She was in reasonable fear of her life and thus entitled to use lethal force.
Do you even realize what such a paltry standard for use of force would result in applied equally? As all laws in our country should be... Can you imagine how many people would walk after gunning down cops?
"He approached me with a gun out of its holster... I was afeared for my life..."
So ridiculous....another member of the moron club opens his pie hole and spews incoherent idiocy.
So many seem unable to understand the law on self defense which is basically the same in most states....why do they lack the ability to understand the law...it is very simple actually...as in one has to be in 'reasonable' fear of their life or of great bodily harm to use lethal force in their defense.
Amber....was definitely in fear of her life.
Was it reasonable? To judge that one has to remember she believed she was in her own apartment and confronted with an intruder.
NO!
She was not at all in fear of her life.
In order for her to be in fear of her life, an attacker would need a weapon, and she would need to be trapped, with no means of escape.
Until then, it is murder.
Being confronted with an unknown person in your own apartment is NOT at all life threatening.
Happens all the time is the building superintendent orders a repair.
Absolute nonsense....it really is amazing that anyone can miscontrue the law to such a degree.
Answer me this .....say you are a police officer had an apt. in that building and one night you return to your apartment....you open your door and the lights are off but you discern a figure or silouhette of a man in your apartment.
Remember the lights are off. Unbeknownst to you this guy has just escaped from prison...tracked down your address...and on this night had came in through a window waiting for you to return as he wanted to kill you because someone told him you were responsible for sending him to jail.
Though you could not see it he had a machette and intended to use it on you.
Now of course you did not know who this guy was, you did know he was armed...so thinking he was probably just a maintenance guy sent to work on something in your apartment ...you close the door saunter in and say whas up bro......then you turn on the lights and see he has a machette...would you........ even at this point fear your life was in danger?
Anyhow...show me anywhere in the texas law on self defense where one is required to be trapped and your attacker must have some kind of weapon before you are entitled to use lethal force.
Now, I know you cannot do that...but I can just see you searching and searching. hehheh
What state do you live in?...you sound like someone from one of those states that requires a person to flee if threatened. Probably what has got you so confused.
Irregardless...of all the above....as some recent cases have demonstrated the law on self defense is being radically changed by pc juries....believing and coerced by the state and the media to believe blacks have extra protection because they are a minority...the well known double standard regarding blacks....they(blacks) even though a minority commit over half of all violent crimes in America including rape yet the media would have you believe they are the victims.
What I am saying essentially is this: If you shoot a unarmed black no matter what they are doing you are in a shit-load of trouble...especially if you do it in a big city where democrats rule.
As police officers and others have found out...so in regards to blacks your assertion above about how the perp must have a weapon does carry some weight....because these pc juries do not follow the law...they folllow the doctrine of political correctness where blacks are always the victim no matter what they are doing.
In a nutshell what we are seeing now is how politidal correctnes trumps the law....if you folks have no problem with that keep voting democratic.
P.S. I advise anyone with a concealed/carry permit to turn in your pistol and buy a knife...very effective at close range...and you will have much better luck with a jury if you have to kill someone in self defense.
A lot of juries now believe if anyone carries a concealed weapon they are automatically guilty as in only gun nuts carry weapons and they are out there relentlessly hunting for blacks to murder...so it goes.