Attorney Explains What You Must Say and Do After A Self Defense Shooting!!!
This is a freaking great YT channel.
Rule number 1 don’t talk to cops. Rule number 2 get a lawyer.
In California you are so screwed, they will use your own tax dollars to destroy your life for trying to defend yourself! That is why it is wise to get self defense insurance! These days when you defend yourself your guilty until proven inocent! Out of sight out of mind! USCCA will help you retain your freedom and property! Remeber a criminal’s family can still file a lawsuit against you!
Police are NEVER on your side. Police are on THEIR OWN side always.
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I could not disagree more with clearing your weapon. That could be taken as tampering with evidence.
I’m a retired cop and a retired lawyer. It pains me to say this, but DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE other than to call 9-1-1 and say very generically that “I had to use my firearm to defend myself or others.” Refuse to give any specific details of the shooting. This is not go be difficult, but it is in recognition of the psychological impacts of a shooting. Most police unions have negotiated 1-3 day waiting periods after cops are involved in a shooting where they don’t have to give a statement because adrenaline and stress can block memory and distort memory. When the cops get to the scene say “I intend to cooperate fully as soon as I have had a chance to retain an attorney.”
Understand this: NOTHING you say will keep the cops from arresting you if they are out to arrest you. Nor will anything you say keep a prosecutor from prosecuting you if he is out to do so. However, an experienced defense attorney can work with the prosecution to convince them that they really have no case.
Legal defense, even when you do everything right, is very expensive. Get USCCA insurance (or similar) NOW. Every time I put my firearm in my waistband I am at more peace knowing that if the worst case happens I have a gigantic sum of money available to give me top quality legal representation (and they even post my bail).
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Never say you shot to kill someone; You shot to stop their actions.
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It’s funny. My wife is a 911 operator for LAPD (25 years on the job) and I have never asked her this question. I asked her and she said self defense shooting calls happen all the time. She said the main thing to relay to the operator is how many suspects and if the perpetrator is injured or dead. She said the ambulance will not show up until the police have cleared the area of threats so it’s very important you stay on the phone with the operator. Don’t run out your house and put the weapon in plain sight. The faster you do this the faster the ambulance can arrive for the suspects or yourself. She said that very often self defense claims are mixed in with domestic issues so more than likely you will be detained so the police can sort everything out. That was her view as a 911 operator. She also said that she would never ask the person to recount their story. The main thing is are you safe are the perpetrators away or is anyone on the floor injured.