sjfcontrol wrote:Jumping Frog wrote:Another example where a single punch to the head caused serious bodily injury
Cotton candy vendor in critical condition, after being punched by teen
I am not letting anyone punch me. If I have to shoot them first, so be it.
As far as the cotton candy vendor goes, the teenager's defense may be "he needed punching". The old guy is a convicted sex offender. All that said, I just wanted to illustrate a case where unarmed was still deadly force.
Nothing in that article about the cotton-candy vendor being a sex offender, but it did mention that the confrontation started when he yelled at the teen when the teen took some cotton-candy without paying.
Also, doesn't say anything about a punch to the head.
The teen then punched the vendor, causing him to fall to the ground and hit his head.
A thief just turned into a robbery. Deadly force now may be used. It could not have been used prior to the punch leading to brain damage.