Comment on A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it.

• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not being able to claim self defense when the other party is unarmed is very common though

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s fine. It’s almost like the law has nuance.

    Go read that NY law I posted to your above comment and tell me that an armed person using deadly force against an unarmed person is always illegal in New York.

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• secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And you know this because…?

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  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    NY is way too small to hold 8.2 billion people.

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