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Self Defense?

submitted by Buttle

7 years 4 months ago

From the Mimesis Law Blog:

http://mimesislaw.com/fault-lines/women-if-you-hit-a-man-expect-to-get-hit-in-return/14950

December 20, 2016 (Fault Lines) – In July, 2014, Oklahoma freshman running back Joe Mixon was involved in a confrontation at Pickleman’s Gourmet Café in Norman. ...

At the end of the confrontation, Amelia Molitor had a broken jaw, Joe Mixon was suspended from the football team for a year and faced criminal charges. Recently, the store’s surveillance video of the incident was released to the public. ...

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More information at the url above. I post this video partly in response to some comments on:

http://videosift.com/video/Insane-woman-assaults-legal-e-bike-rider-on-public-path

specifically that a man would be "legally justified in killing" a woman who impeded him on a bike path. Perhaps this video will show the possible real-life consequences of that kind of thinking.

A few points from Mimesis Law (I cannot vouch for the legal accuracy, but I'll try not to distort):

1) Molitor, the woman, appears to be guilty of assault under OK law.
She attacks Mixon, an OU running back, quite a bit more convincingly than bike path lady.

2) Mixon, clearly a powerful, very athletic person, throws one punch. As a result several bones in Molitor's face are broken.

3) There is no duty to retreat in OK, so self-defense is allowable. Nevertheless it's not clear that Mixon's disproportionate response is ok, and he is criminally charged. He did not fight a charge of assault and battery, and was sentenced to a year deferred adjudication, 100 hours community service, and required to take cognitive behavioral counseling. After a successful year of probation he will be found not guilty -- this was considered a good deal by the blogger, and I assume Mixon has good lawyers.

4) Mixon is being sued by Molitor. Since he's likely to play for the NFL, there will be money to be had.

5) I can only imagine the position Mixon would be in if he had, in fact, killed Molitor, or if he had used a knife or gun on her as some of the braver sift commenters seem to think appropriate.

6) The point is made that, even if you are a woman, you may expect retailiation for striking a man.

7) It's not clear what the original dispute was about, likely nothing very important.