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RoyGBiv wrote:I wasn't referring to collecting damages...

He's alive... That's a lottery win after taking 7 shots.

You got that right.

Excaliber wrote:Another consistent illustration of why going outside to investigate a potential trespass is not just a bad idea, it's a really bad idea unless you have no other way to protect something that's essential to your livelihood.

This doesn't sound like one of those latter cases.

Hah! You beat me to it, and I was going to cite you as the expert!

No opinion on the legitimacy of use of force. The cops involved may be scootchie, or maybe they're legit and the open mike simply didn't pick up everything. Who knows?

It took 7 gunshot wounds for the homeowner to be in a position to collect damages from the police. I don't call that "winning a second lottery." You couldn't pay me enough to absorb 7 bullets as a condition of payout. The odds are simply too daunting.