Hafar1014
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Babbit was not a threat in any way. She was unarmed and not even close to the cop who shot her. A threat must be imminent. She wasnt even aware of him.The people breaking the barrier were not a threat to the people inside, because they had not breeched the barrier, or entered the protected zone.
Ashli Babbit was the first to breech the barrier, to gain entry into the protected zone, and thus was the first and only threat to the people inside. Justifying deadly force to stop (not prevent) the intrusion.
It was reactive not prophylactic.
There is no such law that deadly force can be used to stop an intrusion. Serious bodily injury or death must be imminent. That wasnt met.
The castle doctrine cant apply here and even under that the cop is still negligent.