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Texas is an expanded stand your ground state. You can use deadly force to defend yourself. You don't have to retreat or run away. You can also defend others
by tomohawk 9y ago
Texas is an expanded stand your ground state. You can use deadly force to defend yourself. You don't have to retreat or run away. You can also defend others when you believe that their lives are threatened.
- jdavis703 9y agoDoes it have to be an immediate threat (e.g. a home invasion or active shooter situation)? It sounds like these people were in danger, but not immediate danger. They could've probably lasted several more hours in that water.
- DennisP 9y agoI don't know about Texas, but in my state it has to be immediate. However, there's no way you could wait to the last minute and then suddenly get all those people to safety, so I think the meaning of "immediate" needs some context. Apparently the cops thought it was immediate enough, since they showed up shortly afterwards and sided with the "vigilante."
- err4nt 9y agoConsidering it probably took many hours to evacuate them, that does sound pretty last-minute to me! If they had waited until the actual 'last-minute', the people might have died or gotten injured or sick being evacuated.
- muzz 9y agoSo you're saying the director could have stood his ground against the cajun navy person