fatal results.

This video is an abject lesson that compliance cannot guarantee safety at the muzzle of a bad guy's gun. 

So if you find yourself the victim of an armed robbery, should you simply comply? Should you promptly fight back? Should you think through that tactical problem TODAY, rather than in the moment?

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Today’s show focuses on the question of when is a defender legally permitted to shoot first, and we’ll explore that question with several shootings captured on video.

Fair warning—each of these videos shows people being shot, sometimes with apparently fatal results.If that makes you uncomfortable, no shame, but this might not be the show for you.

I should also point out that we don’t have all the facts for each of these videos that would allow us to come to some definite conclusion about whether these particular shootings are likely lawful or not.

Nevertheless, the videos are useful as providing frameworks within which we can understand how to properly frame the legal questions, through which more fully developed facts would get us to a legally sound answer. After all, if you can’t even ask the right question, you certainly can’t get to the right answer.

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Today’s show covers two men who used guns in defense of either themselves or others, only to find themselves promptly and firmly punished by the legal system that routinely allows criminals to walk free. Ironically, both men are from New York City, though the events took place on opposite sides of the nation.

The first of these is Vince Ricci, a retired New Yorker who now lives in Los Angeles. At around 7:30 PM on Saturday, Nov. 4, Ricci was about to enter his home carrying a cup of coffee, when he suddenly found himself the victim of an armed robbery by two men.  Ricci managed to get his own pistol into action and drove the two men off with gunfire.  This event was caught on video, which we’ll share with you today.

This week we learned that Los Angeles County, the issuing authority for gun permits in LA, has revoked Ricci’s concealed carry permit. 

The second man we’re discussing today is New Yorker John Rote. Rote was on a subway platform when he happened to see a woman being mugged by an apparently deranged homeless man.  Rote retrieved a revolver from his backpack and used it to drive the mugger away—including by imprudently firing two warning shots.

Rote was immediately arrested, charged with multiple crimes, and is currently out on bail awaiting prosecution.  Not helpful to Rote’s circumstances is that the woman victim has announced that she became most frightened when she realized Rote had brought a gun to her defense.

So, with that introduction, let’s dive into today’s show. 

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On November 1, high school student Jonathan Lewis Jr., protesting that a smaller student had been robbed and dumped into a trash can, was beaten unconscious by a pack of 8 or more other students. Jonathan would die of his blunt force trauma after six days on life support.​

The core question of today's show:  WHEN does a disparity of numbers between attackers and a defender justify the use of deadly defensive force? 

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It's rare but very pleasant to come across a solid use-of-force legal analysis by another lawyer, so I was pleased to see exactly that happen with the account @JaimePretellEsq with respect to a use-of-force event that occurred recently in Florida.

In this event, two white men beside an SUV appear to be mocking a black man outside a strip mall, and the black man ultimately presents a gun and shoots them as they attempt to flee. One of the victims was injured and the other was killed, and the shooter is now charged with murder.

The event was captured on video, which I'll share with you in today's show.

Attorney Jame Pretell did a sound job analyzing this use-of-force event on Twitter, and he seems an account worth a follow--certainly I followed him. I mostly add some additional context.

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A car wash clerk in Concord CA find himself the victim of a felony robbery carried out by a masked woman wielding a large knife, at various points holding the point of the knife within inches of the clerk's neck. The robbery was captured on video, which we'll share with all of you today.

The clerk is entirely compliant with the robbery, and makes no effort to either resist or defend himself--even when the robber momentarily places her knife down on the register in order to more expeditiously rifle the drawer.

Could the clerk have seized the knife? Could he have then used it on the robber? Could the clerk, if armed with a pistol, have used that pistol as deadly defensive force upon the robber?

That's what we'll discuss in today's Law of Self Defense Show!

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Last Thursday, on November 9, Ralph Bouzy ambushed several police officers, using his speeding car as a deadly weapon to cause several of the officers critical injuries--at last report there was a good chance one officer would lose a leg.  Bouzy then exited his crashed car, and advanced on the officers, including one officer seriously injured in the intentional ramming attack.

Not that it should matter, but this is the racially energized world we live in:  Bouzy is black, and the officers involved appear to be white.

Ultimately, the officers took Bouzy into custody using their non-deadly force Tasers to compel Bouzy's compliance with arrest. Bouzy is now charged with three counts of attempted murder.

The question arises, however, whether any one or perhaps several of the officers involved would have been legally privileged to have used deadly force upon Bouzy--specifically, their service pistols--rather than limiting themselves to their non-deadly force Tasers.

Join us as we discuss this issue in today's Law of Self Defense Show!

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This past Sunday, November 12, US Secret Service agents assigned to the protection of Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, observed several people breaking into their parked and unoccupied SUV in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC.

Their response was to discharge a firearm--apparently in the absence of any legal justification for the use of deadly defensive force.

Can we make it make sense? Join us for today's Law of Self Defense Show breaking down this circus of an event!

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