Some of his lawyer's other statements and assorted details:
Chicago cops heard the gunfire and responded quickly enough to see Holmes running away, according to Auguste. He ditched his gun and security vest along the way and later told arresting officers where they could find them, Auguste said. Holmes also allegedly admitted to shooting the victim.
“This is obviously going to be a self-defense case,” Friedman said after hearing the allegations. He called the circumstances “basically, a customer who’s unruly, who wants to put other lives at risk,” by not wearing a COVID mask.
Holmes, Friedman argued, “reacted in self-defense” to a man who wasn’t wearing a COVID mask.
Auguste said Holmes was convicted of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in 2003. He has also served two prison terms for failing to follow sex offender registration requirements, according to Auguste.
“That’s not me,” Holmes said as Auguste detailed the specific acts he was accused of committing against the girls.
Friedman said Holmes was “fully cooperative” with police, indicating he had an “innocent mindset” with “nothing to hide.”
They'll give anyone a goddamn law degree these days.
Self-defense has four important pillars, which are typical regardless of state statutes. In order for self-defense to be a reasonable claim, the claimant must demonstrate that he:
Reasonably believes
He is in imminent danger of an overt act
Threatening unlawful force, serious bodily harm, or death; and
Uses the amount of force reasonable in relation to the harm threatened.
Literally not a goddamn one of these requirements were even close to met. This is an open-and-shut 2nd Degree Attempted Murder verdict - 1st Degree if they can prove he went to "work" with the intent to shoot someone without a mask.
I'd say a bit of both, but in this case I genuinely think a lot of people fell for the propaganda. Even if they only believe a portion, that's enough to reinforce the culture of fear and self-oppression that keeps this going.
Some of his lawyer's other statements and assorted details:
They'll give anyone a goddamn law degree these days.
Self-defense has four important pillars, which are typical regardless of state statutes. In order for self-defense to be a reasonable claim, the claimant must demonstrate that he:
Literally not a goddamn one of these requirements were even close to met. This is an open-and-shut 2nd Degree Attempted Murder verdict - 1st Degree if they can prove he went to "work" with the intent to shoot someone without a mask.
They've spent the last year pushing that if you exist without a mask in public you are literally murdering people directly through your actions.
It seems they truly believe it now.
Is it that people are stupid enough to believe the propaganda?
Or that they use it as an excuse to be animals?
I'd say a bit of both, but in this case I genuinely think a lot of people fell for the propaganda. Even if they only believe a portion, that's enough to reinforce the culture of fear and self-oppression that keeps this going.