Perceptions of Violence
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The Imminent Threat of Lethal Force
Damon: As a prosecutor, I'm very sympathetic to the fact that Mr. Penny was trying to do some good here. But there's a concept in the law basically that you assume a risk when you act. And so what I would say as a prosecutor is that Mr.enny didn't have to act. We want people to be able to act but once you act, you have to act reasonably," he says. "There wasn't an imminent threat of lethal force by Mr. Neely"
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