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Assaulted by LP on false accusations of shoplifting and assault with deadly weapon charges (self.legaladvice)

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At a store I was at, LP thought I was shoplifting and grabbed my arm as I was leaving. I reacted not thinking and punched him and that made him bleed from the mouth heavily. He was plainclothes so I thought he was some random dude trying to jump me, and I drew a utility knife. (I work in construction).

By this time, the other LP were there which I had not notice. They saw me with the knife and saw blood on first LP. I still didnt realize they were LP for some reason so I ran and tripped because panicking. They thought I cut the first LP and that's why he was bleeding so cops were called saying I was knifing people. The guys chasing me caught up because I tripped and started kicking me in the face and stomped on my arm that was holding the knife. This actually broke my arm. We heard police sirens so they froze for a second, and I thought the police were called because someone saw them assaulting me and reported them, so I picked up the knife with other hand and got up quickly. As I was getting up the knife scraped one guy on his side. I'm talking like a cat scratch. But it looks and now because police see me with blood on my hands and my face and holding a knife. I almost get tazed when I try to explain the situation to them. And I was so confused because I still had not realized that they were LP because I was not shoplifting.

This was interpreted as arguing with the police because I was very upset because they assaulted me and I was getting arrested. So along with assault second degree, I get resisting arrest and menacing police because I held the knife towards them. And also my knife it turns out was illegal in my state or area. I'm not sure. There weren't charges related to that.

Yeah so this is a clusterfuck of being extremely unlucky, but I swear to you that this is what happened and that I am not embellishing or downplaying any of these events. I believe there should be security cameras to prove that LP was assaulting me first, but when I called the store, they said the security cameras did not have view of the parkinglot and were not turned on. I don't believe them, but there's nothing I can do to get any security footage to prove my side.

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[–]oregon_guy 29 ポイント30 ポイント  (42子コメント)

You pulled a knife (a deadly weapon) on a guy for grabbing your arm? It does not sound like you acted in reasonable self defense, even if what you say is completely true.

You screwed up about 4 ways. You need a criminal defense attorney.

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Assaulted by LP on false accusations of shoplifting and assault with deadly weapon charges

At a store I was at, LP thought I was shoplifting and grabbed my arm as I was leaving. I reacted not thinking and punched him and that made him bleed from the mouth heavily. He was plainclothes so I thought he was some random dude trying to jump me, and I drew a utility knife. (I work in construction).

By this time, the other LP were there which I had not notice. They saw me with the knife and saw blood on first LP. I still didnt realize they were LP for some reason so I ran and tripped because panicking. They thought I cut the first LP and that's why he was bleeding so cops were called saying I was knifing people. The guys chasing me caught up because I tripped and started kicking me in the face and stomped on my arm that was holding the knife. This actually broke my arm. We heard police sirens so they froze for a second, and I thought the police were called because someone saw them assaulting me and reported them, so I picked up the knife with other hand and got up quickly. As I was getting up the knife scraped one guy on his side. I'm talking like a cat scratch. But it looks and now because police see me with blood on my hands and my face and holding a knife. I almost get tazed when I try to explain the situation to them. And I was so confused because I still had not realized that they were LP because I was not shoplifting.

This was interpreted as arguing with the police because I was very upset because they assaulted me and I was getting arrested. So along with assault second degree, I get resisting arrest and menacing police because I held the knife towards them. And also my knife it turns out was illegal in my state or area. I'm not sure. There weren't charges related to that.

Yeah so this is a clusterfuck of being extremely unlucky, but I swear to you that this is what happened and that I am not embellishing or downplaying any of these events. I believe there should be security cameras to prove that LP was assaulting me first, but when I called the store, they said the security cameras did not have view of the parkinglot and were not turned on. I don't believe them, but there's nothing I can do to get any security footage to prove my side.